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Small Business Saturday FREE Giveaway for Your Business!

Claim your spot in our Small Business Saturday Guide!

By CeCe Schantz November 9, 2023

This Small Business Saturday and beyond, Macaroni Kid Pittsburgh North wants to help your business get found now and into the new year!  Did you know that Free Events such holiday sales events, fundraisers or community events can be listed at no charge 365 days of the year? Click here to begin your easy 5-minute holiday guide event listing!

Now is the perfect opportunity to also add a business listing as well! This is a new feature! Families will be able to search our directory and find your product or service!   As a BONUS, we are adding all local businesses who participate now through November 17th to a drawing in which we will select 5 local businesses to receive a free ad package just for submitting your directory listing and event(s) to Macaroni Kid Pittsburgh North! We will also add these businesses to our Small Business Saturday Guide!  For the purpose of this contest, events with a fee can also be submitted at no cost and also count as extra entries for the drawing.


Adding great holiday deals and events is a community affair so get started HERE!


  How to enter Local Business Giveaway:  

1.  *In order to qualify as a Giveaway Submission, the name and contact information entered must be that of the manager or business owner. However, anyone can submit the event.

2. Submit your event HERE. (Events must be appropriate for the Macaroni KID Audience and business must be located in the Pittsburgh North Region to qualify. (*We reserve the right to not approve any event that is not suitable for our audience.)

3. So that your business will be found by our Pittsburgh North audience, you will need to create a free business directory listing by accurately submitting your business information HERE and using the same contact information that was used for the event listing.

4. Upon approval, please note that your business event and directory listing will be live on the Macaroni Kid Pittsburgh North Website. ***If you need to change or update any listings, please email us immediately and resubmit the event or directory listing with the correct information!

5. You can submit as many FREE events as you would like, with paid events there is a four-event minimum, and all submitted events count as an additional entry in this Giveaway!   

6. The time the event will occur needs to be between October 18th to January 31st. 

7. You don't need to be a new customer to enter. Current or past customers can also enter the Giveaway.

8. If your business is selected as a winner, you must be willing to submit all needed images and information for Macaroni KID Pittsburgh North to run your ads. There is a fee for any custom images designed by Macaroni KID Pittsburgh North.

9. Last day to enter will be November 17th, 2023. 5 Winners will be selected and announced on Small Business Saturday!

10. Macaroni KID Pittsburgh North will work with each winner to decide on the date that your 30-day ad services will begin.

11. Your free advertising services will be for one month from the start date that your ad goes live on the Macaroni Kid Pittsburgh North Website.


  We wish you the best of the season!  





  To learn more about Macaroni Kid Advertising and our 16 years of providing fun to local families, you can read about it here!