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My name is mike, im in Product Development at comcast. Were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. Good morning from bell light, wisconsin. Coming up on a special Small Business saturday edition of Your Business this restaurant Grocery Store wants to become the Tourist Destination for beloits main street. They need help. Well bring in our Your Business makeover team. Plus, i sit down with linda mcman to talk about how important it is to support your local businesses. And well show you ...

Technology is increasingly being used among indigenous peoples and local communities to support their efforts to secure land rights.

The General Industries Workers Union of SA is hosting a meeting calling for mass action against the high cost of living.

Shift campaign got the word out about how moving 10% of your spending to a local business can have a big impact. >> what were saying is, lets all be mindful of where our money goes when we spend it and understand the local business then in turn will have a local accountant or graphic designer, and that money stays in the economy and creates additional jobs. >> in oregon a loyalty program was started called supportland. customers use a card making a purchase giving them points to exchange for rew...

List program. we take note of the items, color, size, et cetera and any purchase made prior to one week before christmas the purchaser also gates 10% discount. >> is this community doing anything as a whole for small business saturday. >> theres a bunch of events plan. were committed to small business all the time. were always trying to find ways to boost business because definitely been a struggle built its one were winning. >> around the country, small business owners are coming up with really...

>> the rewards are important like a hook, like a game it makes it fun. our customers are not in it for rewards they just want an excuse to go out there and support local. >> jesse who owns a bakery agrees. >> they feel they are part of something bigger. its not a posies loyalty card. >> its not like the 1920s. >> support land serves several key functions for the local business owners. first conscienceness raising. >> we collaborate with each other because they are not competing against another i...

About 35 new customers a month. >> nine new customers a month. >> 77 new customers per month. >> jesse, stacy and brandon are part of an innovative group of small business owners located in portland, oregon called support land. >> we really make sure we deliver and what we deliver them is customers. >> katrina and her husband michael are founders of portland based support land, a collaborative marketing program for locally owned businesses. >> they get new customers every month. we tell them how...