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SUMMARY:Small Business Saturday 2012
DESCRIPTION:Help make a big difference for small business by joiningthe over one hundred million people who were a part ofSmall Business Saturday last year! Small Business Saturday falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday - November 24th this year.  Below are a few highlights from SBS 2011:103 Million Americans shopped at independently-owned small businessesPublic awareness of Small Business Saturday rose by 63% compared to 37% in 2010More than 230 small business advocacy groups\, public and private organizations supported Small Business Saturday 2011More than 2.7 million Facebook users "liked" the Small Business Saturday pagesMore than 500\,000 small businesses leveraged the online toolkit/promotional materials15\,000 small businesses signed up and received free Facebook advertising leading up to the day!CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#0080ff><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.scottsdalechamber.com/sbaweb/images/IMGS/shopsmall.gif"></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><STRONG><FONT color=#0080ff size=4></FONT></STRONG></SPAN>&nbsp\;</P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#0080ff><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.scottsdalechamber.com/sbaweb/images/IMGS/h2_headersmallbusiness.gif"></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><STRONG><FONT color=#0080ff size=4></FONT></STRONG></SPAN>&nbsp\;</P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#004080><EM>Help make a big difference for small business by joining<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#004080><EM>the over one hundred million people who were a part of<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#004080><EM>Small Business Saturday last year!<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Small Business Saturday falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday - November 24th this year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp\; </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Below are a few highlights from SBS 2011:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><UL><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">103 Million Americans shopped at independently-owned small businesses<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Public awareness of Small Business Saturday rose by 63% compared to 37% in 2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More than 230 small business advocacy groups\, public and private organizations supported Small Business Saturday&nbsp\;2011</SPAN></DIV><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More than 2.7 million Facebook users "liked" the Small Business Saturday pages</SPAN></DIV><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More than 500\,000 small businesses leveraged the online toolkit/promotional materials</SPAN></DIV><LI><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center\; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'\,'sans-serif'\; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">15\,000 small businesses signed up and received free Facebook advertising leading up to the day!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT color=#004080 size=4 face=Arial><STRONG><A dataFld=0:0 href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.wipp.org/resource/resmgr/SBS/AMEX_SBS_2012_Fact_Sheet_FIN.pdf">CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS!</A></STRONG></FONT></P>
LOCATION:Local Businesses throughout Scottsdale
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DTSTAMP:20260418T174443Z
URL:https://business.scottsdalechamber.com/events/details/small-business-saturday-2012-11-24-2012-212
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