Step 2: Sign up to the Think Local directory for FREE.
You are then registered as a Think Local Week store. Shoppers can then find where you are and what exclusive promotions you are running during Think Local Week. You will also be tonnes of cool competitions, prizes, polls and local news you will get told about throughout the year too, including the chance to win a brand new website for your business, courtesy of Newstar Design. Step 3: Support the
Think Local mission. Spread the word via Facebook, Twitter and Blogs, and get your fellow business neighbours involved. Join us in encouraging people to swap their big brand favourites to eat, drink and shop in small, local stores and in return get a better quality product as well as a warm fuzzy feeling. Step 4: Celebrate Think Local Week. Be creative and generous with your Think Local Week offers and remember to promote Think Local Week and your business via Facebook, Twitter and if you choose, a brand new website from Newstar Design, our lovely sponsors. We will also send you a poster to put up in your store which shows people you are a Think Local Week store. IF YOU ARE A SHOPPER:
Step 2: Find your area, then browse all of the Think Local Week stores near you, who are taking part in the campaign to keep small, local businesses alive and thriving! They will also have an Exclusive Think Local Week offer on during that week. There's a great article by small business owner, Racktop who hit the nail on the head when it comes to explaining why small businesses are simply better than big ones. Help spread the word about Think Local Week via Facebook, Twitter and Blogs; In return you will be entered into a competition to win a brand new website, courtesy of Newstar Design. There are tonnes of cool competitions, prizes, polls and local news you will get told about throughout the year too. From 24th - 30th October 2011, try swapping your big brand favourites to eat, drink and shop from small, local stores. Start with Think Local Week and go from there... You may find that Mr. Jones' Coffee Shop around the corner has better coffee and a comfier couch than your usual big brand favourite, or your Butcher and Greengrocer has better quality and better value produce than your usual supermarket. All Think Local Week stores will feature on www.thinklocalweek.co.uk as well as display a Think Local Week poster in their shop window. So, sign up today! And support everything local. Sponsored by Newstar Design; your local Web Designers www.newstardesign.com
