Digital Main Street

Helping Small Businesses Grow by Adopting Digital Tools & Technologies

Campaign-in-a-Box

Digital Main Street has been a tremendous help to small businesses throughout Ontario’s communities, with over 41,000 small business owners accessing the program since the summer of 2018. Now it’s time to come together to help tell the Digital Main Street success story to help ensure that even more small businesses embrace the opportunities that a strong digital presence can provide to them and the main streets that define our communities.

Digital Main Street Ontario Grants Program – Progress Reports, Videos, Success Stories, and Press Releases		Suggested Use
		For your reference	Add to Website	Email to Stakeholders	Post on Social Media	Print	Deliver by hand or Mail
DMS Digital Transformation Grant – Success Stories and Case Studies

April 2024 Local Experience \| Local Support \| Local Growth
1.	Spring 2024 OBIAA/DMS Progress Report		✓	✓
2.	Spring 2024 OBIAA/DMS Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓
October 2023 Advancing Digital Horizons for Small Business
1.	OBIAA Media Release – October 25, 2023		✓	✓		✓	✓
2.	October 2023 DMS OGP 5-Year Anniversary Video		✓	✓	✓
3.	October 2023 DSS Celebration Video		✓	✓	✓
4.	October 2023 By The Numbers Brief		✓	✓
5.	October 2023 OBIAA/DMS 5-Year Anniversary Event Re-cap Video		✓	✓	✓
Fall 2022 E-volving Opportunities for Small Business
1.	OBIAA Media Release – November 29, 2022 (FR)		✓	✓		✓	✓
2a.	Fall 2022 Progress Report (low res)		✓	✓
2b.	Fall 2022 Progress Report (high res)		✓
3.	Fall 2022 Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓
April 2022 The Future is Online and In-Person
1.	April 2022 Progress Report		✓	✓		✓	✓
2.	April 2022 Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓
3.	Barrie and Simcoe County Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
4.	Haldimand County Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
5.	Trenton, Brighton, Quinte West Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
6.	Waterloo Region Small Business Testimonials (K-W DSS produced video)		✓	✓	✓
7.	Digital Service Squad Launch Event – Leeds Grenville (August 2021)		✓	✓	✓
May 2021 Progress Report: Keeping Small Businesses Connected
8.	Progress Report		✓	✓		✓	✓
9.	OBIAA Media Release		✓	✓
10.	Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓
11.	Brampton Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
12.	Northern Ontario Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
13.	York and Durham Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
14.	Ottawa Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
15.	Peterborough Small Businesses Video		✓	✓	✓
October 2020 Progress Report: A Hand Up For Small Business
16.	Progress Report		✓	✓		✓	✓
17.	OBIAA Media Release		✓	✓
18.	Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓
Digital Transformation Grant Recipient Testimonials (Video)
19.	Haven – Collingwood, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
20.	Ecig Flavourium – Port Hope, ON (For captioned version click here)	✓	✓	✓	✓
21.	Loco Beanz Coffe House – Gore Bay (Manitoulin Island), ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
22.	My Ol’ Blues – Gore Bay (Manitoulin Island), ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
23.	Czech It Out Antiques, Meaford, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
24.	Dundas Denture Clinic, Dundas, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
25.	A & R Music, Walkerton, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
26.	Candi Werx, Hamilton, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
27.	Studio330, Kingston, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
28.	Stock-in-Trade, Toronto, ON	✓	✓	✓	✓
29.	Kingston Digital Service Squad Profile	✓	✓	✓	✓
30.	Hamilton Digital Service Squad Profile	✓	✓	✓	✓
31.	Toronto Digital Service Squad Profile	✓	✓	✓	✓
April 2020 Progress Report: Building Resilience for Small Business
32.	Progress Report		✓	✓		✓	✓
33.	Infographic: By the Numbers		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
34.	OBIAA Media Release		✓	✓
35.	Progress Report Video		✓	✓	✓

Make Sure Your Members Know About Digital Main Street & Campaign-in-a-Box

We’ve put together a virtual Campaign-in-a-Box a set of tools to help you raise awareness of Digital Main Street in your BIA. It’s important that your member businesses know about Digital Main Street and how to get access to the grant funding and tools that are available.

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