{"id":1057,"date":"2024-04-26T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2024-04-26T17:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:44:18","slug":"pa-small-business-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/general-2\/pa-small-business-week\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Small Business Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday starts Pennsylvania Small Business Week!<\/p>\n<p>While big corporations typically get a lot of headlines and attention, it is Small Businesses that really are the backbone of America! Forbes 2024 small business statistics report says that &#8220;Nearly half of all U.S. employees are employed by a small business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>So, regardless if you fall in that &#8220;nearly half&#8221; category or not, it is important to support your local small businesses. When people think of supporting their local businesses they may think of catchy phrases including &#8220;buy local&#8221;, &#8220;shop local&#8221;, or &#8220;stay local&#8221;. There are also other ways to help local small businesses in addition to buying products and services.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if there is a Home Builder \/ Home Improvement company that is a locally owned small business that you have used before, but are not currently using, you can still help them. Even if you are not at a point where you are going to &#8220;buy, shop, or stay local&#8221;, how about &#8220;Share Local&#8221;! In the fast paced digital world we live in today, you can help a local business by simply sharing their information on your social media platforms. Maybe a friend or a friend of a friend sees what you shared and then uses their services. You are still helping by spreading the word.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge yourself this week to share, shop, buy, or stay local! Small businesses may be small, but they are mighty!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-4-Ways-to-Help-Small-Biz-FB.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday starts Pennsylvania Small Business Week! While big corporations typically get a lot of headlines and attention, it is Small Businesses that really are the backbone of America! Forbes 2024 small business statistics report says that &#8220;Nearly half of all U.S. employees are employed by a small business\u201d. So, regardless if you fall in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}