If you follow me on Twitter
(@KarleneSinRob) or other social media sites, you might have seen some
of my posts asking you to support small businesses. Saturday, November 24, 2012 has been designated as “Small Business Saturday”. Supporting this effort are companies such as: American Express, Constant Contact, FedEx, Delta Air Line, to name a few. Advocacy groups supporting this drive include the National Restaurant Association, Association of Women’s Business Centers, SCORE, Latino Economic Development Center and many more.
This day, like “Black Friday” or “Cyber
Monday”, is crucial to many of these entities’ survival.They also need
customers buying their goods and services to boost their year-end profit
margins. We can help them by making the extra effort to spend our money
at these local area businesses. Many of them have products or services
that could benefit you that compare favorably to larger retail stores or
service providers.
Why is this important?
This is important both for getting our
economy back on track and because small businesses could use the revenue
boost. Supporting small businesses is a must.They employ a large
segment of our working population nationwide. Supporting these
businesses will help to build small and large communities alike. If you
are a big support of “Made in America (or USA)” products, you are more
likely to find such items through these businesses. They are as diverse
in their products and services as the country is in relation to the
uniqueness of our population.Let us give back by shopping “Small
Business Saturday”!
Furthermore, spending your hard-earned
dollars at these local businesses could benefit you in unforeseen ways.
Successful local businesses hire locally, improving the local economy.
They also foster neighborhood pride and money spent at local businesses
tends to stay local and support the community through investment in
goods and services and taxes.
How you can help
Tell your family and friends. Send out
emails and post to all your social media sites. Post flyers in your
community. Just tell everyone you meet. You can get additional
information online via http://www.ShopSmall.com.
So, get out and do your part in helping small businesses!
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