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Holiday 2022 Marketing: Small Business Saturday November 26

By Becky McCray

Small Business Saturday, November 26, 2022. Small Business, Big Heart

We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. The big one: Small Business Saturday Small Business Saturday is November 26, 2022, in the US. In the UK, […]

November 15, 2022 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing, rural, shop local Tagged With: shop indie local, shop local, shop small, small business saturday

Keep Doing Things That Worked

By Glenn Muske

reboot

Small Business Saturday has come and gone. What worked? What did you do? And what do you wish you would have done? Now is the time to answer those questions. Yes, I know that for many of you it is also the holiday shopping season and you have just run the gauntlet of getting the […]

December 6, 2017 Filed Under: rural, shop local, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: best management practices, effective marketing, good management, marketing, small business, small business saturday, success, successful small business

Get Ready to Shop Small

By Glenn Muske

What event will we celebrate on Nov. 25th? Pat yourself on the back if you said “Small Business Saturday.” No, there isn’t any cake (well, there could be) and no one is getting any presents (at least not on that day, although we hope lots of them are purchased from your local businesses that day). […]

November 22, 2017 Filed Under: rural, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: community and small business, small business, small business saturday, small business success, success

Shop Local, Shop Small: Be the Leader

By Glenn Muske

Nov. 28 is Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday began in 2010. It was created to encourage people to do some of their holiday shopping at local, small businesses. Every year, the event has grown. You will see and hear advertising for it. Social media will be full of posts and tweets encouraging people to […]

November 19, 2015 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: leadership, small business, small business saturday, success

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