Here’s another indication that your small retailers increased their usage of social media in 2010 and intend to use it even more in 2011. This report is just another in a long line of indicators that social media sites, primarily Facebook, are becoming more important to small retailers and it’s been said that their Facebook […]
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Local advertising continues to change and what may have been a farfetched media idea a few years ago, should be a part of your plans today. Look at this chart from eMarketer about Facebook penetration in the US. While you may not be convinced that buying display ads on Facebook is right for you, we’ve […]
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emarketer.com recently published an article about auto dealers moving their advertising dollars to the Internet. They based their thesis on an interview with the head of an advertising agency that specializes in automotive dealership advertising. Here is an interesting quote from the owner of the agency, He goes on to point out the need for […]
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Local advertising continues to change at, if possible, an even faster pace than last year. We’ve read, written and heard a lot about the need for mobile sites as the younger generations rely on their phones more than their computers to access the Internet and to communicate with one another. Here’s a screenshot from a […]
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Here is an interesting report about who has a Facebook fan page by category. For many local retailers a Facebook fan page has become their local web site and as a brand marketer, you have to worry about what they are saying on these pages about your brand. Because a Facebook fan page is so […]
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As the internet becomes more localized (because of all that is happening with local search, mobile and even local twitter) brands have to keep pace and deliver local information to consumers or risk losing their interest. Here’s one way to deliver regional promotions and promotions for specific dealers economically. Some promotions aren’t national and therefore […]
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As the Internet matures brand managers are starting to understand the need to connect consumers from their brand site to their local dealer to complete the sale. And, most often the first step should be to the dealer’s site, since the consumer is already online. Unfortunately, most dealer locators link the consumer to the dealer’s […]
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Homefurnishings.com is site owned by The National Home Furnishings Association. It’s loaded with helpful information for consumers in the market for home furnishings and links consumers to local dealer microsites in a rather interesting way. Here’s how it works to protect the brand and the dealer. The idea is to have lots of shopping information […]
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We’re getting close to a real test on whether newspapers can charge for online content to offset the revenue they are losing on their print editions. The New York Times, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal, is planning on charging for online content starting next month. The idea is that you will […]
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Every year at this time we like to look back to see what the major changes were in local advertising techniques during the past year and from there project what will happen in the coming year. It’s really easy this year to see that mobile will be an important part of what we do in […]
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