The spanking new program is set for Leading in Local: The National Impact, which is May 7-9 in Atlanta. We’ve put together a great list of 55 hand-picked speakers – all centered on what’s really happening in local with a…
All eyes are on "local" this morning on Wall Street, with GrubHub's IPO off to a great start. The company has placed 7.4 million shares priced at $26, or $192.4 million. The shares closed at $34. We've been watching GrubHub's…
All eyes are on "local" this morning on Wall Street, with GrubHub's IPO off to a great start. The company has placed 7.4 million shares priced at $26, or $192.4 million. The shares closed at $34. We've been watching GrubHub's…
Classified Ventures has put cars.com on the block, with a wide array of potential suitors getting ready to pony up big bucks for the No. 2 auto vertical property. And Yahoo is upping its game in search through its content…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
Google is testing a new advertising feature that bridges the gap between people who have visited brands' websites via desktop with advertisements on their mobile devices, and vice-versa. This comes at a time where Desktop search in the US is…
In the U.S., Hispanic consumers usage of smartphones, tablets, social networking and other forms of digital channels make this group one of today's most engaged populations in the local shopping space. On yesterday's "Hispanic Consumers Buy into Digital for Local…
It has been a quite the week for WhatsApp after being acquired for $19 billion by Facebook (FB) last Wednesday. Word about the deal has traveled fast. However, the big question that everyone is asking is "could the deal possibly…
We've been tracking the transition of automotive marketing to digital for ten years or more, but have just recently seen major pickup at local dealers. There has been a definite lag at the dealer level compared to the car manufacturers.…
This year will be the beginning of the end for printed Yellow Pages and the end of the beginning for native advertising. This reflects just two of the "Analyst Picks & Predictions" that BIA/Kelsey published this week. Other 2014 analyst…
What does a newspaper company do when it loses its affiliation with a major vertical brand? That was the question for The San Jose Mercury News and some of the other Digital First Media papers on New Years Day, when…
ReachLocal announced today that it is moving away from its new ClubLocal business, which connects consumers with service providers. The publicly-owned company said that it is now considering a deal that would allow ClubLocal to be taken over by a…
Craig's List is going to begin charging used car dealers $5 for 30 day placements, beginning December 3. The new fee is the latest stage in the slow evolution of Craig's List to a partially premium site that still offers…
Facebook isn't obvious as a major competitor for auto advertising. But Google certainly watches Facebook's every move in autos, as it worries that advertising that might have otherwise gone to its services is being cannibalized by social media. Is it…
The $1.8 billion of leisure/recreation advertising on Out-of-Home media was its largest vertical, representing 25% of total Out-of-Home advertising in 2012, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. The Finance/Insurance vertical was the second highest, with 10% of total Out-of-Home…
According to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus, radio garnered nearly $14.7 billion in advertising revenue in 2012, representing over 11% of total advertising spend, placing it in fourth place behind direct mail, newspaper and television. Unlike other media, radio advertising…
Despite the well documented declines in newspaper circulation, advertising on newspaper was $22.5 billion in 2012, representing 17.1% of total advertising spend in the U.S. and second only to direct mail, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. In a…
In 2012, newspaper continued to lead the way in real estate advertising spending at $563 million (27.7%), followed closely by online advertising at $487 million (23.9%), according to Media Ad View Plus, BIA/Kelsey’s local market ad forecast report. 2012 Real…
Television dominated the Government/Political/Religion ("GPR") vertical in 2012, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. In 2012, television's $3.1 billion of advertising from GPR represented nearly 3/4 of total advertising for this vertical. 2012 Government/Political/Religion Ad Spending by Media The…
