NBS Social Media Templates

How many ways are there to say “please take our survey”? Turns out — a lot! 

We’ve created these templates to help you promote your city’s version of The National Business Survey (The NBS) open participation survey online. These suggested posts are optimized for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor. We recommend posting a different message each week your survey is open. 

Simply fill in the blanks to personalize the text for your community or organization, then copy and paste into your social media platform. To help increase your reach, encourage staff, council members, community partners and local news outlets to “like” and “share” your social media posts about the survey. 

Pro Tip: Social media posts that have colorful images get more clicks than posts that don’t. Feel free to choose an illustration provided by Polco here, or use your own. Pictures of your community (like skylines or popular downtown areas) are great! You can even tag partners in pictures to remind them to retweet or share. Use images with little to no text.

The more you get the word out about your survey, the more responses you can expect!

Social Media Templates (scroll down for images):

Attention all local business owners! ___________(City Name) invites you to take The National Business Survey. Your feedback will help us make important plans for the City (or /Town/Village/County/etc). Please share your thoughts by __________ (last day survey is open). Thank you for helping our community move forward. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

What would you like _________(City Name) to focus on? We value the opinions of business owners, and want to know your thoughts for upcoming planning and budget decisions. So you’re invited to give your feedback on The National Business Survey. Thank you for sharing your voice. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

What do you think of _______(City Name) as a place to work? Let us know your feedback about the City (or Town/Village/County/etc) on The National Business Survey. Take the Survey Here: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

How would you rate the economic health of _________(City Name)? Let us know this and more on The National Business Survey today! We’ll be using your feedback to help make decisions for the City (or Town/Village/County/etc). This survey closes soon! Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

You know best what it’s like to own and run a business in _________(City Name). So we want to hear from you! Please take the ________(City Name) Business Survey, and help inform City’s business plans. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

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