Otros recursos COVID-19

A medida que evolucionan los desarrollos en respuesta a la propagación de COVID-19, sabemos que muchas pequeñas empresas tienen preguntas sobre las implicaciones dentro del lugar de trabajo, y las opciones de financiación que ayuden a impulsar sus negocios durante este momento difícil. En esta página estamos recopilando consejos y recursos relevantes como desempleo, licencia familiar remunerada, licencia por enfermedad remunerada, atención médica y más.

COVID-19 inicio Préstamos y subvenciones de emergencia Otros recursos

California

The Wonderful Company

Wonderful Community Grants

The Wonderful Company's annual grant program will support Central Valley organizations that have been impacted by the coronavirus. Grants of up to $50,000 are available for nonprofits committed to making the rural communities of the San Joaquin Valley in California a more equitable place to live, work, and play.

Area served: Rural areas in Kern, Fresno and Kings counties, California
Audience: Non-profits

Small Business Trends

What is the Best Platform to Sell Products Online?

Retailing over the internet or e-commerce has forever changed the nature of retailing. The advent of digital technology has enabled small businesses to run their company more efficiently and profitably. By keeping their fingers on the pulse of technological innovations, small businesses can increase their productivity as well as their market share. The barrier to entry in retail-oriented endeavors is fast becoming smaller as more entrepreneurs choose the internet over storefronts. Early adopters of technology have made e-commerce a key component of their daily operations of their business. By choosing the best platform to sell online, your business can achieve new levels of success with relative ease.

Area served:
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed

Squarespace

Squarespace Website Builder

Squarespace is a drag and drop, visual website builder. Among website builders, they have the among the best blogging, podcasting, scheduling, audio players and photo galleries. They also offer e-commerce and email marketing tools.

Area served:
Audience:

Washington

State of Washington Employment Security Department

Washington State Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment benefits provide you with temporary income when you lose your job through no fault of your own.

Area served: Washington
Audience: Employees

Washington

State of Washington Employment Security Department

Washington State Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

The federal CARES Act expands unemployment benefits to people affected by COVID-19. If you are not eligible for regular unemployment, learn more about Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

Area served: Washington
Audience: Employees, Self-employed

Washington

State of Washington Employment Security Department

Washington State Unemployment Taxes

In most cases, if you have employees working in Washington, you must pay unemployment taxes on their wages in this state. Tax reports or tax and wage reports are due quarterly. Liable employers must submit a tax report every quarter, even if there are no paid employees that quarter and/or taxes are unable to be paid.

Area served: Washington
Audience: Small Business Owners

Washington

State of Washington Employment Security Department

Washington State SharedWork Program

SharedWork is a voluntary business sustainability program that provides flexibility to retain employees at reduced hours. Washington’s SharedWork program helps businesses and employers avoid layoffs by paying employees partial unemployment benefits when their work hours are reduced.

Area served: Washington
Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees

Washington

WorkSource

Washington State WorkSource program

Finding a new job is never easy, but hiring the right talent can be equally tough. To make it easier, WorkSource has teamed up with Monster.com to create a powerful new job-match site that'll change the way employers and job seekers connect in Washington.

Area served: Washington
Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees

New York

New York State Department of Labor

New York Unemployment Assistance

Unemployment Insurance is temporary income for eligible workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own.

Area served: New York
Audience: Employees

New York

New York State Department of Labor

New York Shared Work Program

The Shared Work program is designed to help employers manage business cycles and seasonal adjustments while helping to spare their workers the hardships of full unemployment. The program allows employers to keep trained employees and avoid layoffs by allowing staff members to receive partial Unemployment Insurance benefits while working reduced hours.

Area served: New York
Audience: Employees

Pages

National Resources

Family medical leave, Paid sick days, Staying safe
National

U.S. Department of Labor

COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers

The Department of Labor (DOL) has created a questions and answers guide to navigating COVID-19 under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Family medical leave, Paid sick days
National

U.S. Department of Labor

Determining Your FFCRA Eligibility

Do the requirements and benefits provided for in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) apply to you? This tool will quickly walk you through a handful of options to determine your eligibility as an employee for paid sick leave or paid expanded family and medical leave, or your obligations as an employer* to provide paid sick leave or paid expanded family and medical leave.


*Employer tool coming soon.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools
National

SCORE

Attracting Holiday Shoppers

This year's holiday season will be a very unusual for small retailers this year. Read about what steps you can take to attract holiday shoppers this season.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online
National

TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor

Grow your business with free tools from Tripadvisor, by taking control of your listing, responding to reviews, and tracking your performance.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools
National

Facebook

Business Manager

You can manage ad accounts for your small business, Pages, and the people who work on them — all in one place. It's free.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online
National

Nextdoor

Nextdoor for Local Businesses

Nextdoor connects neighbors to each other — and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations and stuff for sale from the people down the block.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools
National

Houzz

Build Your Business with Houzz

Build your online presence with a professional profile on Houzz. It's easy to sign up, and it's free. Get your business noticed today by over 40 million active homeowners.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools, Selling online
National

Pointy

Pointy: Find it locally

Get your products online instantly: Just connect a Pointy box to your barcode scanner, or if you use one of the POS systems below, you can download our free app.

Your products appear online: Carry on as normal. Your products will appear on your Pointy Page automatically.

No data entry needed.

Appear in search results: Pointy helps your store and products to appear in search results.

Integrate with Google "See What's In Store": Google's "See What's In Store" gives shoppers an additional way to discover what your store sells, directly on the Google search page.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools
National

Accion

Choosing the Right Social Media Platform for Your Business

Narrowing down your choice to just a select few social media platforms will allow you to focus your efforts and get the best return on your time investment.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Getting online, Marketing tools
National

Fundera

How to Advertise on Google: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide

You’re probably wondering how to advertise on Google. With such a complex, seemingly endless array of possibilities available through the Google advertising platform, it can be intimidating even for the technologically savvy small business owner to know exactly where to start. Here are some 11 simple tips to advertising your small business on Google.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits