|
25. Do you plan to spend money in the next six months by either purchasing or leasing any office equipment?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
27% |
22% |
Yes |
70% |
74% |
No |
3% |
4% |
Undecided/don’t know |
26. Do you plan to purchase advertising in the next six months?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
47% |
45% |
Yes |
|
50% |
50% |
No |
|
3% |
5% |
Undecided/don’t know |
|
27. What kind of advertising do you plan to purchase?
Apr‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
26% |
24% |
Radio |
24% |
21% |
TV |
46% |
39% |
Newspaper |
9% |
21% |
Magazine |
14% |
4% |
Billboards |
24% |
12% |
Internet advertising |
––% |
1% |
Phone solicitations |
26% |
22% |
Direct mail |
2% |
4% |
Something else |
28. How many locations does your business have?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
67% |
72% |
One |
13% |
14% |
Two |
20% |
14% |
Three or more |
29. Do you plan to expand your business by adding one or more new locations in the next six months, do you expect to consolidate your business by closing one or more locations, or, will you be keeping the same number of locations?
Apr‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
5% |
7% |
Will add locations |
3% |
4% |
Will consolidate |
90% |
84% |
Will keep the same number of locations |
2% |
5% |
Undecided/don’t know |
30. Do you plan to expand your business with a new product line or a new service in the next six months?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
12% |
12% |
Yes, a new service |
14% |
9% |
Yes, a new product line |
5% |
5% |
Both |
68% |
65% |
No, will not expand either |
1% |
9% |
Undecided/don’t know |
24. Do you plan to spend any funds on employee education and training over the next six months? How much do you expect to spend?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
|
58% |
47% |
|
Yes –– will spend |
|
Apr ‘07 |
Mean: |
$2,535.71 |
Median: |
$1,500.00 |
|
Oct ‘06 |
Mean: |
$2,174.07 |
Median: |
$1,500.00 |
38% |
49% |
|
No, will not spend anything |
4% |
4% |
|
Undecided/don’t know |
25. Do you plan to travel or have any of your employees travel for business purposes in the next six months?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
19% |
17% |
Yes, respondent |
|
11% |
10% |
Yes, employees |
|
27% |
21% |
Both |
|
41% |
48% |
No, don’t plan to travel |
|
2% |
4% |
Undecided/don’t know |
|
26. Will you and/or other employees be traveling more, less or about the same as you have in the past?
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
11% |
17% |
More |
12% |
6% |
Less |
77% |
76% |
About the same |
––% |
1% |
Undecided/don’t know |
27. How will you or your employees be doing most of your traveling for business purposes, By…
Apr ‘07 |
Oct ‘06 |
|
69% |
76% |
Car or van |
1% |
2% |
Bus |
44% |
31% |
Commercial airline |
1% |
1% |
Charter plane |
––% |
1% |
Train |
|
