Previously we’ve reported on the number of videos that are being viewed each month online. Now we’re seeing how brand marketers are currently using videos online from a TurnHere Internet Video survey. It makes sense for brands to produce online videos as we’ve seen how much consumers like to watch videos online and video is […]
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Consumers are expecting to see more and better local information online every day. Here’s a very recent study that shows how car buyers are as influenced by what they see on a local dealer’s site as they are on what they find on the brand site. As a brand manager you should be very nervous […]
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TMP’s recent study about how consumers look for product and service information online vs. offline has some really interesting insights into the way consumers use online vs. print. There is a lot to look at here so let’s just focus on 2009. The important news for online is that consumers use the internet earlier in […]
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TMP Directional Marketing released their annual study on how consumers find information about local businesses, do they go online or use printed Yellow Pages? The quick answer is both but there is a lot to learn from their study including this chart broken down by age. The younger you are the more likely you […]
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Borrell and Associates has come out with another report indicating that small and medium-sized business (your dealers) are going to be spending more money online in the coming years, “SMBs are collectively poised to plow billions of dollars into their own websites,” according to the report. The definition of non-ad marketing is spending on a […]
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Google promotes each of their select group of Authorized Resellers with a page describing their services and what they offer. You should ask anyone promoting online search for their Authorized Google AdWords Reseller page to know you’re getting the best trained and resourced expertise. Here is ours: http://www.google.com/intl/en/adwords/reseller/JGSullivan.html
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We always feel great when we get a testimonial from a client but to read a good one like this in a magazine article is even better, NHFA President Mike Spiller called HomeFurnishings.com the “biggest idea in the 100-year history of the NHFA.” You can read the entire article here. We’re really proud to be […]
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There are a lot of advantages for a brand to provide microsites for their dealers. In addition to controlling the brand message and insuring the most up-to-date information is available to consumers there is also the network effect. If you have to contact dealers individually to get your information on their site or on their […]
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As reported on Radioink.com This is a watershed report as small businesses use online more than traditional advertising for the first time ever. ———————— August 21, 2009: BIA’s Kelsey Group reports in a “Local Commerce Monitor” study that online/digital media penetration among small and medium-sized advertisers came in at 77 percent in August, up from […]
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Here’s another report, this time from The Kelsey Group that documents how local advertisers are adding to digital media as traditional advertising spending declines in the next several years. In this report they define digital as mobile, internet Yellow Pages, local search, online verticals and classifieds, voice search, e-mail marketing and digital revenues generated from […]
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