Daily News: Google’s ‘CallJoy’ Virtual Agent, SMB Ad Spend, Facebook Messenger’s New Features

Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. What Google’s ‘CallJoy’ Virtual Agent Says about Where the Market Is Going (May 1, 2019) LSA Insider: “Earlier today Google’s Area 120 products group announced CallJoy, a virtual agent SaaS offering ($39 per month) […]
Study: Majority of SMBs Will Increase Ad Spend This Year

A report released in February of this year revealed that a large percentage (87%) of small businesses advertise in some form or another. It would appear that more SMBs are beginning to recognize the value (and perhaps see the positive results) that such advertising investment can provide, as a recent survey of 529 SMBs by […]