by Suzanne Ackley | Oct 26, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses are feeling more optimistic about their businesses and industries, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). Two new questions added in Wave 20 (3Q/2016) of our survey deal...
by BIA Advisory Group | Oct 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social
Soleo, the Victor, N.Y.-based developer of search and call monetization services for local business, introduced a new version of its developer application programming interface (API) today at Street Fight Local. The new API supports voice search, complex text searches...
by BIA Advisory Group | Oct 21, 2016 | BIA, Blog
Facebook Pages get more actionable, LCM 20 reveals VSB website activity, and on-demand moves into professional services. These were a few topics on this week’s BIA/Kelsey LIVE. Produced by Mitch Ratcliffe and featuring a rotating cast of analysts and guests,...
by BIA Advisory Group | Oct 20, 2016 | BIA, Blog
BIA/Kelsey Bytes are excerpts from research reports. This is the latest installment from the recently launched report, Call Commerce: A $1 Trillion Economic Engine. It picks up where last week’s post left off. The report can be downloaded for free here. Call...
by Celine Matthiessen | Oct 13, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses use multiple channels for advertising and promotion, both paid and free. In our most recent Wave 20 of the Local Commerce Monitor™ (3Q/2016) small businesses that use broadcast in their mix of advertising have big advertising budgets that have...
by BIA Advisory Group | Oct 11, 2016 | BIA, Blog
Proposed Tax Code Changes Could Cost Family-Owned Businesses Dearly By Lauren Butler On August 2, the IRS issued proposed regulations regarding Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code. This could reduce or disallow the discounts on non-controlling interests in many...
