American Express: Small Business Saturday

In 2010 American Express created Small Business Saturday with the objective of driving traffic and sales to small businesses across America.

American Express: Small Business Saturday

Agency: CP+B and DigitasClient: American ExpressProduct: Financial Services

Objectives

American Express has been offering small business credit cards and services for over 20 years. We're the largest issuer of cards1 with a membership of the best and brightest small business owners. And we're single-mindedly committed to helping small businesses succeed. It's the American Express OPEN mission: Helping businesses do more business.

In 2010, this mission came to life in the form of a new communications platform and campaign: Start Booming.

We looked at what our best customers were...

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