Despite the strong growth of digital and mobile media advertising, small businesses in the Home and Trade vertical (construction/contracting, plumbers, HVAC, etc.) continue to prefer traditional media channels for advertising and promotion, according to data from BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey…
The art of tracking, analyzing and optimizing inbound phone leads -- also known as call commerce -- has taken on new life with advancements in AI. The process of extracting meaning and insights from spoken dialogues is getting smarter by the…
One thing has been obvious across the past several waves of BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses -- the bigger the small business the more likely they are to choose to have assistance with their digital advertising (the "Do It…
In a joint project BIA/Kelsey just completed with MediaMax resulting in the ebook, The Win of Going Local and a forthcoming webinar on the same topic, we took a hard look at BIA/Kelsey's forecast for ad spend targeting local audiences through 2021.…
The ideal for marketers is to not just better understand their customer segments in terms of attributes, behaviors, and contextual data. That is half the problem, getting a deep understanding of who interacts (or should) with your brand and why.…
MediaMax Network (MMN) and BIA/Kelsey collaborated to develop an eBook entitled. The Win of Going Local, which looks at how national brands can use localized media campaigns to drive higher growth. In the 15 page ebook, read about how "Brand marketers are…
Traditional media platforms will account for nearly 70% of the $18.5 billion local advertising spent in California's 12 television markets this year. By 2021, however, that percentage will have decreased to just slightly over 59%, as online/digital and mobile revenue grows. Local…
Smartphones are used by just about everyone, and they're being used to make offline buying decisions. In fact, more than 50% of all retail purchases are influenced by mobile, according to the National Retail Federation, and that's not just paid advertising. Retailers, however, are…
Nearly all of small businesses use social media (pages, ads, native, video, etc.) to advertise, whether free or paid solutions. And according to our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016) they are investing in their social media marketing --…
BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016) asks small businesses in key industries such as financial services (banks, accountants, tax services and financial-based franchises) about their advertising strategies. As with other industries, digital media plays a large role in financial…
Local advertising in California will reach $18.5 billion in 2017 across 12 geographic markets (including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento), according to BIA/Kelsey’s local market advertising forecast. Businesses in retail, automotive and general services (which includes a range of…
At our upcoming Local Impact Los Angeles Conference, we will kick off the day with a major key trend in local: social advertising. While Facebook leads in adoption by small businesses -- 77.6% of small businesses have a Facebook page, that's…
In a digital age, voice calls continue to be an under-recognized form of business lead. And as we examined in a recent report, this area of call commerce is advancing quickly and in parallel with the rise of AI. This includes the…
When it comes to their social media marketing, retail small businesses prefer the channels that are visually oriented, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016). As with the small businesses in most of the other vertical categories in…
National Small Business Week, a signature event of the U.S. Small Business Administration, kicked off on Sunday, April 30 and runs all week. For Small Business Week YP, who is a sponsor for Small Business Week, is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, May 3,…
Publishers in pursuit of digital revenue growth work on two basic revenue models, selling access to audiences and selling access to content. Fortune's reading of IAB's recent estimate that digital ad revenue grew by over 20% last year to $72.5 billion…
The social media advertising industry targeting local audiences in the U.S. will more than double to $31.5 billion by 2021, up from $14.9 billion in 2016. As social platforms like Facebook have made direct monetization of their platforms a reality,…
