by Celine Matthiessen | Nov 21, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
For the third consecutive year, social media is the top marketing channel used by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™, Wave 20 (LCM20). Among 1,000 SMBs surveyed, 77.6 percent (up from 73.2 last...
by Celine Matthiessen | Nov 17, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
American Express is in its sixth year of supporting small businesses and the local economy with Small Business Saturday. The National Federation of Independent Businesses and American Express released the fourth-annual Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights...
by Suzanne Ackley | Nov 9, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
According to data from Wave 20 (Q3/2016) of BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ annual survey of small and medium businesses (SMBs), about 15% of the 1,000 SMBs surveyed reported using funds from a co-op program, down slightly from 18% in Wave 19...
by Suzanne Ackley | Nov 2, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Newspapers, SAM
Pinterest is not the only place consumers go for inspiration and planning — in fact adding print to digital helps consumer recall.”Print ads (in magazines) can be read more leisurely, and be more evocative; they can encourage readers to fantasize, to put...
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...
