by BIA Advisory Group | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Mobile-Social, SMBs
Web hosting has transformed over the past few years. With domain and website creation, there’s lots of room for integration with marketing and SMB services (social, search, CRM etc.). The one-stop-shop is also appealing to time-starved and simplicity-oriented...
by BIA Advisory Group | Feb 11, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
As big data continues to collide with local marketing, small businesses are more empowered than ever to acquire and retain customers. It’s the job — and opportunity — of local media companies and startups to bring them that capability. But as we all...
by Suzanne Ackley | Feb 10, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, SAM, SMBs, Verticals
In our annual survey of SMBS also known as the Local Commerce Monitor (LCM)™, Wave 19, when we take a closer look at our industry segments, SMBs in certain vertical categories are more likely to be franchises. As shown in the infographic above, 1 out of 5 SMBs...
by Suzanne Ackley | Feb 5, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
While a majority of small businesses prefer to DIY their digital advertising (58%), this doesn’t mean that these DIY SMBs don’t use agencies for other advertising purposes. A typical SMB uses multiple channels (6-12) on average for advertising and...
by BIA Advisory Group | Feb 5, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
Facebook Pages are the most prevalent form of SMB marketing according to BIA/Kelsey data. And there are currently 45 million SMBs with active Pages according to Facebook’s own data (2 million of which are paid). As we’ve discussed, this has a lot to do...
by Celine Matthiessen | Feb 4, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
One very simple way for small businesses to compete with the big players in their markets is with the help of marketing automation such as email and social media monitoring. Marketing automation helps small businesses appear and behave like a brand or corporation....
