by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 24, 2019 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Last week Amazon announced that millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide are selling through Amazon (over one million alone in the U.S.). According to Amazon, it has helped more than 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses exceeded $500,000 in...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 16, 2019 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
BIA’s 2019 local advertising forecast shows over-the-air (OTA) television advertising as the fourth largest of all media in advertising dollars at over $17 billion in local in 2019. Cable TV is forecast at $5.8 billion in 2019. While digital/online television...
by Celine Matthiessen | Jan 8, 2019 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
National brands are expected to spend $62.7 billion in 2019 to target local consumers, according to BIA’s latest report. While national brands continue to invest heavily in national advertising to build brand awareness and favorability, they’re increasingly...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 19, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Radio, SAM, SMBs
More than half of radio advertisers (53.4%) are planning to increase their advertising spend in 2019, compared to only 35% of the businesses in our annual SAM™ survey. Radio advertisers use an average of 13 different media channels for advertising. What do they...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog, SAM, SMBs
More than 40% of US small businesses (SMBs) sell brands or branded products that potentially qualify for co-op funding. Local media and marketing sellers have a significant revenue opportunity in helping eligible SMBs access co-op programs. But many media sellers...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 5, 2018 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
For many businesses, large and small, marketing is confusing and stressful. What media works best? What can they afford? Do they stick with what has worked in the past or try something new? We looked at large and small businesses from BIA’s SAM™ survey to...