Articles | Resources

• APA Planning for Resilient Retail  

• Digital Transactions: Benefits of Mobile Wallets for Businesses  

• Everything You Need to Know About Email Marketing  

• 5 Simple Tips for Designing Engaging Facebook Posts  

• 5 Ways to Be Resourceful and Save Money   

• Fostering Small Business Resilience 

• Future of Contactless Payments  

• How to Create a Cash Flow Analysis That Unveils Opportunities 

• How to Manage Stress: 9 Tips for Entrepreneurs  

• How to Run Facebook Ads for Local Businesses: Driving Foot Traffic   

• How to Use Transfers to Manage Your Cash Flow 

• Introduction to Basic Email Design  

• 9 Ways People  are Supporting Small Businesses During the Coronavirus 

• Pandemic Relaunch Toolkit for Restaurants Bars 

• Score's Real-Time Mentoring for Small Business Owner 

• 7 Simple Ways to Melt Away Stress  

• Strategies for Staying Calm Under Pressure as a Small Business Owner 

• The Importance of Starting an Online Store  

• The 7 Most Affordable Business Loans for Entrepreneurs  

• Urban Agriculture Tool Kit  

• Voice and Tone: An Integral Part of Your Email Marketing Strategy   

• What Should Your Emails Say? A Primer on Email Content for Your Business  

 

American Express

• Spend 10 - Get Back 5 - Up to 10x Campaign

 

Count On Me NC

• Mutual Pledge and Public Health Initiative  

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Graphic Downloads - Marketing and Safe Practices

• Covid-19 Facebook Support Local Graphics  

• Covid-19 Window Cling 3W's Graphic  

• Covid-19 3W's Poster  

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Independent We Stand

• Graphic - Main Streets Make Communities  

• Graphic - Main Streets Make Jobs  

• Graphic - Main Streets Make Memories  

• Graphic - Main Streets Make Us Better  

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NC Board of Barbers Examiners

• COVID-19 Updates  

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Proud Places

• Comprehensive Resources and Reference List  

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (3.20.2020)  

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (3.26.2020)  

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (4.02.2020)  

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (4.09.2020)  

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (4.16.2020) 

• Downtown Happy Hour Notes (4.23.2020) 

• Events, In the Murky Light of Now  

• Revitalization and the Art of the Covered Dish Supper 

• VIDEO:  New Opportunities With Re-Open  

• VIDEO:  Design in the Context of Covid  

• VIDEO:  Practitioners Panel  

• VIDEO:  Embracing the Unknown 

• VIDEO:  Future of Retail 

• VIDEO:  Strategic Communication 

• VIDEO:  Leadership Panel - Liz Parham  

• VIDEO:  Citizen Trust  

• VIDEO:  Getting Creative With Space to Re-Open Local Economies  

• VIDEO:  Pride in Place Panel  

• VIDEO:  A Different Kind of Storytelling  

• VIDEO:  Lady Developers  

NC 3-Phase Plan

• Plan Explanation 

• Phase One Begins May 8 | 5:00pm  

National Retail Association

• Coronavirus Resources for Retailers  

• Coronavirus Retail Restrictions By State​  

• Operation Open Doors Checklist  

NC Retailer Merchant Association

• Coronavirus Updates  

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Reopening Resources

• EDPNC:  Business Reopening Resources 

• Hotel Survival Guide:  How to Reopen Profitably

• Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes  

• Reopening your small business? Here are 3 important steps to take  

• Mitigation Guide 

• Gatherings and Events  

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Working Together - Moving NC Forward

• NC Beer & Wine Wholesalers and NC Retail Merchants Association join forces to provide trucks and commercial drivers to get food and supplies on store shelves  

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