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Get it in Niagara!
LET’S SPREAD YOUR BUSINESS!
Our goal is to build a “SUPPORT LOCAL” initiative of independent small business owners across Niagara Region. As communities and neighborhoods, we can work together to firmly root the dream business you pour your heart and soul into by coming together under a single platform that truly supports LOCAL.
Take advantage of our founding member offer now(for life!)
NOW, more than ever, supporting LOCAL is crucial for our community. In these crazy uncertain times, coming together as local communities across Niagara with a clear focus on buying local (not box stores) and advertising in ways that puts money back into the economy (not corporate pockets) is essential.
Whatever you’re selling, whether a physical store, online service, or even vendor type items (crafts etc), Get it in Niagara has a place for you to become a contributor and get yourself in front of locals who want to buy and fully support local businesses across Niagara region.
Become a contributor to Niagara Regions ONLY Online Magazine that spotlights local business owners.
Local businesses who join will have access to…
DIRECTORY
LISTING
Get a comprehesive business directory listing so that people can find you, know what you offer and connect with you.
SUBMIT
ARTICLES
Contribute to the GIIN Blog and get your business shared on our website, in our newsletter and our social media channels. Make it easy for other members to share you!
SUBMIT
VIDEOS
Like sharing content in videos? Share your videos and get them shared on our website, in our newsletter and through social media channels. Make it easy for other members to share you!
SUBMIT
RESOURCES
Got a lead magnet and want to group your email list? Share it in the members area and we will make your resources available through GIIN Website and Sharing Channels.
SUBMIT
SPECIAL OFFERS
Our community boards are places to share post updates (just like FB) for just community members to see.
SUBMIT PUBLIC
EVENTS
Share your business events publically on our event page and get shared inside our newsletter and social media channels.
SUBMIT
JOB LISTINGS
Have room in your business to hire? Share a job listing oultining the criteria and how someone can apply.
Think of it as having your own “column” in a magazine or newspaper that spotlights your small local business frequently!
Get more than a flat print ad. Showcase your business WEEKLY through articles, specials, videos, and resources. You share what you want people to know. Add pictures to articles, use video to showcase and connect with the locals, add flyers for special offers.
Have a website? Be sure to include it in your call to action. Have a resource (download)? Add it here to grow your customer or client email base. Holding an event? We will help spread the word!
Contributors can also access our community for…
NETWORKING
GROUP
Meet new people and form your own online networking group to share, swap, learn, refer and build relationships with other business owners.
MASTERMIND
GROUPS
Create small groups to mastermind with other likeminded business owners. Brainstorm, share ideas, create accountability and help each other get to the next level. Get your group link listed to gather interested participants.
COLLABORATION
GROUPS
Find strategic partners to help you work on a project, promote for one another and collaborate with on opportunities and get your group link listed to gather interested collaborators!
MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS
Get featured in a GIIN interview about you and your business. Featured in our website, newsletter and social networks.
Connection and Collaboration help grow your business!
Content will be shared via …
WEBSITE
New submissions will be shared in our website magazine discoverable on search engines, with share buttons below your content to help spread your content by fellow members and site visitors.
SOCIAL
New submissions will be shared on our social network GIIN Business page and shared out to other profiles. Members can share from our page to their own social profiles.
NEWSLETTER
New submissions will be shared to our growing email list through our emagazine to residents of Niagara and fellow members.
AFFILIATES
Members can tap into our affiliate program to share content using unique links. Not only will it help spread the word about local business but, if it leads to new members, we offer 15% referral commissions on any new member signups.
PLUS GET SHARED BY FELLOW MEMBERS
Members are part of a network of local businesses that believe in supporting LOCAL. We encourage members to share one another’s content to their own social platforms.
Why?
- Heard of the 80/20 rule? (80% personal / 20% business) You will have content to share that’s part of the 80%, when you share another members content.
- Solution provider – you might be providing the exact solution, someone in your own audience needs.
- Connector – You will be seen as well connected.
- Influencer – You become a trust source!
- Full Circle – Sharing other people’s content also brings them back to discover YOUR content!
Collaborating 10x’s your network!!
GRAND OPENING NEWS
We’re just opening the doors. During our Grand opening we’re inviting Niagara Region local small business owners who value the SUPPORT LOCAL initiative to become contributing members.
Your own contributor’s column that shares your stuff!
The spotlight will be on you and promoting your business and what YOU want to share promotionally.
Advertising is costly and limited. Here, you can share as much as you want about your business and we will get the word out. The bigger we grow, the more locals will learn about your business offerings.
Right now, we’re offering a special membership fee to ALL founding members who join us during our grand opening! Keep low fee for lifetime of your membership.
This is your opportunity to advertise your business affordably and have fun doing it!
You could go solo and use 100% of your own efforts..
You could pay $1000s to reach people...
OR... YOU CAN Collaborate and have the power of many likeminded people referring people to your business...
Less than 6 degrees of separation stands between you and your next client or customer in Niagara Region.
Let’s connect you!
Why Join Now?
- People are concerned about what’s currently happening in the world (inflation, shortages, and other concerns) and want to support local first and KNOW what resources are available close to home.
- There are families behind many small businesses that are hanging on by a thread. Perhaps you’re one of them? We can all help one another!
- We can come out the other side of things stronger than ever when we’re united together in supporting local.
- We’re keeping our fees low (for the time-being) to founding members who join us right now. You will keep this low fee as long as you are a member. It would cost you FAR more to advertise like this anywhere else.
Grow your visibility, authority and credibility
- Get in front of new ideal audiences consistently each month and grow your connections into new customers.
- Have your business promoted across Niagara through our platform. You provide content (articles, videos, special offers etc) and we spread your business.
- Tap into new customers effortlessly without being aggressive or salesy.
- Become known as the go-to-expert in your niche throughout Niagara Region.
- Get well-connected to people and resources in the community to help your business grow.
- Set goals, keep on task, and tap into resources inside group masterminds.
- Find other businesses to collaborate and build strategic partnerships.
- Gain Support and Accountability towards what you want for your business inside our community.
- Leverage your time, money and resources to create more time for the things you want to do.
- Be seen as an incredible resource to others and stay top of mind!
Who is this for?
GIIN is EXCLUSIVELY FOR LOCAL
Niagara Region small business owners ONLY!!
No national “chain/franchise” stores.
You must have a permanent business address inside the boundaries of the 12 municipalities of the Niagara Region to join our member program.
RECAP ON WHAT MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO….
- Full Directory Listing including updates for curbside pickup/In-Store availability.
- Submit Expert Articles or interesting advertorials with links back to your website
- Submit Video Expertise about your business.
- Submit Special Offers (e.g. flyers in image format)
- Submit Job Listings and hire locally.
- Submit your FREE Resource lead magnets (grow your following)
- Get your content and events shared in our newsletter and social media
- Your own channel profile so people can find all your content in one place.
- PLUS 24/7 Access to Community Area
- Networking Groups
- Create and Share a Mastermind Group
- Create and Share a Collaboration Group
- Create “Public Events
- Access Affiliate Program – Refer new members, collect commissions!
Note that ALL submissions have their own feature page with your profile listed (top right) and link to ALL of your past submissions for people to explore your busines
PLUS FREE BONUS
Collaborative Marketing Course
We believe in supporting local business and doing it at our highest level to create the biggest impact. That’s why we’re throwing in this amazing course to help your local business grow exponentially.
YES, it’s FREE with Membership Access! (Value $997)
Here’s the thing…
I don’t know how long I will keep the founding member pricing. We’re just starting and our following is growing daily. I can only accept a limited amount of founding members before increasing fees. I recommend you hop in now before fees go up, AND enjoy the lower fee for life of your membership.
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You ALSO Get to...
Network
✓ Meet new people in Niagara Region to connect with.
✓ Share Your Business and become a recommended resource
✓ Discover other businesses and share them as a resource
✓ LEVERAGE your business by tapping into people resources to reduce overwhelm, increase productivity, create systems, delegate work or even clone yourself!
✓ Join or Start a networking group
Collaborate
✓ Find new people to PARTNER with on projects.
✓ Introduce new resources by sharing other people’s expertise to your audience and be seen as well connected.
✓ Raise your visibility when other members share you
✓ Collaborate with other business owners on new products, programs or services and open doors to your next BIG opportunities
✓ Join or start a group collaborative.
Mastermind
✓ Tap into other people’s skills
✓ Get unstuck – tap into other minds to brainstorm and always have a place to gain FEEDBACK and support when you need it.
✓ STOP WORKING SOLO and always have people to connect with.
✓ Access a MASTERMIND community that helps you stay the course and focused on your goals.
✓ Join or start a mastermind group
Share
✓ Stay TOP of mind with your own audience. You have access to informative, educational, inspiring and supportive content to share with your audience anytime by sharing other member’s content with your followers.
✓ Be seen everywhere. Have MULTIPLE SOURCES sharing your business.
✓ SPREAD Events and Content FAST with less effort.
✓ MULTIPLY YOUR REACH and EFFORTS many times over – more than you could ever do on your own!
✓ When you send your audience to Get it in Niagara platform to share member content or events, you’re making multiple connections as site visitors browse around and see what everyone is contributing.
✓ Post your expert articles, videos, or business events
Connect
✓ Create LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIPS with other collaborative-minded people.
✓ Get well-connected to other members and get them sharing you!
✓ Create relationships that could lead to strategic partnerships.
✓ Connect regularly with members through networking, masterminds and collaborative groups
✓ Become an affiliate and refer people who could benefit from our community of collaborative-minded members.
✓ Get Listed in our Business Directory and let others connect with you!
Principals of the Collaboration
The highest good of all
Collaborating is an “all for one and one for all” concept with a common goal. In our case, to bring about the highest good of all. It’s about moving from a competitive spirt into a collaborative mindset. This requires a non-judgmental mind and a belief that there is more than enough for all. When you are consciously and intentionally aligned with this purpose, growth is inevitable.
You’re Never Alone
In a collaborative, when you take the focus off yourself and focus on others, magical things happen. This is a missing component in many networking groups. Firstly, you’re never alone. You always have access to people to connect with, new ideas to ponder or act on, and support whenever you need it. Always be collaborating even after the meeting ends!
Building Connections
You are just a connection or two away from your ideal audience. Your ideal customer is connected to someone you might not know yet. Building connections builds a network. The more connected you become, the more introductions can be made.
Collaboration requires you to be open minded to connecting people. In doing this, you yourself become an influencer and are seen as well connected. What a joy it will be when others do the same for you!
A Giving Spirit
Who can you be a hero to today? Be open to making introductions. Don’t prejudge your own audience and hold back resources they may need, to solve the problem that keeps them awake at 3 AM. Collaboration requires that you have a giving mindset. Share other members content and events!
If you must get creative in your sharing of other members, then do so. Trust that in your sharing, it has reached someone who needed that exact message and that you have made a worthy connection.
Stronger together
As a collective, we are never alone and just a step away from having all the support and feedback needed to take action. When you remove the competitive spirit, new doors open to you. You may have heard it is better to utilize 1% of 100 people’s efforts than 100% of your own. With a collaborative mindset, you can lean on others to provide the help and support you might need to grow. Collaboration is a growth seeking mindset. It requires trust, a non-judgmental attitude and an open mind.
Action Oriented
Collaboration requires action so that visible and measurable progress can be attained. It is results driven and keeps alignment with the goals and purpose of the highest good of all. It is self-less. When opportunity arises, action needs to happen to get a result. It is bold and may require you to ASK for help from the collaborative to take action. Lean in and know members have your back to help you move into action.
Support Local
We build stronger communities when we support local and keep dollars in the community. This supports community growth, business sustainability, and supports families and residents who rely on customers to buy local. We help residents in Niagara Region communities to connect to local sources by sharing each other as local sources. Spread the word!
“Build constellations rather than lone stars”
Jane Wei-Skillern/Nora Silver
You have access to all the resources you need…
FAQS
All submitted content such as articles, videos, events(public), special offers, resources, and spotlights we do on your business. We will also share any job opening positions you post.
What do you want people to know about your business? Think of it like having your own channel to share your business with people. What would you want them to know? What do customers or clients need from you that you solve? What do you offer that people might want to know is available to them. Write about it. Do a video on it. Share a special offer (sale) for it.
What you share will be shared forward to our audience and shared by fellow members. You also have your own “Author” channel where all your content is viewable by site visitors so they can see what you previously shared. It’s a great way for locals to get to know you, like and trust you. You control your channel content. We work together to get it out there from this central portal for all things local.
People WANT to support local. Make it easy for them to find you! Join and start sharing your business!
Yes, we encourage linking to your own website, whenever possible, inside of your articles, video submissions (Vlogs), special offers, and resources. Point people to where you want them to go to get more information. You should always have a call to action for people to take the next step.
You can share as much or as little as you like. Generally, sharing something weekly will keep you more visible but a few times a month is good. The more you share, the better.
When we ALL work together to share one another, the impact is greater. Inside the portal we BONUS you a special course called Collaboration Marketing which shows you why and how “sharing” one another locally works to the benefit of all. Businesses should be following the 80/20 rule of content sharing. 80% non-salesy (resources, other people’s stuff, interesting stuff etc) and the other 20% on what you offer directly.
Think about this, if you knew you had access to resources your audience likely also needs locally, why would you not share? Wouldn’t sharing help others see you as an amazing resource?? Place you higher on their radar as a great resource sharer? Turn you into an influencer? Perhaps even a hero to someone who needed that exact resource that you selflessly shared?
Right now, MORE THAN EVER, helping our fellow small business owners is one of the greatest things we can do. Together, we can thrive.
Members can become affiliates. You will earn 15% commission on any referral signups. Payouts occur 90 days out to allow for chargebacks / payments to clear. The more your refer the more you make. Of course we want to help support local business, so naturally, you want to share this opportunity!
Some perspective: getting 5-6 referral signups can easily cover your member fees!
You will have access to our membership tutorials to help you with member features you might not be familiar with. It includes ways to make the most of your membership for your business.
You can also contact us for specific support.
contact@getitinniagara.com
Monthly Memberships can be cancelled anytime. Your account will expire immediately at the time of cancellation. Yearly memberships will expire at the end of the yearly term.
Have Questions about Membership?
Email Us: contact@getitinniagara.com