by Celine Matthiessen | May 15, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, Mobile-Social, SMBs
Smartphones are used by just about everyone, and they’re being used to make offline buying decisions. In fact, more than 50% of all retail purchases are influenced by mobile, according to the National Retail Federation, and that’s not just paid...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Conferences, SMBs
Nearly all of small businesses use social media (pages, ads, native, video, etc.) to advertise, whether free or paid solutions. And according to our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016) they are investing in their social media...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 10, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Conferences, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social, Verticals
Local advertising in California will reach $18.5 billion in 2017 across 12 geographic markets (including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento), according to BIA/Kelsey’s local market advertising forecast. Businesses in retail, automotive and general services...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 8, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, SMBs
At our upcoming Local Impact Los Angeles Conference, we will kick off the day with a major key trend in local: social advertising. While Facebook leads in adoption by small businesses — 77.6% of small businesses have a Facebook page, that’s only the...
by BIA Advisory Group | May 5, 2017 | Blog, Conferences
In a digital age, voice calls continue to be an under-recognized form of business lead. And as we examined in a recent report, this area of call commerce is advancing quickly and in parallel with the rise of AI. This includes the ability for marketers to optimize ad...
by Rick Ducey | May 1, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
Publishers in pursuit of digital revenue growth work on two basic revenue models, selling access to audiences and selling access to content. Fortune’s reading of IAB’s recent estimate that digital ad revenue grew by over 20% last year to $72.5 billion is...
