- Online advertising spending by small and mid-sized businesses has grown significantly in recent years, with over 1/3 of SMBs spending an average of $6,800 annually on paid search and display ads.
- While banner ads deliver a large percentage of internet ads, people only click on 0.1% of the 1,700 banner ads the average person sees each month, demonstrating low effectiveness.
- Social media advertising is becoming more popular and effective for businesses, with Facebook ads building greater brand awareness and favorability, Twitter ads having a higher visitor-to-lead conversion rate than other platforms, and LinkedIn being more effective for lead generation than Facebook or Twitter.