by BIA Advisory Group | Jun 3, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social
YP continues its push to integrate content from popular consumer application, this week announcing a deal to include many of Groupon’s active deals in search results on YP.com and the YPmobile app. Chicago-based Groupon has about 450,000 active deals. YP has...
by BIA Advisory Group | Jun 2, 2016 | BIA, Blog
A couple weeks ago, at BIA/Kelsey ENGAGE, I made the comment that the local on-demand industry has achieved “peak-Uber,” when the company seems inevitable and unbeatable but will be hard-pressed to continue to raise capital at the break-neck pace it has...
by BIA Advisory Group | Jun 2, 2016 | BIA, Blog
When John Allan took the helm at Sensis in 2012, he inherited a print-focused, sales-driven directory organization that still rewarded its top sales performers with an annual international reward trip that cost the company millions of dollars, even in years when sales...
by Celine Matthiessen | Jun 2, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Instagram is being used by more small businesses. According to our Local Commerce Monitor ™ social media, especially newer channels like Instagram, are very appealing to small businesses. In our survey 11% of SMBs say they use Instagram and the majority report...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jun 1, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
In our Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey of SMBs we asked SMBs what model they prefer for online advertising – Do It Myself (DIY) or Do It With/For Me (DIWM/DIFM). The vast majority (58.2%) prefer a DIY model. When we look at the marketing priorities...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 26, 2016 | BIA, Blog
The National Federal of Independent Businesses (NFIB), which is known for keeping the pulse on US small businesses through their monthly small business economics trends report, offers other interesting data on small business owners. There’s been a lot of mention...
