{"id":11653,"date":"2022-11-24T16:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/?p=11653"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:38:04","slug":"keep-shopping-small-our-stance-on-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/keep-shopping-small-our-stance-on-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Shopping Small: our stance on Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

We don\u2019t really like Black Friday, since we know it can be a daunting time for small businesses \u2013 the sales start earlier each year and it can feel impossible to compete with the huge brands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar to last year, this year we\u2019re going to be encouraging our customers to keep shopping small, with a small campaign we\u2019re calling\u2026 Keep Shopping Small.<\/span><\/p>\n

From 26 November to 3 December<\/strong>, we\u2019ll be promoting a code for free postage on all of our A5 cards. We\u2019re covering delivery, they save money, and you get paid fairly for your work. <\/span>Along the way we\u2019ll be reminding them about the benefits of supporting small businesses like yours, too.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also created some handy sharing assets for you to post all over your social media platforms. Simply <\/span>download the assets<\/span> and insert your image into the gap using your design tool of choice. A bit like those face-in-the-hole things at the seaside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keep an eye on our creator Instagram account @thortfulcreators<\/strong><\/a> as we’ll be sharing some small businesses that we love on our stories.<\/p>\n

The discount code has some short T&Cs that go along with it (how many times they can use it, etc), so if you\u2019re directing people to our site for free postage, we\u2019d suggest sending them to <\/span>thortful.com<\/span><\/a> \u2013 where we can make sure they\u2019ve seen the T&Cs at the same time as the code.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team thortful x\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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