BIA's August forecast update again revised downward to $140 billion the total 2020 ad spending targeting local audience, a 6.1 percent decline from 2019. Of course political spending is an exception, and in this recent forecast update, BIA increased its…
The next six months will be an interesting time for Radio operators. As we get to the next stage of the pandemic and start to see unemployment numbers drop and businesses re-emerge, Radio is uniquely positioned to benefit from this…
Financial businesses are a huge segment of local targeted ad spend and include businesses like auto insurance, financial planners, credit unions and mortgage brokers. Businesses in financial are heavily invested in advertising that targets their potential customers. It's no surprise…
BIA's mid-year forecast predicts that the 8 digital local ad platforms we track will generate $59.5 billion of the total $148.8 billion we expect advertisers to spend targeting local audiences. That is 40 percent of the total local ad spending.…
More than 40% of US small businesses (SMBs) sell brands or branded products that potentially qualify for co-op funding. Local media and marketing sellers have a significant revenue opportunity in helping eligible SMBs access co-op programs. But many media sellers…
In this third part of our series examining how to build a grounded revenue budget for 2019, we’d like to offer our top three recommendations for growth in 2019. Recommendation One: Implement verticals-based revenue budgeting for 2019. It is not…
It’s budgeting season and many of our clients have expressed their concern about next year and beyond. Both certain and uncertain dynamics are at play involving recurrent influences (i.e., politics, Olympic games) and the continuous changes (i.e., digital, consumer content…
