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PRESS RELEASES
Local-Ad Sales
Staffs Retool for Massive Small-Business Shift from Print to Online
According to Borrell Associates Report
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., July 30, 2008 / PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/
-- Print yellow page directories face the most uncertain future of all
media and are projected to lose $5 billion in annual revenue over the
next five years, according to a new report by leading local
advertising research firm Borrell Associates.
The report, "Say
Goodbye to Yellow Pages," predicts a 39% decline in print directory
advertising by 2013 and shows a simultaneous increase in the
industry's "addressable market" of search engine advertising and local
online video. Video shows the most promise, growing from a $1.4
billion category this year to $7.6 billion in 2013.
The directory industry has
been the most aggressive of all local media, according to Borrell
Associates, garnering an estimated 15% share of its total revenues
from digital advertising this year. It has also trained approximately
80% of its on-the-ground sales force - totaling more than 13,000
salespeople - to sell interactive products, going head-to-head with
trained newspaper reps also selling online advertising. Combined with
other retrained local sales staffs, online products are now being sold
by 34,100 local sales reps - the largest sales force for any local
media product, according to Borrell's report.
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www.PacificWestGlobal.com
info@pacificwestglobal.com
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