Comments for Local Media Watch - BIA/Kelsey

Comment on Social Advertising Revenues Rise in Latest BIA/Kelsey Forecast by Arpita

Arpita — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:38:58 +0000

Hi Jed Williams,
Thank you for sharing this nice post.This is a great observation.The Social Networking Sites is gaining revenues.The BIA/Kelsey forecast is really useful.

Thanks again
Regards

Comment on LSA Conference Explores the Path Forward for YP and Local Search by Villager

Villager — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:34:28 +0000

We are considering Ursula Worth as a guest speaker for our upcoming conference. Did you enjoy her presentation?

Comment on EXAI Launches Real-Time SMB Website Builder by Josh

Josh — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:15:31 +0000

I checked out their site builder, looks promising!

Comment on Manta’s Next Steps for SMBs: A Conversation With Pamela Springer by Jed Williams

Jed Williams — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:49:37 +0000

It’s a good point about the future of SEO. Manta is moving to integrate with SMBs beyond basic profile content. This platform approach allows it to operate across networks and fashion a set of SMB marketing, loyalty and commerce tools that transcend online visibility/rank.

Comment on Manta’s Next Steps for SMBs: A Conversation With Pamela Springer by Good painters

Good painters — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:43:37 +0000

Manta have done a great job maintaining their traffic in a post-panda world. Particularly, given how much traffic the likes of Hubspot have lost.

It seems that there might well be a model based around SEO still. The question is, however, how long can you continue to build a model around SEO.

Comment on AT&T Completes YP Sale by Service

Service — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:47:28 +0000

Now the fun begins!

Now that YP Holdings can’t hide under the shroud of AT&T’s results reporting, it will be very interesting to see exactly where they are at and where they are heading.

Comment on Dex One-Google in AdWords Deal by Jon

Jon — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:15:01 +0000

Brady,
How’s that sales job for Dex going? That’s the only person that would make an utterly rediculous comment like that: “…best cost per customer available in the market today.” Wow. That’s laughable.

Comment on Bookshelf: ‘The Good Fail’ by Beth at the Woods Hole Inn

Beth at the Woods Hole Inn — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:40:45 +0000

Having failed myself at many business endeavors, and then pouring all that “learning” into my most recent success (an inn and restaurant on Cape Cod) – I look forward to reading this well-named book! Great mention in the NYTimes Youre the Boss blog — that’s how I found you! –Beth at the Woods Hole Inn

Comment on Where Ads Morphs Into PayPal Media Network by Painters

Painters — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:46:32 +0000

I love the quote: “It’s no longer e-commerce,” he said. “It’s just commerce.”

This is going to be the message of the next 5 years.

The next 5 years will no doubt be a period of convergence. Offline and Online will converge with every retailer expected to be accessible not only at their bricks and mortar shops, but also online and via mobile devices. Similarly, we will see (we are already seeing) the convergence of the different aspects of business (advertising, customer management, payment processing, etc).

This move by Paypal is a great example of the convergence that is happening right now.

Comment on Unpacking our Mobile Local Forecast by Mike Boland

Mike Boland — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Yes. Definitely includes the locally targeted portion of the national spend. National advertisers and agencies are where most mobile spending is happening today. See reasons #1 and #2 above.

Also, keep in mind this post is almost a year old. Newer data can be found here – http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2012/04/20/when-will-mobile-local-searches-eclipse-desktop/

thanks for the comment.
Mike