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‘Tis the Season for Social Media to Help Small Businesses Prepare for the Holidays
While there is nothing new about large companies helping small businesses and consumers create digital online cheer (remember Elf-Yourself), expect to see even more flare this year as the creativity bar keeps growing higher and higher. For example, Instagram Business today launched “The Season for Shops” resource featuring holiday-themed items small businesses can use to prepare for the holiday shopping season. The site also includes downloadable guides and tips for shopping tags, collections — and advertising. “As small businesses prepare for a holiday season with more people buying online than ever before, we want to help them thrive on Instagram during the shopping season,” according to Instagram COO Justin Osofsky.…
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Square: 76{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} of Small Business Owners Plan to Give Their Employees Time to Vote This Year | 2020
According to a survey conducted by Wakefield Research and funded by the payments company, Square, 76{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} of U.S. small business owners think voting in the upcoming presidential election has become more important since the pandemic. (Note: “Time off” can refer to the length of time it takes to vote.) Here are more findings from the survey 96{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} | Percentage of small business owners who say they plan to vote themselves. 83{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} | Among small business owners giving employees time off to vote, 83{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} plan to give them paid time off. 26{a87f602f9b65d268d2531d6307ed39cfde24e475374069973d0be7fc923da513} | Percentage of small business owners who would be willing to make Election Day a company-wide holiday to encourage…