BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151129 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Think Laguna First on Small Business Saturday DESCRIPTION:What is Think Laguna First?\n\nThink Laguna First is a Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce program that encourages residents to shop\, dine and frequent local businesses.\n\n\n\nWhat is Small Business Saturday?\n\nSmall Business Saturday is an annual November event celebrating small local businesses\, advocating a "Shop Small" reminder to encourage consumers to shop local businesses.\n\n\n\nSmall Laguna Businesses are Encouraged to Participate \n\n \n\nThe Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce (LBCC) is proud to be a neighborhood champion for Small Business Saturday (SBS) on November 28\, 2015. LOCAL BUSINESSES: Please opt in ASAP to reap the benefits of our free marketing! \n\n \n\nWe're encouraging local Laguna businesses to participate in Think Laguna First/SBS and spread the word to customers and other local businesses. This campaign is an excellent way to remind our community about the advantages of supporting our local small businesses and celebrating everything they do to support Laguna Beach\, via local tax dollars. \n\n \n\n \n \n The Chamber of Commerce Will:\n\n \n Create and distribute handouts\, posters\, balloons\, ShopSmall swag at no cost to businesses\n Stage a "Snap & Share" photo contest with three major prizes\, to encourage residents to visit participating businesses on SBS\n Mention your business name in press releases\n Preview "Think Laguna First"/SBS at October 20 City Council meeting\n Run SBS ads in the Laguna Beach Indy in Nov. \n Run SBS social media promo on LagunaBeach.com \n Issue SBS PR about participating merchants \n Promote SBS and participating merchants on LBCC social media throughout November\n Dedicate a page on Chamber's website to SBS and promote participating businesses\n Use November 20+25 Co-op ads in Laguna Beach Indy to promote participating merchants' SBS promos (~1/8-page ads available in this section-- $89 for Chamber members to participate\; $105 for non-members) \n \n \n Participating Businesses Should:\n \n Register to partner with the Chamber ASAP\n Create a special deal available only on SBS\, November 28\n Put on a fun SBS event at your business\n Get the Amex SBS toolkit at shopsmall.com\n Promote your SBS event and our hashtag #ThinkLagunaFirst on your social media\n Interact with the LBCC SBS social media posts \n Participate in Chamber's Nov 20+25 Laguna Beach Indy co-op ad: 1/8-page ads available\, $89 for Chamber members\; $105 for non-members\n Work with Chamber to get the word out about SBS and ThinkLagunaFirst \n \n \n \n \n\nRegister NOW to Participate! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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\nWhat is Think Laguna First?
\nThink Laguna First is a Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce program that encourages residents to shop\, dine and frequent local businesses.
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\nWhat is Small Business Saturday?
\nSmall Business Saturday is an annual November event celebrating small local businesses\, advocating a "\;Shop Small"\; reminder to encourage consumers to shop local businesses.
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\nSmall Laguna Businesses are Encouraged to Participate
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\nThe Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce (LBCC) is proud to be a neighborhood champion for Small Business Saturday (SBS) on November 28\, 2015. \; LOCAL BUSINESSES: \; Please opt in ASAP to reap the benefits of our free marketing!
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\nWe'\;re encouraging local Laguna businesses to participate in Think Laguna First/SBS and spread the word to customers and other local businesses. \; This campaign is an excellent way to remind our community about the advantages of supporting our local small businesses and celebrating everything they do to support Laguna Beach\, via local tax dollars. \;
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The Chamber of Commerce Will:\n\n
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  • Create and distribute handouts\, posters\, balloons\, ShopSmall swag at no cost to businesses
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  • Stage a "\;Snap &\; Share"\; photo contest with three major prizes\, to encourage residents to visit participating businesses on SBS
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  • Mention your business name in press releases
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  • Preview "\;Think Laguna First"\;/SBS at October 20 City Council meeting
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  • Run SBS ads in the Laguna Beach Indy in Nov. \;
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  • Run SBS social media promo on LagunaBeach.com
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  • Issue SBS PR about participating merchants
    • \n
  • Promote SBS and participating merchants on LBCC social media throughout November
    • \n
  • Dedicate a page on Chamber'\;s website to SBS and promote participating businesses
    • \n
  • Use November 20+25 Co-op ads in Laguna Beach Indy to promote participating merchants'\; SBS promos (~1/8-page ads available in this section-- $89 for Chamber members to participate\; $105 for non-members)  \;  \;
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\n 		Participating Businesses Should:\n
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  • Register to partner with the Chamber ASAP
    • \n
  • Create a special deal available only on SBS\, November 28
    • \n
  • Put on a fun SBS event at your business
    • \n
  • Get the Amex SBS toolkit at shopsmall.com
    • \n
  • Promote your SBS event and our hashtag #ThinkLagunaFirst on your social media
    • \n
  • Interact with the LBCC SBS social media posts  \;
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  • Participate in Chamber&rsquo\;s Nov 20+25 Laguna Beach Indy co-op ad: \; 1/8-page ads available\, $89 for Chamber members\; $105 for non-members
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  • Work with Chamber to get the word out about SBS and ThinkLagunaFirst \;
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\nRegister NOW to Participate! LOCATION:At participating businesses in Laguna Beach. UID:e.2209.796 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T222034Z URL:http://directory.lagunabeachchamber.org/events/details/think-laguna-first-on-small-business-saturday-11-28-2015-796 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR