FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The largest online referral network for small businesses, Alignable, has announced the results of its national search for leaders who’ve gone above and beyond guiding peers and supporting entire communities as they strive to recover.
Today, Alignable has chosen Deborah Pratt Burns, of Literacy to Legacy Mentors, LLC, and Burns Communications, LLC as Fairfield, Connecticut’s 2022 Alignable Business Person Of the Year! Burns is one of 2,539 winners nationwide, one of 40 local winners in Connecticut, and one of 29 local winners (all other winners 2nd place and beyond) in the Town of Fairfield.
The annual contest, now in its fourth year, is open to members of Alignable.com, the largest online referral network for small businesses in the U.S. and Canada. The 2022 contest is Alignable’s most popular competition, marking a 64% increase in participation over last year.
In all, 2,500+ small business owners were elected by their peers to be their Local Business People Of The Year across the U.S. and Canada.
Each winner is selected not only by the number of votes and testimonials they receive, but also on the following criteria:
-Most helpful, supportive local Business Person in Fairfield, Connecticut.
-Leads by example, as a responsible business owner continuing to build his/her business despite challenges.
-Offers guidance and support to local business owners, and in fact, the entire community.
-Helps small businesses to find new revenue streams, and brainstorm solutions during the ongoing pandemic.
During the contest, which ran from January 10 to February 11, 2022, more than 160,000+ votes and 32,000+ testimonials were posted, praising thousands of local leaders for helping their peers and communities through a turbulent year of challenges: skyrocketing inflation, labor shortages, supply chain issues, and COVID variants. In fact, 70% of small businesses have yet to recover and recovery rates have declined 13% since December, according to Alignable’s latest poll of 6,305 small business owners. This recovery reversal highlights the importance of contest winners continuing their work helping even more businesses bounce back.
Following is Burns’ Alignable profile: https://www.alignable.com/fairfield-ct/literacy-to-legacy-mentors-reframing-your-financial-future.
In the spirit of continuing to serve the local community and the Alignable business community at large, Burns has launched her new proprietary Business and Brand Marketing Communications Consulting Packages: https://literacytolegacymentors.net/consulting-packages. Each package is designed to help Burns’s client businesses and brands to become more visible and relevant and increase market share. The new offering leverages her experience as a recognized and sought-after Brand and Business Strategist and Business Accelerator, builder of profitable six- and seven-figure revenue companies and brands, and successful private investor.
About Literacy to Legacy Mentors(R), LLC & Burns Communications, LLC
At Literacy to Legacy Mentors, we educate, inspire, and motivate people to master their financial lives and live prosperously at any age through personal finance education and mentoring, founded on April 28th, 2021. Burns Communications, founded on April 16th, 2007, is a recognized premium branding, business, and communications strategy agency. Its primary business is branding, repositioning, and launching capitalized start-ups to mid-sized companies to become more visible and relevant and increase market share.
About Alignable
Alignable.com is the largest online referral network for small businesses in the U.S. and Canada. With 7 million+ members across 35,000+ local communities, Alignable is the network where small business owners drive leads and prospects, generate referrals, land new business, build trusted relationships, and share great advice.