An SMB DigitalScape analysis counted approximately 2,400 brands operating 2.5 million business locations, most of which are sub optimizing their local content and missing chances to engage with local customers as a result. Improving these brands’ individual location content represents a $7.5 billion opportunity, one waiting to be seized by publishers, verticals, agencies and others working directly with national and regional multi-location businesses.
Huge opportunity in serving content starved brands
1. THE SHORT CUT TO
CONSUMER’S HEART
CONTENT+
Local Content Analysis of
10-to-250 & 251-to-1000 Brands
Here’s Some Big Data on Local Locations
(Content +) = (> Listing Info)
Local Content
Content Density/Intensity
10 - 1000 Location Brands Account for
15 % of the Market
There are some 2,400 brands with some
2.5M locations in the U.S. Helping those
locations act and look and feel like a local
business is an estimated $7.5B market
opportunity.
Content+
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conversions
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Differentiation
Distribution of multi-location brands
1-10
11-250
251-500
501-1000
1000-5000
5000+
Local Content
Marketing
Opportunity
$7.5B+2,538,752
Locations
2,394
Brands
Local Content
Marketing
Opportunity
$1.1B+362,139
Locations
1,796
Brands
% of social pages with modest content
Larger brands have relatively better content.
Smaller brands are falling behind.
for 10-1000 sized brands, which is approx
14% of the market
Text
(Audio) Visual
Collateral
Contests
Research
61.3%
24.4%
5.9%
4.0%
4.3%
73%
0.1%
Store Locator on
Parent site
Local
Information
Textual
Content
(Audio) Visual
Content
Engagement
Local Website
Penetration
Local Social
Penetration
Local Mobile
Penetration
16%
18%
4%
9%
15%
25%
6%
31%
10-250 251-1000
10-250 251-1000
35%
66%
78%
(Content+) = Engagement = Success
Content+ for Brands
Curation Distribution
Local Content Marketing Opportunity
4% 6%
15%
28%
68%
78%
62%
29%
Local Website Local Mobile Local Social Local Textual
Content
Social Video
Content
10-250 251-1000 1001-5000
9%
31%
25%
73%
Web/Mobile
Social Media
Search Engines
Email
Non-digital
39%
68%
29%
60%
22%
35%