Digital Downtown Marquette is a great way to get information about the status of your business out to the public. It is also an excellent resource for sharing gift card information, and sharing information about the digital presence of your business. Be sure to fill out the Digital Downtown Marquette form anytime there is an update with the status/hours/online presence of your business.
If your business currently does not have an online sales component, help is available locally FREE of charge. Invent @ NMU, in conjunction with Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Lucid Coast, Innovate Marquette Smart Zone, and Northern Michigan University, is offering free business assistance. These forms of assistance include:
  • Marketing and/or Messaging Auditing
  • Creating & Auditing media and social presence
  • Creating Website or landing page
  • creating an online sales platforms or point of sale systems

Find more information and connect with Invent @ NMU here or email them at invent@nmu.edu.
Inn ovate Marquette SmartZone is hosting a FREE Business on Tap webinar on Wednesday, April 29 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on E-commerce Marketing. They will be sharing information about e-commerce website options, costs, digital marketing, Google My Business, and SEO tricks. R S VP here.
The SBDC Upper Peninsula is offering numerous training webinars for small busi nesses impacted by COVID-19, including Marketing & Pivoting with Nicole Young Potvin on Thursday, April 23 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Are you stuck in a marketing funk? Not quite sure what to do since COVID-19? This webinar will provide you a new perspective on marketing techniques and ideas to pivot your current business model fit for the future! Join Nicole Young Potvin, UP SBDC marketing guru to move you out of Funk and into Full of new customers! Register here.