Local businesses continue to see the benefits of working with an ad agency for their local advertising needs, with most being very satisfied with their chosen agency. The key determinant for a business to work with an agency is not…
In this BIA Strategic Brief, the first of many we'll be doing monthly this year, I'd like to share some perspective into two ad platforms – the rising tiger of digital and the cash cow of direct mail (borrowing these…
Local advertisers from the small local cleaners to franchisees all have a similar challenge - getting their message in front of customers on many screens and places. On average, a local business uses at least 9 different ad channels. That means working…
BIA's 2019 local advertising forecast shows over-the-air (OTA) television advertising as the fourth largest of all media in advertising dollars at over $17 billion in local in 2019. Cable TV is forecast at $5.8 billion in 2019. While digital/online television advertising accounts for…
NOTE: This post was revised 9/21/18 to correct an editing error. As BIA works with clients to strategize revenue growth prospects for local TV, we're considering the Total Addressable Markets (TAM) for broadcast television versus digital platforms. It's a tale of two cities.…
While local TV groups and MVPDs strive to achieve significant revenue growth with their traditional advertising products, progress can be hampered by the increased spend shifting to digital ad platforms in local markets. BIA forecasts that digital media will increase from…
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have out-sized marketing power with the range of integrated advertising technology (adtech) and marketing technology (martech) platforms that are affordable for businesses with less than 100 employees. For any business to benefit from data-driven media campaigns,…
Advertisers expect media sellers to have knowledge of their market, business and what works for advertising. In fact, our small business survey (Local Commerce Monitor) respondents rank in-depth product intelligence and the value of the product vs. others as top wants from…
In this BIA Vantage Points invited post, Premium Media 360, a TV data automation firm that synchronizes data among media and agency partners, argues that having data and automating TV advertising platforms are critical success factors. However, there remains the…
BIA Advisory Services reported that video advertising in local will continue to outpace local advertising in growth for the next five years. Mobile local video is growing at 14.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) as increased consumer mobile usage is…
Start-up small businesses reported that as they are getting established in their local markets they use a lot of free and low cost media. No surprise that they are focused on visibility and are heavy users of giveaways and community…
61.4% of small businesses that advertise on TV or cable had a video produced in the last 12 months, according to data from BIA’s Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey, which is more than double the average from the full sample (26.3%). Where are they…
Free and low-cost digital and social media channels are most popular in use among retail small businesses, but they give higher return on investment (ROI) marks to traditional media channels such as TV and cable, according to data from Wave 21…
In terms of radio and television station transactions, the past year was strong but not overwhelming. As shown in the year end totals, BIA/Kelsey reports that the total number of television stations sold in 2017 were 107 for a total…
Having worked with television executives for over 30 years, we understand the importance of success against the other in-market television competition. In many markets, a one share improvement in a key demo, coupled with the associated sales boost, can make…
Small business that advertise on TV/cable are unique in some ways from other small businesses. This year especially, they are more optimistic about the future and plan on spending more on advertising in 2018. Other unique qualities include their size.…
Local TV stations are sometimes unintentionally perceived as one dimensional by media professionals, marketers and Wall Street. And yet despite the expansion of content and distribution channels over the past twenty-five years, these local stations have retained a core set…
According to BIA/Kelsey's newly released report "Insights into Local Advertising — Automotive Vertical" businesses in the automotive vertical account for 10% of the total local advertising money that will be spent in the U.S. in 2017, which puts automotive third behind retail and…
BIA/Kelsey's new "Fireside Chat" series features lively interactions with industry thought leaders who take a break from the press of day-to-day business to offer up some perspective. We launch this series with our new Executive-in-Residence who's starting with us this…
In this edition of BIA/Kelsey's Vantage Points, we introduce one of our new industry executive advisers and welcome him to our team. Tony Marinaro has 30 years experience in market research and consumer insights and is the former head of research for LIN…
