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LEADING IN LOCAL: SMB Digital Marketing is taking place Sept. 22-24 in New Orleans, LA.

Get the inside track on new revenues, opportunities and connections in SMB digital marketing.

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Advisory Reports

Social Local Media - U.S. Local Media Forecast (2013-2018) [5/12/2014]

Content Marketing: The New SMB Paradigm [6/24/2014]

Phone Calls: The New Currency of the Smartphone Era [5/21/2014]

BIA/Kelsey Briefing - DataSphere: Leveraging Mobile Advertising and Changing Course with 20,000 SMBs [5/5/2014]

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BIA/Kelsey is the leading research and advisory company focused on the local advertising marketplace. Our research-driven insights, strategic analysis and competitive intelligence help clients drive growth and revenue. Our LEADING IN LOCAL conferences are also recognized as the preeminent events for the media community.

Featured Research

Mobile and Location Based Advertising
Mike Boland and Tom Buono discuss noteworthy mobile activities. More details available on our 2014 mobile predictions and mobile ad forecast.

SMB & Consumer Research

Consumer Commerce Monitor™ (CCM) Hispanic Findings: Hispanic consumers are outpacing non-Hispanics in their adoption of mobile, social and online sources for local shopping. Nearly half (48.5 percent) of Hispanic consumers use mobile devices for local shopping, compared with 32 percent of non-Hispanics, and 42.5 percent report using their smartphones daily for local shopping.

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Local Commerce Monitor (LCM) Findings: Franchisors are actively involved in the local online presence of their franchise businesses, often funding and controlling digital marketing activities at the local level, according to the latest findings from LCM – Wave 17, our ongoing study of the advertising behaviors of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs.)

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Available & Upcoming

Webinar
WEBINAR: Selling Mobile Ads to Local Businesses: A Playbook

Join us for a tactical webinar on the playbook for selling location-based mobile advertising. Media sellers are invited to build effectiveness and credibility in this growing medium.
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 2:00 EDT (11:00PDT)

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Insight Paper
Phone Calls: The New Currency of the Smartphone Era

The report, Phone Calls: The New Currency of the Smartphone Era, offers a comprehensive review of pay per call, call monetization, performance-based advertising and mobile advertising, by examining the significance of the call monetization opportunity and how to capitalize on it.

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Sponsored Research
The Internet Radio Revolution Has Arrived

Report examining how new business models are forming around platforms, services, audiences and advertisers to reinvent audio.

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Native Advertising Summit
Native Advertising Summit

One-day summit focused on content marketing and its revenue potential.

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Investing in Radio Market Report
Investing In Radio – Market Report 2nd Edition

Report profiling every Arbitron-rated market with historic and five-year market revenue projections.

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Local Media Watch

LevelUp Banks on Smart Watch Adoption for Payments  [7/22/2014] By Peter Krasilovsky

Twitter Acquires CardSpring; Enters SMB Loyalty and Data Space  [7/18/2014] By Peter Krasilovsky

A Look at Facebook's ‘Buy Button’ for SMBs  [7/17/2014] By Peter Krasilovsky

Webcast Next Week: The Playbook For Selling Mobile Local Ads  [7/17/2014] By Mike Boland

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