Deadline: 16-Oct-22
The Comcast RISE has announced the Marketing and Technology Services Program to provide marketing, creative, media, and technology services to small businesses owned by people of color or women.
Focus Areas
Selected businesses could receive one or more of the following items:
- Consulting
- Advertising and marketing consultations with local Effectv marketing, research, and creative teams to gain insights on how to grow your business.
- Media
- A linear TV media schedule, over a 90-day period.
- Creative Production
- Turnkey production of a 30-second TV commercial, plus a media strategy consultation and 90-day media placement schedule.
- Technology Makeover
- Computer equipment and Internet, Voice and Cybersecurity services for 12 months. (Taxes and other fees may still apply for tech makeover services.)
Funding Information
- 500 grants totaling $5 million will be distributed as follows:
- 100 small businesses in each city
- Each business will receive a $10,000 monetary grant
Eligibility Criteria
- Open only to small businesses operating in one (1) of the contiguous United States or the District of Columbia, excluding the following:
- For Tech Makeover: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming; and
- For Media Consultation, Media Campaign, and Creative Campaign: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
- Small business must be owned by an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the start of the Program Period that also meets the following eligibility requirements:
- Owner identifies as Black, Indigenous, a Person of Color, or a Female;
- Person who owns the business is the primary decision maker for, and has been actively engaged in the day-to-day operation of the business;
- Owner owns at least 51% of said business;
- Business is registered to conduct business in one of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States or District of Columbia;
- Business is independently owned and operated, and not a franchise location
- Business has engaged in active daily operation for at least one (1) year (twelve (12) months);
- Business does not fall into any of the following categories:
- Non-profit;
- Chamber of Commerce;
- Public or private education provider that participates in the FCCs E-Rate Universal Service Program;
- Church or Religious Organizations including nondenominational ministries, interdenominational and ecumenical organizations, and organizations whose main purpose is to study or advance religion
- Political advertiser;
- Any business related in any way to the growing, marketing, sale, distribution, or use of marijuana or related products;
- Manufacturer or retailer of drug paraphernalia;
- Virtual MVPD;
- Internet Service Provider;
- Gun manufacturer or retailer;
- Fireworks manufacturer or retailer;
- Tobacco/vape manufacturer or retailer;
- Illegal products or services provider;
- For Media Consultation, Media Campaign, and Creative Campaign:
- Business employees less than one hundred (100) employees (including full-time and part-time employees).
- For Tech Makeover:
- Must be a premises-based (not home-based) business located in a building and not mobile (such as operating out of a truck);
- Business employees less than or equal to twenty-five (25) employees (including full-time and part-time employees).
For more information, visit https://www.comcastrise.com/rise-apply/