by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 3, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
There is a tremendous opportunity for marketing automation sellers to engage SMBs with search engine optimization (SEO) combined with social marketing solutions. SEM/SEO services topped the list of future marketing priorities for small and medium-sized businesses...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 28, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
According to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium businesses (SMBs), 18.4% of the SMBs in the survey report using co-op advertising funds. Of these, 45.2% are franchisees or licensees of larger national companies — most owning...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, SAM, SMBs
Co-op advertising programs are popular with SMBs, particularly larger SMBs, according to our Local Commerce Monitor , Wave 19 (Q3/2015). Our Plus Spenders are SMBs that spend more than $25K annually on advertising and more than a third (39.3%) of this group uses...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 20, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
SMBs that use video* for advertising and promotion (Video SMBs) have more aggressive advertising spending plans than those that don’t use video, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium businesses (SMBs). The average...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 13, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs, Verticals
In BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ nearly a third of small businesses in the financial services vertical opt for a “do it with/for me” model. This is the largest percent among our vertical categories with most opting for “do it myself”....
