by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 28, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
According to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium businesses (SMBs), 18.4% of the SMBs in the survey report using co-op advertising funds. Of these, 45.2% are franchisees or licensees of larger national companies — most owning...
by BIA Advisory Group | Jul 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
Now more than ever, there’s a tremendous opportunity for marketing automation sellers to engage SMBs with search engine optimization combined with social marketing. SMBs that want to connect with customers online are utilizing search-optimized web presence...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, SAM, SMBs
Co-op advertising programs are popular with SMBs, particularly larger SMBs, according to our Local Commerce Monitor , Wave 19 (Q3/2015). Our Plus Spenders are SMBs that spend more than $25K annually on advertising and more than a third (39.3%) of this group uses...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 21, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Recently Pinterest introduced several new e-commerce features that it hopes will encourage its 100 million monthly users to buy items through its website. “These features are a big step in helping Pinterest become more of a shopping hub,” said company...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 20, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
SMBs that use video* for advertising and promotion (Video SMBs) have more aggressive advertising spending plans than those that don’t use video, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small and medium businesses (SMBs). The average...
