Local advertising is changing in many ways and Borrell Associates has been tracking the way local retailers are spending their local advertising dollars and the move to spending on local promotions is very clear from this chart. You can download this chart here and from the Executive Summary you’ll read where Borrell Associates feels that […]
If you’re involved in local advertising you’re naturally interested in the viability of local newspapers. As consumers move online and away from the printed copies of newspapers, the papers built great internet sites for consumers. Unfortunately, the banner ad revenue never equaled the decline in print advertising so they went to the idea of paywalls […]
Many brands spend lots of time and money on their brand site and leave their best dealers to fend for themselves when it comes to online content for their sites. Here is an interesting chart from an article on eMarketer.com that shows that consumers shopping for a car are as likely to be influenced by […]
Newspaper ad sales continue to fall as Google ad sales continue to climb. The chart shown here is from a post on Reflections of a Newsosaur and clearly makes the case that ad dollars are going digital at the expense of printed newspaper ads. This still understates the move from print to digital because so […]
JGSullivan has launched a new resource to help brand marketers improve their current Ad Builder programs. It’s called the Ad Builder Effectiveness Audit. Unlike an IRS audit, this one is fast, fun and useful. We’ve boiled down 17 years of Ad Builder experience across many industries into 29 questions across four key leverage points. Answer the […]
The changes in local marketing have been phenomenal in the last several years, driven by changes in consumer behavior which were in turn driven by technological changes. Well, just when you figured out the difference between a widget and an app, along comes another dramatic shift in technology. From an article on ReadWrite.com we […]
Most of the articles we read about how brands are moving advertising dollars from traditional to digital media explain the move as a reaction to consumer behavior. It just makes sense to follow consumers online. Now we’re starting to see more articles that mention that the lower cost of digital advertising is a big influence, […]
We track a lot of studies about how consumers are moving away from traditional media to digital but every so often we are reminded that this isn’t an either or decision, print is still important. This chart is from an article on eMarketer.com and tells us that young people, the ones you would think would never […]
How do consumers shop for your products? There is a lot of great research out there that documents how consumers go online to get product information before making a decision. Google has some great information on their site GoogleInsights.com Here is one of the many insights they share with regard to consumers who are shopping […]
There have been so many studies supporting the idea that brands are recognizing the change in consumer behavior and are reacting by moving ad dollars from traditional media to digital. While this study from emarkter.com doesn’t break down national advertising vs. local advertising, the logic should be the same. If consumers are relying more on […]