Digital Main Street Ontario Grants Program 3.0

Helping Small Businesses Grow by Adopting Digital Tools & Technologies

The Digital Main Street Campaign-in-a-Box You Can Share

OBIAA has put together some useful tools and handouts to help you promote the Digital Main Street Ontario Grants Program and all the opportunities and benefits to your members, local businesses and other stakeholders.

Read on to see what is in the DMS Campaign-in-a-Box 3.0 and how to use it. For starters, the kit contains a collection communication templates and handouts, logos, How-to videos, FAQs and much more.

Remember to keep checking back here; we will be adding new pieces and updating current handouts in the coming weeks and months.

For more information contact:

Marlise Nishikihama, Marketing and Project Manager email [email protected] or call 905-271-7222 / 416-768-7696

Campaign-in-a-Box Components		Suggested Use
Campaign-in-a-Box Components		Add to Website	Email to Stakeholders	Post on Social Media	Print	Deliver by hand or Mail
Digital Main Street Ontario Grants Background Materials – please read
1.	Digital Main Street Ontario Grants Program Renewal – Media Release	✓	✓
2.	DMS 2021 Backgrounder	✓	✓		✓	✓
Digital Transformation Grant (DTG) FAQs and Tools (HOW TO Videos)
3.	Digital Transformation 2021 Grant Program ($2,500) – How to Apply (VIDEO)	✓	✓	✓
4.	Digital Transformation 2021 Grant Program ($2,500) FAQs and How to Apply	✓	✓		✓	✓
5.	Email Copy about the Digital Transformation Grant for Members (and attach FAQs above)		✓
6.	Social Media Content about Digital Transformation Grant for Members			✓
DMS Campaign Assets and Promotional Print Piece
7a.	Digital Main Street Logo for Web	✓	✓	✓
7b.	Digital Main Street Logo for Print		✓		✓
8a.	Postcard with Full Back (print version)				✓	✓
8b.	Postcard with Sticker Back (print version)				✓	✓
8c.	Postcard with Mailer Back (print version)				✓	✓
Digital Service Squad (DSS) Grant FAQs and Tools
9a.	Digital Service Squad 2021 Grant Program FAQs (PowerPoint)	✓	✓		✓
9b.	Digital Service Squad 2021 Grant Program FAQs	✓	✓		✓
9c.	Digital Service Squad 2021 Grant Program FAQ Webinar – June 23, 2021	✓	✓
10.	Digital Service Squad Backgrounder 2021	✓	✓		✓	✓
11.	Email copy about Digital Service Squad Services for Businesses (and attach FAQs and Backgrounder, above)		✓
12.	Social Media content about Digital Service Squad Services for Businesses			✓
13.	Sample Authorization Letter about Digital Service Squad Services for Businesses		✓		✓	✓
14.	Digital Service Squad Sample Job Description	✓	✓	✓	✓
Digital Skills Training
15.	FREE Digital Skills Workshops and Webinars for Businesses		✓		✓	✓
Digital Vendors
16.	Calling Digital Vendors to Digital Main Street		✓		✓	✓

Make Sure Your DSS Members Know About The 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 Ontario Grants Program in your BIA/municipality. It’s important that your local businesses know about Digital Main Street and how to get access to the grant funding and tools that are available.