Grow with google Partnership

Main Street America and Grow with Google are teaming up to help business owners gain new skills through local Digital Coaches.
Grow with Google Digital Coaches are local marketing experts who help diverse small businesses grow. They offer live and virtual training and hands-on coaching on topics like how to connect with customers, sell products online, and improve business productivity – for free. No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, your local Digital Coach can help you build skills to take the next step for your business and network with other successful businesses in your community.
Together, Main Street America and Grow with Google have on-boarded 10 new Digital Coaches to lead free trainings and empower small businesses with skills to grow.
To register for a workshop with your local Digital Coach, please find more information below.

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jarrod foster
Grow with Google oklahoma coach

​Jarrod Foster is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at Elephant Rock Garden Supply, LLC. He is responsible for providing Northeastern Oklahoma and the Tahlequah Community with effective products to assist with gardening and farming needs.
His experience as a former Telecommunications specialist in the U.S. Army allowed Jarrod to train and mentor soldiers in professional and technical skills. He also helped transitioning service members use digital tools through programs like Boots to Business. His mentorship has helped several entrepreneurs leave the service with their best foot forward and get their businesses online. Jarrod’s goal is to help small business owners tackle the digital divide and make their businesses more visible. Now he will bring the skills he used in the military to benefit rural communities as a Digital Coach.

If you have any questions, please email Jarrod at [email protected].

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On Demand Workshops

Holiday shoppers are beginning their shopping earlier and earlier. Learn tools to increase your holiday sales for free, even if you don’t have an e-commerce website or a website at all. In this workshop, we show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We also cover Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google. 


This workshop was hosted live on Thursday, September 14, at 5 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. PT. See the recordings for both sessions below or on this YouTube playlist.

Session 1

This session was hosted by Hannah White, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Main Street America, and led by Courtney Stringer, Grow with Google Virginia Coach, and Teresa Heger, Grow with Google Michigan Coach. ​

Session 2

This session was hosted by Matt Wagner, Ph.D., Chief Program Officer at Main Street America, and led by Chelsea Brosterhous, Grow with Google Oregon Coach, and Teresa Heger, Grow with Google Michigan Coach. ​