Ever wake up one morning and realize that during a quarantine shutdown time…
… local and small businesses are going to really have quite the hard time of it all?
If so, you’ll really enjoy the following article (and be sure to return here after reading it, as we have other excellent resources for you):
This super article provides ideas for how one can support local businesses, like:
Buy gift cards
Shop local — online, that is
Tip a little more than you usually would
and more!
Supporting local businesses is a great topic that would lend itself to blog posts or cheatsheets as well.
You could structure it like so:
Step 1.) See if the business owner has a paypal.me so you can send money
Step 2.) Share on your FB wall the benefits of those places
Step 3.) Create a thread on your wall about your favorite small business or charity you’d like to support
Resources for the above include:
www.paypal.com/gi/smarthelp/article/what-is-paypal.me-faq3025
www.tomsguide.com/us/paypal-me-how-to,news-21539.html
www.stikkymedia.com/blog/how-to-share-a-facebook-visitor-post-on-your-facebook-page/
neilpatel.com/blog/shared-the-most-on-facebook/
www.lyfemarketing.com/blog/facebook-post-ideas/
sproutsocial.com/insights/facebook-engagement/
Your takeaway?
It’s hard being in quarantine at home and is probably REALLY even harder on businesses that have lost their ability to do business.
Help them out whenever you can .
Enjoy!