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Small business owners Research April 5 – April 12, 2012 Total Respondents: 500
Research powered by:
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• Aggregate Data Results
• Respondent Demographics
• Appendix: Background
Table of Contents
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What best describes your employment status?
1
I am a business owner Employed full- or part-time
Retired Unemployed Homemaker Other0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
100%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
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How many employees work at your business, including yourself?
2
1 2 - 20 21 - 49 50 - 99 100 or more0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
35.40%
51.60%
9.40%3.60%
0.00%
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Please indicate whether or not your business has...
3
0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00%
59.80%
26.00%14.00%
39.40%
65.80%78.00%
0.80% 8.20% 8.00%
YesNoDon't know
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Please indicate how likely you are to create a stand-alone mobile website for your business in
the future:
4
Very unlikely Somewhat unlikely Neutral Somewhat likely Very likely0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
14.90% 12.60%
25.10%32.30%
15.10%
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Do you currently promote your business through mobile search (so your business can be easily found via search engines on smartphones)?
5
Yes No Don't know0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
33.80%
60.60%
5.60%
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How likely are you to invest in mobile search (so your small business can be easily found via search engines on smartphones) this year?
6
Very unlikely Somewhat unlikely Neutral Somewhat likely Very likely0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
15.20% 13.30%
27.60%31.20%
12.70%
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Have you seen an increase in new business activity due to your mobile marketing efforts?
7
Yes No Don't know0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
84.30%
14.30%
1.40%
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Please indicate what your key motivations are to invest in a mobile presence. Rank the below from 1-4, with: "1" being the HIGHEST motivation and "4" being the LOWEST motivation (results shown as sum)
8
Provid
e better servi
ce to
existing cu
stomers
Attract
more lo
cal c
ustomers
Gain competitive
advantage
Use as a
n additional marke
ting channel
020406080
100120140160180200
188 178 172 162
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Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Mobile marketing is key to my small business growth in the next five years."
9
Strongly disagree Somewhat disagree Neutral Somewhat agree Strongly agree0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
11.40% 12.90%7.10%
30.00%
38.60%
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What is your biggest hurdle in leveraging mobile marketing? (Please select only one.)
10
Budget
Time and re
source
s
Unsure
about ROI
Not appro
priate fo
r my b
usiness
needs
Lack
of underst
anding of mobile
marke
ting
Other, please
specif
y0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
31.40% 35.70%
14.30%2.90%
15.70%
0.00%
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Have you increased the amount of marketing dollars spent on mobile marketing this year compared to last?
11
0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00% 64.30%
32.90%
2.90%
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Which of the following best describes your business' marketing team?
12
I am th
e marke
ting team.
There is
an intern
al marke
ting team
I use
extern
al reso
urces f
or marke
ting efforts
Other, please
specif
y:
N/A, I
do not have
a marke
ting team
0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%
100.00%
64.20%
13.60% 11.00%0.60%
10.60%
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In what industry is your business?
13
Technology
Arts /
Design
Food /
Bevera
ge
Marke
ting / Adve
rtisin
g
Event /
Entertainment
Financia
lRetail
Servi
ce
Other, please
specif
y:0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
9% 8%4% 2% 5% 5%
12%
28% 28%
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RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
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Please indicate your age:
15
22 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 60+ 21 years or younger0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
15%
25% 26% 23%
11%
0%
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What is your gender?
16
Male Female0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
50.60% 49.40%
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What is your annual household income?
17
Under $25,000 $25,000 – $49,999
$50,000 - $74,999
$75,000 - $149,000
$150,000 or more
Prefer not to answer
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
9.60%
25.60% 27.00% 27.40%
7.40%3.00%
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Which of the following best describes your ethnicity?
18
Caucasian / White
African American Hispanic Native American Asian Other0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
81.60%
7.20% 6.00%0.80% 2.60% 1.80%
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What is the highest level of education you completed?
19
Some high sc
hool
High school
Associa
te degree
Some co
llege
Bachelor d
egree
Maste
r's degre
e
Doctora
l degre
e
Professi
onal degre
e (e.g. JD
, MD)
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
1.60%
14.40% 11.20%
27.40% 30.00%
11.20%0.80% 3.40%
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APPENDIX
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Background
This survey was conducted online via social networks from April 5 – April 12, 2012 among 500 small business owners (defined as <100 employees). For complete survey methodology, please contact Lab42 at [email protected]
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