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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Q2 2011 MerchantCircle Merchant Confidence Index Survey Results

Below are the results of our quarterly Merchant Confidence Index (MCI) survey for Q2 of 2011. The Index is designed to track trends in small business sentiment over time.



This sixth Merchant Confidence Index survey was fielded online, between April 30th and June 6th, 2011, and sent to a random sample of MerchantCircle's member base of over 1.6 million local business owners. There were 4,942 total responses from local business owners across the United States and no incentive was offered to complete the survey.



Merchant Confidence Index tracks track four key questions designed to synopsize the prevailing trends among local business owners.  The overall index score is based upon a standardized five-level Likert scale. 



78.2% of responses from merchants with 1-4 employees

12.5% of responses from merchants with 5-9 employees

7.4% of responses from merchants with 10-49 employees

2.0% of responses from merchants with 50+ employees





State of the U.S. economy


How would you rate today’s economy compared to the past twelve months? (n=4,942)





Expectations for the future revenue



How do you expect your sales revenues to change over the next three months? (n=4,942)


 

Marketing expenditures


How do you expect your marketing/advertising expenditures to change over the next three months? (n=4,170)





Hiring expectations
How do you expect your company’s headcount to change over the next three months? (n=4,942)




Merchant Confidence Index Calculation


Marketing Budget


What is your annual ad/marketing budget? (n=4,170)





Adoption of specific online marketing services









Most effective marketing channels


Select the top THREE most effective marketing or advertising methods your business uses or has used. (n=4,170)


Adoption and repeat usage of Facebook Ads
 Perception of Facebook Ads amongst users.


Adoption and repeat usage of daily deals sites
Perception of Daily Deals sites amongst users




Perception of Facebook Deals and Google Offers



Awareness of group buying sites


How did you find out about the group buying site you used (n=366)?



Tablet adoption


Do you use a tablet device for your business (e.g., iPad)? (n=3,786)

Tablet adoption


Do you use a tablet device for your business (e.g., iPad)? (n=3,786)





Respondent Profiles


Size of business


How many people does your business employ?





Business categories


Which single business category best describes your business?




1 comment:

  1. Actually these charts might help in taking some decisions especially ads charts. Really helpful.
    Thanks!
    LexX
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