Get Set for Small Business Saturday
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- The first 10,000 business owners who sign up at Small Business Saturday’sFacebook page will receive $100 worth of free Facebook advertising to help build online buzz for Small Business Saturday.
- Small business owners can download promotional materials to publicize Small Business Saturday and use various social media tools to promote their own businesses in the process.
- The first 100,000 cardholders who enroll on Facebook will receive a $25 credit when they use their card at a small business on Small Business Saturday.
- For every person who “likes” Small Business Saturday on Facebook, American Express will donate $1 — up to $500,000 — to Girls Inc. to teach young women to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
- For every $100 spent at local small businesses, $68 returns to the community.
- Small businesses employ half of all private-sector employees.
- Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
- For every year over the last decade, 60 percent to 80 percent of new jobs were generated by small businesses.

- The first 10,000 business owners who sign up at Small Business Saturday’sFacebook page will receive $100 worth of free Facebook advertising to help build online buzz for Small Business Saturday.
- Small business owners can download promotional materials to publicize Small Business Saturday and use various social media tools to promote their own businesses in the process.
- The first 100,000 cardholders who enroll on Facebook will receive a $25 credit when they use their card at a small business on Small Business Saturday.
- For every person who “likes” Small Business Saturday on Facebook, American Express will donate $1 — up to $500,000 — to Girls Inc. to teach young women to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
- For every $100 spent at local small businesses, $68 returns to the community.
- Small businesses employ half of all private-sector employees.
- Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
- For every year over the last decade, 60 percent to 80 percent of new jobs were generated by small businesses.
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