Coremetrics’ most recent Benchmark study shows an air of optimism among U.K. online shoppers with a significant rise in online spending this Christmas and the number of items per transaction on the increase, too. During last year’s recession-riddled Christmas season, the average online order value dropped by 20% compared to 2007. However, this year has… Read more »
Ad-ology Research recently updated their Industry Marketing Insights report for Display Advertising Services (also called Out-of-Home). The following are the predicted Top 5 Opportunities/Challenges from the report for this industry for the upcoming 12 months: The ad industry is expected to recover in 2010 and the out-of-home segment should continue to grow. Consumer groups continue… Read more »
US online advertising spending is set to drop in 2009 for the first time since 2002. eMarketer estimates online ad spending will be down 4.6%. However, the slowly recovering economy, combined with basic structural changes in how marketers and the public use media, will lead to Internet ad spending growth in early 2010. “The economic… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, I highlighted the general move by small businesses into search marketing. WebVisible’s survey indicated that the typical small business spent $1,658 on search marketing in Q3 2009. Another detail that came to light in that survey is the increase in the number of keywords used by small businesses. WebVisible analysts… Read more »
Last week I highlighted WebVisible’s report on the increased use of search marketing by small businesses. Another research concern, VerticalResponse also reported that search engine marketing will be a key 2010 expenditure for smaller operators. And according to VerticalResponse, small business owners are planning a number of budget cuts to traditional media formats next year…. Read more »