by Celine Matthiessen | Mar 16, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Channel overload, training and list management are among the top local marketing challenges for franchisees according to the results of our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses. Franchisees are a key segment of our survey because they are advanced...
by Celine Matthiessen | Feb 16, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
Accenture released a report that declared loyalty points are dead for consumers and there are new factors at play influencing consumers’ choices for loyalty. The Accenture Strategy report, ‘Seeing Beyond the Loyalty Illusion: It’s Time You Invest More Wisely’,...
by Suzanne Ackley | Nov 30, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
In the spirit of the holidays and gift lists, BIA/Kelsey offers up our 2nd annual Holiday Wish List for SMBs. So what products and services are small and medium businesses most interested in adding to their marketing activities in 2017? In Wave 20 of our Local...
by Celine Matthiessen | Nov 17, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
American Express is in its sixth year of supporting small businesses and the local economy with Small Business Saturday. The National Federation of Independent Businesses and American Express released the fourth-annual Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights...
by Suzanne Ackley | Oct 26, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses are feeling more optimistic about their businesses and industries, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). Two new questions added in Wave 20 (3Q/2016) of our survey deal...