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This summer support local & win prizes!

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This summer Atlas Café, Bosley’s (Courtenay), Gladstone Brewing, The Waverley Hotel, Toscano’s Mediterranean Grill, Sure Copy Courtenay, My Tech Guys, and [add your business here] are giving away prizes as part of a unique “support local” contest we’re hosting.

Using our social media clout to support local business on Vancouver Island

LIFT was voted “best social media organisation” in the Comox Valley region last year. We think that’s because we’re doing a great job of supporting local entrepreneurs. This summer we’ve put $1000s in promotional support together with our social media clout to help people like you promote local businesses – and win great prizes this summer.

Why? Because every dollar spent locally helps grow our economy. That means local businesses thrive. That means local businesses create jobs. For example, we have about 25,000 households in the Comox Valley, and over 15K households in Campbell River. If every household spends $100 locally on goods and services they’d have bought out of town this summer, that will put about $4M back into our regional economy on this part of Vancouver Island.

That will help local businesses thrive. That will help local businesses create jobs.

Here’s how you can help us make that shift happen this summer:

  1. To boost local businesses, post selfies with your favourite owners or staff to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or your social media of choice. Your posts help elevate every business you’ve posted about.
  2. To boost local – and win prizes:
    1. Find local LIFT VIPs (there over 100 of them between Nanaimo and Campbell River). Ask your business friends if they’re members – or check the list at liftlocal.ca.
    2. Post selfies with LIFT VIPs to Instagram with the #LIFTVIP tag so we can find and “engage” your posts!
    3. That’s it! You’re in to win prizes from Atlas Café, Bosley’s (Courtenay), Gladstone Brewing, The Waverley Hotel, Toscano’s Mediterranean Grill, Sure Copy Courtenay, and My Tech Guys.

Enter often!

Every post is your way to support local business in our communities.

Every #LIFTVIP post to Instagram is your way to support local and win prizes from great local businesses.

We’re drawing winners weekly in July, August, and September.

NOTE: If you’re ready to see your business featured in the #LIFTVIP promotion, please contact HPM now.

This summer, promote local business – and win with LIFT VIPs

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Imagine a photo treasure hunt that supports local business and wins cool prizes. That’s what we’re talking about with our #LIFTVIP shared selfie promotion. The simple version: Find LIFT VIPs. Post their pics with the #LIFTVIP tag. Win prizes. Easy. 
 
Here’s the long version.
 

Let’s support local

But more than a fun treasure hunt, it’s a way to show support for local and regional businesses.
 
The absolute best way to support local businesses is to buy their products and services.
But your love of local doesn’t have to stop there. Many of us have a smartphone. We can use this sometimes obnoxious device to help our friends and neighbours get a lift with their business.
 

Here’s the deal

At LIFT we’re inviting you to help us promote local with a photo treasure hunt. We’ve got 110+ LIFT VIP businesses. These are businesses who are working together to grow a grassroots, entrepreneur focused economy. And, we’re inviting you to help them grow – and for you to win prizes from other LIFT VIP businesses – like Atlas Café, Gladstone Brewing Co., The Waverley Hotel, and Toscano’s Mediterranean Grill.
 
You can make this happen by following three simple steps to success (yours and the local businesses you choose to support):
  1. The treasure hunt: find a LIFT VIP business. There are 110+ of them, mostly in the Comox Valley, but a few in Campbell River, and now also in Nanaimo (because I believe that our community economies thrive when they’re regionally connected). How to find them? We’ll be launching a map-based directory of LIFT VIPs this summer. In the meantime, ask your friends in business. Are they part of the LIFT movement to grow local business? If they are, proceed immediately to Step 2.
  2. Snap that shared selfie. Make sure your LIFT VIP business owner or their staff is prominently displayed and smiling. That’s right; it’s not just business owners who can win. Your friends who work for LIFT VIP businesses get to represent and be entered to win with your selfie. They way we see it at LIFT, the more we share, the more we win. Now the hard part…
  3. Post the pic to social media and MAKE SURE you include this tag so we can find the winning pic: #LIFTVIP. For extra impact for your new-found LIFT VIP friend’s business add #WeAreYQQ if you’re in the Comox Valley, #WeAreYBL if you’re in Campbell River, and #WeAreYCD if you’re in Nanaimo. 
That’s it. You’re in to win.
We’re doing random draws for $25 gift cards for The Waverley Hotel in May and Gladstone Brewing in June. In July, August, and September we’ll be doing weekly draw for 2x $25 gift cards for Atlas Café, Gladstone Brewing, The Waverley Hotel, and Toscano’s.
 

Where to find those LIFT VIP businesses?

That’s the challenge. That’s why it’s a treasure hunt. You’re looking for business people who value local, grassroots business and community economic development. For a “starter list” of these LIFT VIPs, get some selfies with LIFT Solution Sponsors and Community Partners. These are the people who’ve helped grow this LIFT initiative:
Sue Finneron, Leif Jason, Adil Amlani, Nazaneen Dizai, Chrissie Bowker, Allison Mandzuk, Lee-Ann Dixon-Phillips, Jabin Postal, Danny Zanbilowicz, Sandra Viney, Paul Hansen, Lisa Hansen, Bob Wells, Ron Pogue, Karen Milstein McKinnon, Daniel Sharratt, Leanne Zdebiak-Eni, Shane Philip. That’s 19. There are about 90 more out there. Plus all their staff. 
 
An easy way to find a whole lot more is to come to a #WeAreYQQ Party. Many will be wearing #LIFTVIP name tags. All of them are up for selfies that’ll win you prizes. See the WeAreYQQParty.ca link for the next event. Hint: May 31, September 28, and November 24 are already on our party calendar. Be there. Win some stuff. Support local.
Most of all, have fun!
 
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Hans Peter Meyer
Founder of LIFT
@hanspetermeyer on Twitter and Instagram
#BCBuyLocal #WeAreYQQ #WeAreYBL #WeAreYCD #VancouverIsland

#LIFTVIPs shared selfies: win with Atlas Café, The Waverley Hotel, and Gladstone Brewing!

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We love our LIFT Community Partners – and we love the support they give us as we promote entrepreneurs on Vancouver Island. We also love the LIFT VIPs who are the heart of our entrepreneur community. So this month we’re hosting a “shared selfie” contest that’ll win someone – and the LIFT VIP they choose – each a $25 gift card at Atlas Café (April), The Waverley Hotel (May), and Gladstone Brewing (June).

How to win

  1. Find a LIFT VIP (there are almost 100 of them today, with more coming on board every week – maybe you this week? Call meat 250-792-1408. It’s time to grow your business – and be featured in someone’s shared selfie!)
  2. Post a shared selfie with them to Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook.
  3. Be sure to include a note about this particular LIFT VIP, as well as the #LIFTVIP#WeAreYQQ tags
  4. That’s it! You and your LIFT VIP could each win a $25 gift card to Atlas Café, The Waverley Hotel, or Gladstone Brewing. Yum!

We’ll be announcing the April winner in early May.

Today’s list of LIFT VIPs

As of April 15, 2017 the current list of list LIFT VIPs (if you’d like your name on this list we can make that shift happen right now via email or telephone me at 250-792-1408):

Solution Sponsors:
Adil Amlani, Leif Jason, Sue Finneron, Lee-Ann Dixon-Phillips, Jabin Postal, Chrissie Bowker, Nazaneen Dizai
Community Partners:
Daniel Sharratt, Sandra Viney, Don McClellan, Ron Pogue, Karen Milstein McKinnon, Paul Hansen, Bob Wells, Danny Zanbilowicz, Leanne Zdebiak-Eni, and Shane Philip
Champions and Ambassadors:
Carmen & Glen Wakeling, Kayla McDonald, Joyce Francis McMenamon, John Bonner, Curtis Scoville, Max Oudendag, Pieter Vorster, Rahel Mashruky, Mary Veronneau, Chelan Schwindt, Arrow Gonsalves, Amie Webster & Jeff Webster, Sarah Pocock-Hill, Sara Baxandall, Sarah Day, Staysea May & Megan Griffiths, Jen Burt, Amy Englemark, Shelley LaPerriere, Dustin Whiteside, Kevin Wilson, Jani Martinius, Luciano Rollin, Amy Criss, Vivian Vaillant, Brooke Ferguson, Jace Pierson, Dyan Spink, James Flawith, David Frisch, Wendy Nixon Stothert, Tracy Freeman, Cleo Tetrault, Monica J Parkin, Julian Rendell, Allyson Hamilton, Shane Philip, Heather Mackenzie, Kory Wagstaff , Wendy Johnstone , Maureen Olsen , Taryn Goodwin, Steve Morgan, Ewa Nowicka, Ali Roddam , Sonya Marie Jenssen, Ivan Loubier, Rob Kelly, Maggie Mah, Debbie Lynn Bowman, Gaynor Bereza, David Stapley, Carl Sidl, Nancy Farey, Mary Crowley , Aly Bird , Step Carruthers & Robin Kay, Chantal Stefan, Janice Bailey, Jodi Einarson, Nick Ward, Danielle Farrant , Denise Ropp, Greg Chadwick, Re Bastien, Vanessa Raven-Vipond, Marty Douglas, Shelley Nickerson, Megan Penny, Annie L Danko.

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Please call me at 250-792-1408
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