Get Social

If you are looking to boost your small business’s social-media presence, the Downtown Alliance has launched Get Social. The program is an opportunity for 10 Lower Manhattan storefronts to receive seven free sessions with a social media consultant and a $1,500 advertising grant. If your small business is accepted into the program, the Alliance will work with you and a social-media manager to identify your goals, develop strategies to enhance your social-media presence, organize an all-paid photoshoot of your business and launch a paid advertising plan with $1,500 distributed to you in two installments during the course of the program.
This program is an effort to help you make your storefront more accessible to a broader range of customers and to develop your online skills as a business owner. Sessions will begin in May and run through July, with a follow-up session offered between July 31 and October 31.
To apply for the current grant, fill out the application below. (Mail-in paper applications may be requested from the Downtown Alliance Director of Storefront Business Engagement.) The deadline for submission is March 31. By signing this application, the winner agrees to be featured in marketing and promotional materials for the Downtown Alliance. Only small businesses that are located within the boundaries of the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District are eligible. Please review the terms and conditions before submitting this application.