Facebook Ads Gaining Popularity Among Local Businesses Business owners say they’re more likely to use Facebook Deals, Google Offers than competitors 22% of local merchants have used Facebook Ads, and two-thirds of them would use them again, according to a survey from MerchantCircle. The firm’s quarterly Merchant Confidence Index, a survey of about 5000 local business owners across the US, finds that Facebook ads are gaining popularity due to ease of use, and the ability to start and stop campaigns (the top reasons cited). Darren Waddell, vice president of marketing at MerchantCircle, tells WebProNews, “The surveys continue to show us that local businesses have very limited budgets, and social networks have become a mainstream marketing method for them.” Of the 35% of merchants who said they wouldn’t advertise with Facebook again, 69% said the ads didn’t help them acquire new customers and 35% said they were simply too expensive. MerchantCircle also found that “familiarity may favor Facebook and Google in the daily deals market,” a bold conclusion, based on the success of industry leaders (in this particular space) like Groupon and LivingSocial, the former having just filed for an IPO and the latter being integrated into a new offering from Amazon (an investor in the company). “For local merchants, familiarity with huge social network brands like Facebook, their ease of use and the large audience they offer certainly play into the decision on which locally targeted ads and …
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