2019 Online Trends 50% of the world’s population has access to the internet E-commerce sales are up 12.4% over the prior year E-commerce is 15% of US retail sales Mobile advertising now accounts for 33% – Google and Facebook still… Read More ›
Advertising
The Fraud of Digital Advertising
Advertisers spend the most money on digital advertising ($111 billion per year). Digital advertising spend is the fastest growing advertising segment. Google and Facebook control 90% of digital advertising. 60% of digital advertising is fraud. George Simpson in his article,… Read More ›
The Rigged Retail Playing Field
Take a look at the chart of America’s monopolies and it is not difficult to understand the the issues facing local businesses – the playing field is rigged. Emily Stewart writes, “From cellphone providers to beer to cat food, consumers… Read More ›
How Amazon is destroying media companies
Executive Summary: Advertising has moved from print, TV, and radio to digital Google and Facebook control 90% of all digital advertising growth Amazon has moved from fifth to third in digital advertising by earning $2 billion per quarter Traditional media lives or dies based on advertising revenues Google, Facebook and Amazon are choking off traditional … Continue reading Amazon Monopoly growing threat to local media companies
Facebook quickly becoming as dangerous to local business as Amazon
Facebook is entering the home services market Facebook goes after local business. Starting today, U.S. Facebook users browsing the Facebook Marketplace will be able to search thousands of home service professionals through a new feature that helps users locate top-rated and… Read More ›
Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Amazon’s Addiction Business Model
Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Amazon’s Addiction Business Model Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Amazon’s Addiction Business Model The world, albeit slowly, is waking to the Tech Giants’ Addiction Business Model. See Chamath Palihapitiya a former Facebook employee who has begun… Read More ›
Google, Facebook & Amazon’s threats to local business
Google, Facebook & Amazon’s threats to local business
Google and Facebook will destroy local media
Google and Facebook are in the process of destroying local media. Local media has accelerated its own demise with fifteen years of failed leadership, and failure to recognize the need for radical change. Leadership would stop competing and aligning with… Read More ›
The Google monopoly will destroy Local Media
Ryan Cooper of The Week states it clearly Google is dangerous monopoly, “Google is a monopoly — and it’s crushing the internet.” Cooper supports what I have been pointing out for the past two years. The publication, Editor and Publisher, warns… Read More ›
Amazon wants to totally control local retail
Business Insider reports, Amazon accounts for 43% of US online retail sales. An analysis by Slice Intelligence released found that 43% of all online retail sales in the US went through Amazon in 2016, as the e-commerce giant’s market share… Read More ›
Local Business Versus Amazon and the Tech Giants 