by Suzanne Ackley | Feb 8, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
The rise in mobile viewing of television and video is also impacting how small businesses advertise. Small businesses use video not on one but on multiple channels. Websites are the most popular place for videos. In fact, 1 in 4 small businesses say they have a video...
by BIA Advisory Group | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social
How much will be spent on mobile advertising through 2021, and what will be the sources (and destinations) of those dollars? These are questions we’ve answered in a white paper that publishes today. Among the $72 billion projected for U.S. mobile ads in 2021*,...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 18, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses are increasingly using Instagram for advertising and promotion, according to Wave 20 of our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016). While a Facebook page is still the most popular social media used by small businesses,...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 11, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Direct Mail* remains the most used traditional media, according to Wave 20 of our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016), with 41.0% of small businesses using it for advertising or promotion. Direct mail has been the top #1 traditional...
by Celine Matthiessen | Sep 27, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Sales Best Practices, SAM, SMBs
Fall is usually ushered in by shorter days and lots of pumpkin spice lattes. At BIA/Kelsey fall is the time we release data from our annual survey of small businesses, The Local Commerce Monitor™ now in Wave 20. BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor is one...
