2023 Intake
Marketing Partner Application
Rural Oxford Economic Development is working to deliver an engaging business support marketing program. Our aim is to help rural business owners enhance their online presence and gain exposure so they can connect with consumers who are looking to support small independent businesses.
What's Involved?
Participating Marketing Partners will receive:
1 VIDEO FEATURE FOR THEIR BUSINESS ON
THE RURAL OXFORD SHOPPING CHANNEL, plus:
- Access to a curated digital toolkit for Entrepreneurs
- Digital marketing training
- Hands-on technical support
Participating Marketing Partners will commit to:
- Receiving advice, free digital tools and relevant digital marketing training,
- Sharing their business feature 5x across all platforms,
- Supporting other participants by sharing 5 additional business features,
- Use #RuralOxford and #RuralOxfordShoppingChannel hashtags when sharing.
Who can apply?
Preference will be given to Participating Marketing Partners that:
- have a physical business location in one of the five Rural Oxford Townships,
- have a website and strong social media presence on 2 or more platforms,
- agree to be an engaged Marketing Partner for the Rural Oxford Shopping Channel,
- are open to receiving advice, free digital tools and relevant digital marketing training,
- have scheduling flexibility to accommodate the videographer on filming days,
- are willing to be interviewed on-camera and/or have a willing company representative,
- have not already been featured on the Rural Oxford Shopping Channel (either original Oxford Shopping Channel or Oxford Shopping Channel – Rural Series).
Full Disclosure
This Marketing Partner Program is a collaborative effort valued at $1000. In order for all participants to benefit from this community collaboration, all Marketing Partners must fulfil their commitment to sharing video content.
Rural Oxford Economic Development reserves the right to invoice participants who do not fulfill their role in the community collaboration in the amount of $500+hst, which is equivalent to recouping the cost to create an individual marketing video.