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Social Media Advertising In Detroit: Should A Business Pay?

Apr 12, 2022 2:07:29 PM / by Ali Ahmed

According to Nielsen, 2.9 million adult consumers in Southeast Michigan use social media every month, an audience that continues to expand. As a result of this growth, social media has become a crucial part of local advertising campaigns.

Social media allows Detroit business owners to continually be in front of their target customers and to stay top-of-mind. It allows businesses to communicate daily and be the first company on call when needed. Social media has become essential for marketing local goods and services.

The best part is that social media is free to use for both Detroit consumers and business owners.

There is no subscription service for social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram which, according to Nielsen, are used by 75.7% of Detroit consumers each month. There are no monthly payments or premium memberships required to unlock more services.

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Topics small business, small business owner, social media advertising, facebook advertising, facebook, instagram, twitter, borrell associates, social media, small business marketing, small business advertising

Does The Facebook Name Change Affect Detroit Advertisers?

Oct 29, 2021 2:59:34 PM / by Larry Julius

Every month, 3.1 million adults in Southeast Michigan use social media, according to Nielsen. Seventy-three percent of these consumers use Facebook, far more than other sites like Instagram (also owned by Facebook), Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.

As a stand-alone medium, Facebook is used by more people in Detroit than watch local cable channels. Only Detroit radio and local TV reach more consumers.

The large audience commanded by social media has attracted a significant amount of advertising dollars from local advertisers. According to Borrell Associates, a company that measures advertising expenditures across the county, Detroit area businesses are expected to spend $343 million on social media advertising, a 26.6% increase over 2022. The overwhelming majority of these dollars are being spent with Facebook.

Yesterday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the company was changing its name to "Meta".  This change, though, only affects the name of the parent company. There will be no change to the company's brands like Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.

How will this name change affect Detroit businesses that advertise on Facebook?

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Topics radio advertising, social media advertising, facebook advertising, facebook, instagram, twitter, borrell associates, social media, LinkedIn, metaverse, meta

Advertise in Detroit: How Local Consumers Use The Internet?

Feb 25, 2021 12:55:12 PM / by Larry Julius

Southeast Michigan business owners are expected to invest $964-million during 2021 to advertise to consumers connected to the internet. This forecast was produced by Borrell Associates, a company that tracks business advertising expenditures across the country.

These online marketing dollars will be spent on banner advertising, search engine marketing, email, as well as audio and video advertising. This is all to capture the attention of shoppers and buyers as they go about their connected days.

According to Nielsen, 92.9% of adult consumers in the Detroit area have access to the internet. They connect, primarily, with desktop and laptop computers; smartphones; or tablets.

Ninety-six percent of Detroit adults spend at least one hour per week online, with most spending at least 10 hours connected.

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Topics small business, small business owner, social media advertising, facebook advertising, digital advertising, online advertising, facebook, instagram, social media, direcTV, small business marketing, small business advertising, OTT, CTV, SVOD, AVOD, online shopping, advertise in Detroit, internet

Is Advertising On Twitter Right For Detroit Small Business Owners?

Jan 12, 2021 8:22:37 AM / by Larry Julius

How important is Twitter to Southeast Michigan consumers? Yesterday, for instance, the social media platform was mentioned in at least ten articles published by the Detroit News yesterday.  Almost every local TV newscast included references to the site as well.

Twitter's outsized presence in the news, however, is enormously disproportional to the importance of the micro-blogging app in the life of Detroit's consumers.

According to Nielsen, only about 16.5% of adults in Detroit use Twitter during the course of a month. This is minuscule compared to other social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook.

Twitter offers 20 different options that Metro Detroit small business owners can utilize to market their goods and services to local consumers.  The platform's minimal reach, however, can hamper the success of any advertising campaign.

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Facebook Advertising: Why Detroit Business Owners May Be Pausing

Jul 3, 2020 8:45:05 AM / by Larry Julius

Following the lead of many national marketers, some Metro Detroit small business owners are considering canceling or, at minimum, pausing their advertising schedules with social media network Facebook and its co-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram.

According to the New York Times, "more than 400 companies, from Coca-Cola and Adidas to Ford and Lego, have vowed to halt advertising on the social network, in a growing protest over how it handles hate speech and other harmful content".

With the pandemic figured in, Southeast Michigan business owners were expected to spend $199 million on Facebook and Instagram advertising in 2020. This is according to Borrell Associates, a firm that specializes in the collection and analysis of local marketing expenditures in every city across the United States. But these expenditures could shrink if the protests become louder.

Every type of Detroit business imaginable, including clothing stores, plumbers, HVAC repair, funeral homes, restaurants, dentists, and nonprofits, has come to realize how powerfully social media can contribute to their bottom lines.

Part of what makes Facebook and Instagram attractive to small business owners is the enormous reach these platforms have among consumers. Locally, the audience size for these two social media sites now rival Detroit radio, TV, cable, and newspaper outlets.

For small business owners considering a hiatus from social media advertising, there is a viable way to redirect these dollars into a different medium without losing the marketing equity or momentum built-up on Facebook.

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Who Listens To Commercials On Detroit Radio?

Apr 22, 2020 10:45:53 AM / by Larry Julius

Every week, 2,985,400 adult consumers tune-in to a Detroit radio station. That is way more than are reached by other media, including local television, newspaper, social media, or streaming audio sites like Pandora and Spotify.

A more significant number for thousands of Southeast Michigan small business owners who advertise on Detroit radio is how many of these listeners stick around when their commercials come on.

A 2011 Nielsen study discovered that, on average, 93% of listeners stayed with the radio station they are tuned-to when the commercials come on. That number amazed many advertisers at the time who believed that audiences were far more likely to defect when the music stopped.

A lot has changed since 2011. Metro Detroit consumers have many more media options and can instantly connect to each  with a button-push, mouse-click, screen-tap, or voice command. With all of these choices, do radio audiences still stay tuned during commercial breaks?

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How Well Does Social Media Work For Detroit Retailers?

Mar 13, 2020 1:05:29 PM / by Larry Julius

Metro Detroit retailers spend a considerable amount of time and money marketing their small businesses on social media.  Is this effort paying off?

Each month, according to Nielsen, 2.2 million Southeast Michigan adults use Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. This equates to 65% of consumers.  This reach is rather anemic compared to Detroit radio and TV, which attracts considerably more users in a single week than these social media platforms do over 30 days.

Among local millennials, the monthly reach of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter is eclipsed by the weekly reach of Detroit radio.

The number of consumers reached by an advertising campaign, according to Nielsen, is the media consideration that has the most significant effect on increasing sales. 

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