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Shop Local tools: Easy Editorial, Letter to the Editor template to copy

Promote local shopping with a letter to the editor or editorial Step by step instructions Ready to promote local shopping to more of your community? Try an editorial or a letter to the editor. You can submit this to your local newspaper, share it in any organization newsletters, and post it on social media! Step […]

Promote local shopping with a letter to the editor or editorial

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Step by step instructions

Ready to promote local shopping to more of your community? Try an editorial or a letter to the editor. You can submit this to your local newspaper, share it in any organization newsletters, and post it on social media!

Step 1. Easily grab these 3 simple numbers for your state or territory.

If you’re in the USA, go to Small Business Profiles at the Small Business Administration. Scroll down and click on your state or territory. You’re looking for these numbers:

  • Number of small businesses
  • Percentage of small businesses
  • Percentage of employees

If you’re in another great country, try searching for each stat, like “Number of small businesses” plus the name of your state, territory or most relevant region. I just tried “number of small businesses New Zealand” and found out that there are 546,000 small business that are 97% of all businesses in New Zealand, plus they employ 29.3% of all employees.

Hot tip: Keep the PDF or website for your data open in a tab on your browser or on your phone, and it will be simple to find the numbers to fill in the template.

Here’s an example for the State of New Mexico:

Small Business Profile example for New Mexico

Step 2. Copy the template below to your favorite editor like Google Docs, Word, or even the notes app on your phone!

This template was provided by the Shop Indie Local promotion of the AMIBA – American Independent Business Alliance. They are a great resource for supporting local shopping all year long.

The Google Docs version of the template is here. (That link is subject to change in future years. If it’s no longer working, just copy the text from below.)

Step 3. Look for the sections in brackets {LIKE THIS} and fill them in.

You already know your state or territory name, and you just picked up those 3 simple numbers about small businesses. Just plop them into the

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