Get Set for Small Business Saturday

By Eve Gumpel Nov 20, 2010

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website Small Business Saturday
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  1. For every $100 spent at local small businesses, $68 returns to the community.
  2. Small businesses employ half of all private-sector employees.
  3. Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
  4. For every year over the last decade, 60 percent to 80 percent of new jobs were generated by small businesses.
website Small Business Saturday
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  1. For every $100 spent at local small businesses, $68 returns to the community.
  2. Small businesses employ half of all private-sector employees.
  3. Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
  4. For every year over the last decade, 60 percent to 80 percent of new jobs were generated by small businesses.

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