Offers, Resources and Tools from our Proud Partners
Industry leaders and California state agencies offer ALL California small businesses special discounts, programs, trainings, tools and resources to support pivoting and adapting to the current times and new online marketplaces. Most importantly, we are coming together to invest in a shopping experience with safety at the center.
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Online Sales & Marketing
Free Websites + Marketing
A free website for as long as you need it. Get tools, resources and 24/7 support to give your business a free, permanent home online to grow with you.
Improve your Google presence
Personalized recommendations to improve your free Business Profile, so customers find you online and get operating information like hours and pickup.
Free Business Pages and Business Posts
Free online tools to stay connected to your most valuable customers, neighbors. Instantly reach local customers with free Business Posts.
Get Up and Running with eBay
Not selling on-line? No problem. Get your eBay business Up and Running. Promotions for new sellers are updated frequently.
Adobe Spark 2-month Free Trial
Create stunning digital marketing materials, including graphics, social posts, and video stories, in just a few taps, at any skill level.
Salesforce Essentials
Payments Tools for Business Growth
Free contactless Payments tool. No subscription or hardware required. Reach more customers with a digital storefront.
Solutions to Streamline Your E-Commerce
Manage multiple online marketplaces and integrate shipping and order processing. UPS solutions give you the control to run your online business smoothly.
Promote Your Reopening Details
Seven updates to make to your free Yelp Business Page. Include changes to operations and safety measures you’re taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Free Digital Marketing Suite
Entrepreneurs get three months free of our email marketing tool packaged with a way to easily update customers via Facebook and Google My Business.
Grow your business with Google Ads
Discover how Google Ads can help you bring in more business by reaching the right people at the right time. We’ll match the amount you spend up to $150.
Free. 15 Minutes. Fresh Perspective.
A free 15-minute phone call with a UPS expert could be the spark that helps reignite your business. Talk to us about your challenges, and we’ll recommend the tools you need to face them head on.
Set up eGift Cards for free with Square
Make it easy for customers to support your business anytime, from anywhere online. Plus, get added to Square’s new online directory, Give & Get Local.
Uber for your Small Business
Provide access to meal delivery for employees or subsidize rides for customers to drive foot traffic. Find new ways to keep your business moving with Uber.
Free CRM tool
Track and store your contacts. Delight customers by turning them into repeat clients. Never expires.
Operations
Bookkeeping and Beyond
QuickBooks Online is committed to help SMBs succeed, no matter what. Track income, expenses and profit all in one place. Save 40% for 6 months.
Adobe Sign Free Trial
Easily send documents to be electronically signed – and e-sign and return them too.
Heal Offers Help to Uninsured
Heal is offering $39 telemedicine appointments to uninsured people in CA, through August 2020. Use code SAFECA2020 at check-out; promo code cannot be used with insurance.
Secure video meetings for free
Host secure video meetings for free with Google Meet. Businesses can also use G Suite Essentials – Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides – free through Sept. 30th.
Slack for Small Businesses
We’re offering three free months of a paid Slack plan to help your team communicate, work faster and stay aligned as your business manages reopening.
Shipping & Delivery
Shipping Solutions and Savings
Activate discounted shipping rates and take advantage of tools and free expert advice to boost your business.
Discounted Rates and Exclusive Deals
Save on every shipment and get free UPS Smart Pickup® services.
Retrofit Handyman Help
Get $10 off your next task to retrofit your cafe, restaurant, shop, or office space with handyman, delivery, cleaning, or furniture assembly help.
PROMO CODE: RETROFITCA10
Pick-up and Delivery Help
Taskers can help make safe, contactless deliveries to customers. Businesses can get $10 off their next contactless delivery task.
PROMO CODE: DELIVERYHELPCA10
Free Mobile-App for Restaurants, Food Trucks, and Catering
Get a free custom native app (iPhone & Android) featuring your full menu for easy mobile ordering complete with your restaurant’s branding.
A Platform for Restaurants
Drive demand by reaching more hungry customers. For a limited time, we’re waiving activation fees for new restaurants and offering a $0 marketplace fee on pickup orders.
Advice & Resources
Small Business Customers in the New Normal
In May 2020, we surveyed consumers to learn what they want from small businesses, including what they prefer in safer, more digital experiences.
Safely Making CA
CA Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA), Autodesk, and the State of CA built a new online marketplace to connect manufacturers making PPE with employers who need it.
Small Business Centers
State funded, tailored, free/low cost consulting and trainings on funding, market access, operations, and resiliency – available in over 30 languages.
Resources for Local Businesses
Free resources to stay informed and get actionable business advice. Learn from experts and the small business community on how to navigate the crises.
Small Business Resources & Tools
GoDaddy is providing access to resources and tools for adapting to COVID-19. #OpenWeStand partners are contributing special offers for small businesses.
COVID-19 Business Resource Center
Free access to financial support; guides to reopen and create lasting pivots; industry resources; and community connection with peers and experts.
Small Business Tips and Resources
Intuit QuickBooks has compiled a list of informational videos that may help you manage your business and keep moving forward.
COVID-19 Recursos y Seminarios Web
Estamos conectando a mujeres propietarias, pequeños negocios y contratistas independientes con recursos por sesiones de trabajo en vivo con expertos de la U.S. SBA.
Reopening Resources
Here are some of the best resources to help small businesses navigate how to adjust their operations — from a mythbusters series to a guidance tool.
Small Business Strong LinkedIn Community
Small Business Strong is a public group for small businesses to share resources, network with other small businesses, and navigate the current situation.
Intuit Aid Assist
Check your eligibility for federal relief programs, calculate the potential loan amount, and estimate how much of the loan may be forgivable.
Self Made Mastery Webinar Series
Sign up to gain immediate, on-demand access to an incredible webinar series that takes you step by step from getting started to running and expanding a profitable business.
Learn from Google experts
Grow with Google OnAir offers free workshops and 1:1 coaching sessions to grow your business and get the most out of digital tools.
Small Business Relief Initiative
We’ve teamed up with @gofundme to give #SmallBizRelief to businesses like you. Create your GoFundMe page now.
Rapid Response Webinar Sessions
Connect to fellow leaders, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to discuss issues and solutions you are facing and finding during these unprecedented times.
COVID-19 Relief Webinar Series
Self Made is connecting women, small business owners and independent contractors to Federal and State resources through virtual sessions with experts from the U.S. SBA.
Salesforce Care for Small Business
Salesforce Care provides resources you need to survive & thrive. Learn about products, resources, and workshops to keep your business moving forward.
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Get free business reopening advice, guides, research and more. Help your business adapt to the next normal.
CA State Resources
Visit California is a nonprofit organization with a mission to develop and maintain marketing programs that inspire travel to California.
CalOSBA supports economic growth and innovation by ensuring small businesses and entrepreneurs have the resources they need to plan, launch, and grow.
CDTFA administers California’s sales and use, fuel, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis taxes, and more. Learn about sales tax relief, now.
DCA administers more than 3.9 million licenses in more than 280 license types including certificates, registrations and permits. Find information on relief.
DGS supports the state’s goal to spend 25% of contract dollars with small businesses (SB) and 3% with disabled veteran businesses (DVBE). Click to connect.
GO-Biz serves as the State of California’s leader for job growth, economic development, and business assistance efforts.
IBank provides financial assistance for infrastructure and economic development. Small Business Finance Centers offer guaranteed loans through mission-based lenders.
The Capital Access Program for Small Business (CalCAP) encourages lenders to make loans to small businesses that have difficulty obtaining financing.
The state’s COVID-19 website highlights critical information, resources and guidance for ALL to address the challenges incurred during this unprecedented COVID-19 crisis.
CA Grown connects you with the people who grow and produce your food. Understand where your food comes from – and how important you are to the process.
Learn more about how EDD’s worksharing program provides employers with an alternative to layoffs.
The CA Business Portal offers tools and resources to help small businesses navigate incentives, permits, and programs to grow and thrive.
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