Navigating algorithm updates, platform changes, and new technology appear to be concerns for local marketers this year, according to the newest Local Search Industry Survey report from BrightLocal. More than one-third (36%) of the 550 local marketers surveyed working...
In general, Americans tend to hold small businesses in high regard. And, while the pandemic has brought about many negative consequences, it appears to have driven more US consumers in the direction of small businesses, with a survey [pdf] by Sendinblue showing that...
Some 6 in 10 B2B SMB sales professionals think their team cooperates well with marketing – a view shared by significantly fewer of their marketing counterparts. And, when it comes to specific shared goals and initiatives, some companies are falling short while others...
When it comes to influencing purchase decisions, consumers take product and business reviews to heart. But, it’s not just reviews that consumers read — close to three-quarters also read the businesses’ responses to these reviews. This is per a survey from BrightLocal...
Three-quarters of the American public maintain a great deal (38%) or quite a lot (37%) of confidence in small business, per a recent survey from Gallup. This level of confidence has grown from two years ago when about two-thirds of US adults held the same degree of...
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Let's take an updated look at how marketers and consumers are dealing with this crisis. The below is a curated list of data that we've gathered in recent weeks, but with news about the global spread of the coronavirus and its effects on consumers and businesses...
Healthcare marketing departments have cut media spend and paid advertising by 38.5% due to COVID-19, with many top initiatives becoming a lower priority. So reveals Binary Fountain in a new study [download page] exploring what healthcare marketing looks like at this...
Email remains one of the top marketing channels for driving sales, but it’s not just email content that can facilitate objectives such as brand awareness, lead generation or increasing sales. Email signatures can also be used to drive these objectives, per a new...
Nearly half (47%) of small and medium business (SMB) owners from across the globe say that finding the right technology to fit their needs is one of the factors that is constraining their business activities. So, what do SMB owners look for when choosing new...
The modern connected customer has concerns and demands that, in some ways, are quite different from what they were before the digital era. So are brands confident in how they serve them? Unfortunately, a survey from CMO Council and Worldwide Partners of more than 350...
As consumers' media behaviors shift, so are their ways of getting the news. In fact, people are about as likely to get news from a website or app as they are from watching local TV, and they're now more likely to get news from a social media site than from reading...
Almost two-thirds of local marketers (64%) agree that Google is becoming the new "homepage" for local businesses, according to The State of Local SEO Industry Report 2019 [download page] from Moz. Within that environment, it makes sense that local marketers are...
Navigating algorithm updates, platform changes, and new technology appear to be concerns for local marketers this...
More Americans are “stacking” subscription video-on-demand services (SVOD). While 84% of internet users have access to...
Baby Boomers still hold a significant portion of purchase power in the US. Approximately 1 in 6 Americans is...
Some 58% of US adults have used voice search to find information on a local business at some point in the past 12...
Most small business owners are self-taught when it comes to marketing and promoting their businesses, according to...
Most US consumers would lost trust in a business that had incorrect or inconsistent contact details online, reports...