Doorcount idea sheet · srchambercommerce.com/ideas/co-hosted-event

Co-host an event with a neighbor

Two small businesses can fill one room: pair up for a morning or evening that suits both customer lists.

Steps

Pick a partner whose customers are like yours but who sells something different.
Choose one simple theme (flowers and pastries, a tune-up and coffee) and one date.
Each of you invites your own customers and posts on your own pages.
Split the costs and the jobs in a short written note before you start.

Guests, and new faces at each business in the two weeks after.

Hang a local artist's work for a month and hold a small opening: the artist brings their own crowd.

Regulars are your best advertising; give them a simple way to bring someone along.

First-time customers leave with a card good for something small on a second visit within 30 days.