President Obama took his daughters to Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe in Dupont Circle to celebrate Small Business Saturday.
A small business in Brooklyn, New York, promotes Small Business Saturday.
Poking fun at the Black Friday fiascos to emphasize the friendliness of small businesses, this Brooklyn wine and cheese vendor promises freebies, not injuries.
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley checks in at the slopes, where he's eligible for the $25 American Express reward. Foursquare partnered with AmEx for Small Business Saturday this year.
Mayor Bloomberg encourages shoppers to support the 200,000+ small businesses in the city.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees shares where he'll be shopping, er, eating small on Small Business Saturday.
Fake Derek Jeter jokes about his less wealthy NYC rival.
The social Newark, New Jersey, mayor mobilizes his constituents.
Campbell asked her followers to make Small Business Saturday "more than a slogan."
Hart, herself a small business owner, tweeted Friday that she was waiting to do her shopping until she could shop small on Saturday.
Malone says friendly service is the reason she shops small at her local salon.
Szczepinski points out that though the AmEx Small Business Saturday promotion lasts all year, it helps the economy to shop small all the time.
Today is the second annual Small Business Saturday, an American Express initiative to “shop small” at local businesses, since America’s 27 million small businesses comprise 99.7% of the country’s employers. “Small Business Saturday” was a Promoted Trend on Twitter, which helped to fuel awareness, and American Express’ social media campaign seems to be working — there have been more than 30,000 tweets about Small Business Saturday, and more than 2.7 million people “like” Small Business Saturday on Facebook, compared to 1.2 million last year.
Above, you’ll see tweets from politicians, athletes (some real, some not…), small businesses and small business ambassadors encouraging others to shop small and explaining why they choose to shop at mom-and-pop businesses. Did you shop at a small business today? Tell us why in the comments below.
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