Tin Shingle is a showcase, resource and community for entrepreneurs, small businesses and independent brands. As a member, you are main focus of this website - YOU are the feature! All of your postings are available to the public - your personal and business profiles, your listings in The Marketplace, your listings in Member Events, and any article that we write that features you. Membership benefits are described below:
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PERSONAL PROFILE
BUSINESS PROFILE (up to 5)
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THE MARKETPLACE Feature your product or service in The Marketplace. These are very SEO friendly. If people are Googling your product or service, your listing very well may come up in the search results, so make it snappy! Listings are automatically featured around the website and run in our free newsletter (consider it a free banner ad). Listings are live for the length of your membership, unless it is a special available for limited time. Learn more  |
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JOB BOARD POSTINGS Post jobs for interns, part time positions, full time positions, or project-based jobs. Learn more |
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PROMOTION OF YOUR EVENTS Promote your event, class, trunk show, party, or whatever your dated event is in our Member Events section. Each event is tweeted by our Twitter editors at least 2x: once in general, once the day before the event, and once the hour before if it's an online event with open registration. See our Twitter for examples of hand-crafted tweets we've written to promote members' events. Learn more |
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LINK LOVE Share the SEO love to help websites gain exposure, participate in online voting, commenting, and more. Learn more |
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INTERVIEW SERIES We interview you and publish it. These articles feature your accomplishments. They answer one question: "How did you (fill in the blank)?" Learn more |
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TREND POLLS Quick and useful feedback polls. Learn more |
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HAND CRAFTED TWEETS We personally promote you on our Twitter account @collectivee. When you upload a listing to The Marketplace, Members Events, Got Press (when you tell us about a press hit you got), we tweet about it. LINKS TO YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE |
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PR LEADS Receive cultivated PR Leads once a week to help you pitch the press. Several of our members have landed press this way in HGTV, Oprah, BET, Time Out NY, and more. Learn more |
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RANDOM ACTS OF PITCHING Sometimes we receive secret PR Leads that we have been asked to find privately. We scour the Business Directory looking for good fits, and pitch that lead for you. We make an effort to share members regularly in-person and through our contacts with the press, tastemakers, and trend-setters. We love finding you opportunities. Learn more |
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EDITORIAL CALENDAR ACCESS Lists of editorial calendars to help you pitch a magazine. Know what their upcoming features are. A must-have in anyone's PR strategy. Learn more |
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MEDIA CONTACT LIST ACCESS Pitch the press and find their contact info in these lists. A major time saver and necessary part of your PR plans. Learn more |
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COMMUNITY |
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PRIVATE EMAIL GROUP Instant access to fellow members. Our national, private member-to-member email group connects you to get referrals and promote you in a personal way. Learn more |
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EVENTS & PARTIES Free entry to events and panels. These provide learning opportunities and make networking easy and pleasurable. Learn more |
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FORUM Post your press hits, celebrations and ideas. Learn more |
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| DISCOUNTS |
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FREE STRATEGY SESSION You get one 20min strategy session in business, PR, or website development with one of the Tin Shingle team members. Learn more |
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WORKSHOP DISCOUNTS 25% off all Workshops, which are designed to leverage your business. You may send your assistant in your place. Some workshops are free for members. Learn more |
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PARTNER DISCOUNTS Partners offering exclusive member-only discounts. You can create a special discount just for fellow members, to build your relationships. Learn more |
