by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 8, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, SMBs
“Content is not King, it’s the Emperor” said Constant Contact’s Heather Jackson during a case study panel at BIA/Kelsey’s NEXT conference on Tuesday. According to Heather, the biggest hurdle small businesses have is trying to come up with...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog, Conferences
Millennials prefer to be coached, not managed… according to Kimberli Lewis of Global Business Therapy. We often focus on the challenges women face in the workforce as opposed to how women can use their strengths to be more effective and get recognized. A...
by MacKenzie Lovings | Dec 6, 2016 | Press Releases
Report explores the new software category of sales enablement platforms and how it is optimizing the tasks of hiring, reporting and management CHANTILLY, Va. (December 6, 2016) – A new research report from BIA/Kelsey suggests there’s a need for sales leadership...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 6, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
80% of small and medium businesses will use at least one social media channel for advertising and promotion in 2017. That was one of the takeaways from the opening session of BIA/Kelsey’s NEXT conference in Boston when analysts from BIA/Kelsey gave their...
by Patrick Buono | Dec 5, 2016 | Press Releases
Report explores the use of SEO tools in the changing landscape of online marketing, specifically how to plan and calibrate regional and local marketing investments in a multichannel environment. CHANTILLY, Va. (Dec. 5, 2016) – A new research report from BIA/Kelsey...
by BIA Advisory Group | Dec 5, 2016 | BIA, Blog
Are beacons dead, as Euclid asserts? What does Amazon’s latest move mean for local? and what will pay-per-call add to Goodzer’s SMB marketing suite? These were a few topics on this week’s BIA/Kelsey LIVE, including guest, Goodzer’s Lori Faunce....
by BIA Advisory Group | Dec 1, 2016 | BIA, Blog
It’s been a while since we’ve caught up with MapQuest. The original online mapping and navigation tool is still going strong and is going deeper into local and enterprise utilities. That’s been advanced most recently with its acquisition of Social...
by Suzanne Ackley | Nov 30, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
In the spirit of the holidays and gift lists, BIA/Kelsey offers up our 2nd annual Holiday Wish List for SMBs. So what products and services are small and medium businesses most interested in adding to their marketing activities in 2017? In Wave 20 of our Local...
by BIA Advisory Group | Nov 23, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social
BIA/Kelsey is in the process of producing a white paper that drills down on the mobile portion* of its U.S. Local Advertising Forecast. The report will be published in January 2017, and we are currently in post-production stages. To provide a sneak peek, below is its...
by Patrick Buono | Nov 21, 2016 | Press Releases
New research from the company’s Local Commerce Monitor survey shows social media continues to grow as the dominant marketing channel for small business for third consecutive year; Findings to be presented at BIA/Kelsey NEXT, Dec 5-7th in Boston For the third...
