by Suzanne Ackley | May 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Larger SMBs, those spending more than $25,000 annually on advertising and promotion, are known as Plus Spenders in BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey of small and medium businesses. These Plus Spenders spend an average $75,169 annually for...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 23, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
Search, social, content marketing and local ad sales… these are just a few of the rapidly evolving topics within the Local Commerce Universe. Where do they all stand and what should you be doing and thinking for each? This is the question we sought to answer to...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 18, 2016 | BIA, Blog
BIA/Kelsey released a new white paper, “Selling SEO and Social Automation to SMBs.” The paper is a free download as a courtesy of white-label fulfillment search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing services provider.Boostability. We want to thank...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 18, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
Yesterday at BIA/Kelsey’s Engage pre-conference Women Leading In Local session sponsored by Advice Local, Nancy Shenker, media strategist and CEO of TheOnSwitch spoke about her new initiative, SheBoom, and offered advice on career development for women in their...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 17, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
The consumer’s path to purchase is changing. Technology, consumer preferences and, often, managerial decisions at major search companies can reshape industry strategy. BIA/Kelsey’s new report “Consumer Micro-Moments and Businesses: Trends and Best...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 16, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
BIA/Kelsey today released a new report, “PPC: The Evolution of a Keystone Customer Acquisition Tool,” which explores how pay-per-click advertising inventory has been transformed by the introduction of machine-learning assisted inventory management tools...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 13, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
Next week at BIA/Kelsey’s ENGAGE conference in Austin, Texas, four companies representing different elements of the Local Commerce Universe will present 10-minute sponsored case studies. The following synopsis previews GotU’s case study. GotU is a white...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 11, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
A new BIA/Kelsey White Paper sponsored by Manta examines how audience extension can be a powerful tool for B2B marketers that are trying to keep their customer acquisition costs manageable, a big challenge for those targeting small businesses in particular. Audience...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 11, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Smaller SMBs, otherwise known as Core SMBs in BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey of small and medium businesses, spend an average $2,471 annually for advertising and promotion. As you can see in the table below, Core SMBs that use social...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 10, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, Mobile-Social
The Brand-to-local playbook is constantly changing in a multi-screen and millennial-impacted world. This was one of the prevailing themes at the recent BIA/Kelsey BRANDS. But to reach all of those screens optimally, it’s all about informed marketing… which...
