Not all support has to be in the form of money!

Supporting your friend’s business can be as easy as sharing their products or business information with other friends and family. Say Hey I think you’d like this business and send them a link. When a related part of a conversation comes up share your friend’s business information.

Re-share their social media content on your story on your wall, wherever. Give their posts a like or a heart, whatever. Invite everyone you know to their Facebook Business page or share their Instagram link to all your follower’s DMs.

You could share your friend’s small business, and then someone’s aunt’s mom’s best friend could see it and be like this is my new favorite business!

Also, be there for them to support them, and listen. Having the courage to start a business is a lot, and some days they might feel the need to throw it all away and give up. Be the friend that reassures them; remind them that every great business had a struggle here and there.

It’s always so heartbreaking to hear people say “oh I can’t support the friend, I don’t have the money right now” or “I don’t need their product”! All those are excuses.

Right now — if you have a friend who has a business give them a like, share it with your other friends, and invite the world! Every small business had to start somewhere; with the support of those around them.

Support them and stop making excuses. Otherwise, they aren’t your friend.