SHOREVIEW, Minn.–(Business Wire)–Deluxe Corporation today named finalists in a nationwide search for one
small town to receive a $500,000 marketing and business transformation.
Now, the public has one week to vote for which town should win the
makeover and be featured on Season 4 of Deluxe’s hit reality show “Small
Business Revolution – Main Street,” which streams on Hulu, YouTube and SmallBusinessRevolution.org.
Deluxe received nearly 12,000 nominations for Season 4. Small business
owners in the winning town will receive marketing support and business
advice from a team of Deluxe small-business marketing experts, including
chief brand and communications officer and host of the show, Amanda
Brinkman. For the second year running, TV personality and renovation
icon Ty Pennington will serve as cohost of the popular series.
Pennington will lend his expertise and will also support Deluxe in
sharing the Small Business Revolution story.
“After reviewing thousands of inspiring nominations, our team had the
honor of visiting the amazing communities that made it to the Top 10,”
Brinkman said. “Each of those towns epitomize what the Small Business
Revolution is about. Now we’ve made the difficult decision of narrowing
the list to these incredible finalists, and it’s up to everyone across
America to select the winner of Season 4.”
The finalists for Season 4 are:
- Camas, Washington
- Cañon City, Colorado
- Corsicana, Texas
- Durant, Oklahoma
- Searcy, Arkansas
- Washington, North Carolina
From Feb. 12 to Feb. 19, members of the public can visit SmallBusinessRevolution.org
to watch a brief video about each finalist town and vote for their
favorite. Once the winner is chosen, Brinkman, Pennington and the Deluxe
Small Business Marketing Team will head to the winning town to provide
marketing counsel and other assistance to selected business owners. The
town’s story will be told in Season 4 of “Small Business Revolution –
Main Street,” which will air in the fall.
“Working with Amanda and her team in last year’s winning town was
unbelievable, and I can’t wait to see which town America picks for
Season 4,” Pennington said. “It’s so inspiring to not only make an
impact on individual businesses, but to help Deluxe make over an entire
town.”
Deluxe debuted the Small Business Revolution in 2015 to celebrate a
century of providing marketing and other services to small businesses
and financial institutions. The campaign started by telling 100
stories of small businesses across the country. In doing so, Deluxe
found a need to support and celebrate small towns that originally
inspired the “Small Business Revolution – Main Street” and its $500,000
boost.
“The connection Deluxe has with small businesses is just incredible,”
said Barry McCarthy, Deluxe’s new Chief Executive Officer. “It is
inspiring and moving for our entire company to see the outpouring of
love and support these towns have for their small business communities.
We’d be honored to showcase any one of these towns on Small Business
Revolution – Main Street.”
To date, “Small Business Revolution – Main Street” has helped revitalize
three communities: Wabash, Indiana, in 2016; Bristol Borough,
Pennsylvania, in 2017; and Alton, Illinois, in 2018. In each town, small
businesses have been made over and communities have banded together. The
first three seasons of the show can be seen at SmallBusinessRevolution.org.
About Deluxe Corporation
Deluxe Corp. is a leader in trusted
tech-enabled solutions. Nearly 4.4 million small business customers
access Deluxe’s wide range of products and services, including
customized checks and forms, as well as incorporation services, logo
design, website development and hosting, email marketing, social media,
search engine optimization and payroll services. For our approximately
4,600 financial institution customers, Deluxe offers industry-leading
programs in checks, data analytics and customer acquisition and treasury
management solutions, including fraud prevention and profitability.
Deluxe is also a leading provider of checks and accessories sold
directly to consumers. For more information, visit us at www.deluxe.com,
www.facebook.com/deluxecorp
or www.twitter.com/deluxecorp.
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Cameron Potts
651-233-7735
cameron.potts@deluxe.com