Local Advertising and Marketing Assistance

Open for Business sign campaign

Window poster campaign information can be found here.

Advertising

Join the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce to network, share concerns, and partner with other business on joint advertising and promotions: 

MarinBusinesses will add your open business to their free website

Marin Open Studios Virtual MOS2020 for local artists 

The Patch  list of open businesses in San Anselmo 

Marin IJ is our local print and online publication and has digital display, mobile, social, search and e-mail options  

Open for Business

Companies offering free trials and new features during COVID 19 (added 5/16)

Yahoo Small Business is offering “Business Maker” free for a year which includes a .com website, domain, and five email addresses, along with resources to support website building

Mailchimp is offering a free .com for up to five years in addition to their free website builder tools

Yelp Connect is free for select business categories through May 25 and allows you to send business updates and information directly to your customers

Hootsuite social media management platform that allows your team to manage and coordinate posting to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter in one easy dashboard. Small businesses and nonprofits can access Hootsuite Professional for free until July 1, 2020. 

GoDaddy is offering free website as well as free access to GoDaddy’s marketing tools for email marketing, Google Business and Facebook. If you already have a site, check out GoDaddy’s social media design tools with a free three-month Over subscription, including access to the design content library.

Webinars 

Marin Small Business Development Center offers workshops and has links to workshops to enhance your marketing skills View their calendar for Marketing Webinars

S.C.O.R.E. is offering free recorded webinars that cover topics like Marketing Strategy, and more here.

Stay Connected To Your Customers webinar sponsored by Samuel Adams

US Chamber of Commerce Videos and articles on reopening (added 5/16)

Other Resources 

How to run a restaurant in the face of uncertainty – Blog by OpenTable

Small Business Strategies COVID-19 – Document by Retail Strategies

Ideas from other communities - Main Street America program