Announcements
Small Business Survey
January 7, 2010
Dear Business Owner:
Stay Local! is working with the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) to conduct a national survey of independent businesses. Please help us gather this important data by completing this survey as soon as possible. The deadline for businesses to respond is next Tuesday, January 12.
Follow the link below to take the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com
The survey is completely confidential. It does not ask for the name of your business. Only aggregate data will be viewed and released. Individual responses are private.
Last year, more than 1100 businesses responded to the survey, which found that independent businesses on average were faring a bit better than many of their chain competitors and, more importantly, that those in communities with strong Buy Local/Local First campaigns were outperforming businesses in cities without such campaigns. The findings have since appeared in well over 100 media stories and have helped bring visibility to this growing movement and spotlight the effectiveness of Buy Local/Local First campaigns. (You can see last year’s survey results here.)
If you’d like local results, or have any questions about the survey, please contact Stacy Mitchell at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Thank you for your help!
