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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Hi all – below is information on the “Increase Your Holiday Sales” workshop next week that Chelsea Brosterhous mentioned on our MoM call this morning.
Please share with your business owners!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Main Street America and Grow with Google have teamed up to help business owners gain new skills through local Digital Coaches. Through the Grow with Google
Digital Coaches program, ten coaches in small towns across America are offering live trainings and hands-on coaching on tops like how to connect with customers, sell more products online, and improve business productivity – all for free.
</span></span><a href="https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/growwithgoogle" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">For more information about the program, please visit the program webpage here.</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Starting in September and continuing through November, we will host a series of both live and on-demand virtual workshops for small business owners. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The first workshop, “Increase Your Holiday Sales Using Google Tools,” will be held on Thursday, September 14 at
5 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. PT.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">In the workshop, you’ll learn tools to increase your holiday sales for free, even if you don’t have an e-commerce
website or a website at all. You’ll learn how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile and how to use the Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free
Product Listings on Google.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Workshop Led by: </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/digital-coach-courtney-va/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">Courtney Stringer</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">,
Grow with Google Virginia Coach</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/digital-coach-teresa-mi/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">Teresa Heger</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">,
Grow with Google Michigan Coach</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/digital-coach-chelsea-or/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">Chelsea Brosterhous,</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">
Grow with Google Oregon Coach</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">How to Register:</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Register to attend on Thursday, September 14 at 5 p.m. ET:
</span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7Fb0YBEeR8y3yfUza_jJlA" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7Fb0YBEeR8y3yfUza_jJlA</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Register to attend
on Thursday, September 14 at 5 p.m. PT: </span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c4QYX-neR7aQ9HtLwGIBkA" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c4QYX-neR7aQ9HtLwGIBkA</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">The workshops will be recorded and made available on-demand on
</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeOZbkv3sI5aQyK21Ql4_Tw" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">Main Street America’s YouTube channel</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">
and on the </span></span><a href="https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/growwithgoogle" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">Grow with Google Digital Coaches program webpage.</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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