by Suzanne Ackley | Apr 7, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social
Locally targeted mobile advertising* in the San Francisco bay area is forecast to be $373.3 million in 2016, according to BIA/Kelsey’s new Local Competition Report (see chart above). Google is expected to take the largest single piece of the pie at 25 percent....
by BIA Advisory Group | Apr 6, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
The Brand-to-local playbook is constantly changing in a multi-screen and millennial-impacted world. This was one of the takeaways during the kickoff panel of the recent BIA/Kelsey BRANDS. But in this quickly changing world, many longstanding brand goals persist....
by Suzanne Ackley | Apr 6, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
Of the SMBs in BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor survey of small and medium businesses that use video* for advertising and promotion, nearly half (45.6%) say they made it themselves, a quarter (24.4%) say they have a custom produced video, and less than 20% have a...
by BIA Advisory Group | Apr 4, 2016 | Press Releases
Case-study driven agenda will examine best practices for delivering local advertising and marketing solutions in the constantly shifting local commerce universe. CHANTILLY, Va. (April 4, 2016) – BIA/Kelsey today announced best-selling author and media theorist Steven...
by BIA Advisory Group | Apr 4, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
YP, despite the Yellow Pages heritage still evident in its name, now regards itself as being in the same competitive set as large audience generators like Facebook and Google. David Lebow, YP’s chief revenue office made this point during a fireside chat at...
by Celine Matthiessen | Mar 31, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
According to our Local Commerce Monitor™ data the main driver of adoption of new technology for SMBs is cost and ease of use. Ascend2 and Research Partners in their recent State of Digital Marketing/SMB Benchmarks 2016 look deeper into the what and why SMBs...
by Celine Matthiessen | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog
According to our Local Commerce Monitor™ data the main driver of adoption of new technology for SMBs is cost and ease of use. Ascend2 and Research Partners in their recent State of Digital Marketing/SMB Benchmarks 2016 look deeper into the what and why SMBs...
by Suzanne Ackley | Mar 31, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Radio
As I alluded to on Monday, Hubbard Radio’s Washington, DC talk station WTOP-FM has taken back its crown as the top revenue generating station in the United States in 2015, after falling to second place last year. iHeartMedia’s KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, last...
by BIA Advisory Group | Mar 30, 2016 | Press Releases
After a year at number two, Hubbard Radio’s WTOP-FM, in Washington, DC, reclaims the top spot among the top 10 revenue-generating U.S. radio stations in 2015. CHANTILLY, Va. (March 30, 2016) – After sitting at number two in 2014, Hubbard Radio’s Washington, DC news...
by Suzanne Ackley | Mar 30, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Facebook reigns supreme as the most popular channel used for advertising and promotion by the vast majority of SMBs in BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor survey of small and medium businesses. But for SMBs in the Professional Services* vertical, LinkedIn is the...
