by Rick Ducey | May 11, 2021 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social
A BIA study commissioned by NAB estimates local broadcasters lose $1.9 billion annually when their news and other local content appears in Google Search and Facebook News Feeds without compensation. Updated June 16, 2021: See related podcast. Local news produced by...
by Rick Ducey | Sep 16, 2020 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, Political Advertising
BIA forecasts that Facebook will generate a total of $8.3 billion in overall 2020 ad spending. Over 90 percent of Facebook ad revenue is from mobile advertising. However, in this political season, it is Facebook’s political advertising that has developed...
by Celine Matthiessen | Aug 1, 2019 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM
Local Social Ads Are Driving Growth Businesses comfort with social media, the ease of use for ad targeting, and ability to reach local consumers are driving the growth. BIA’s U.S. Local Advertising Forecast 2019 forecast that local social is growing at a good rate...
by Celine Matthiessen | Nov 14, 2018 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
We kicked off this week with a webinar covering advertising trends of local businesses along with a great presentation on how businesses need to adjust their SEO and content for voice search. Local businesses are using multiple channels to keep up with where...
by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 17, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Social media for the second year has topped as the most popular digital channel used by small businesses. 78% of small businesses say they use at least one social media channel according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™, Wave 20 (Q3/2016)....