Red Tape Hotline Toolkit

Welcome to the Red Tape Hotline Marketing Toolkit! This marketing toolkit is designed for SBA program offices, Advocacy partners, and interested parties to showcase the Red Tape Hotline, an Advocacy-SBA joint initiative designed to ensure small businesses are heard in the regulatory process.

Consider using these resources if you work with small businesses regularly. Our goal is to help relieve the pain points that poorly designed regulations inflict on small businesses.

Advocacy’s Office of Information has prepared several assets for promotion and distribution of the Red Tape Hotline, which we offer below. Please feel free to use it at your discretion.

Portable Rack Card

Front page display of the Red Tape Hotline rack card

This 4″x9″ rack card includes a QR code on the back to quickly access information on the hotline’s landing page.

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Promotional Poster

Red Tape Hotline Cut Through Red Tape Let us know which rules or regulations are holding you back. What is the Red Tape Hotline? A fast, confidential way to share your small business concerns about excessive regulation or paperwork. For nearly 50 years, the Office of Advocacy has worked behind the scenes to cut red tape for small businesses. Facing regulatory roadblocks? Talk to someone on the inside who gets it. Your voice matters. You power the economy—we help amplify your concerns. Use the Red Tape Hotline to speak up and spark change. Your input goes directly to our Advocacy team, which works with federal agencies to improve small business regulations. Let’s clear the way for your business—and for American prosperity. 1. Call 800-827-5722, Option 3. 2. Scan the QR code to submit online. 3. Email us: RedTape@sba.gov. Published by the U.S. Small Business Administration [www.sba.gov], Office of Advocacy [advocacy.sba.gov]

This 48″x36″ promotional poster provides insight about the hotline and includes a QR code to access the hotline’s landing page.

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Ready-to-Share Messaging

Red Tape Hotline Share our News with Ease To make sharing Advocacy news as simple as possible, we’ve provided prewritten copy that you’re welcome to copy and paste directly into your newsletters, press releases, or other publications. This ensures accuracy and saves time while keeping messaging consistent. Please feel free to use the text as is or make minor adjustments to fit your format. American small businesses face rules that are outdated, unclear, or burdensome. These rules often cost you time and money you can’t afford to spend. At the Office of Advocacy, we know that these rules hinder the growth of your business. Whether you’re facing a confusing regulation that’s drowning you with paperwork, stalled permits that keep you from moving forward, or unclear guidance from federal agencies, we can help. Advocacy is uniquely positioned to take your challenges and concerns and amplify them at the highest levels within the government. Our Red Tape Hotline is the quickest way to reach experts who know small businesses and who can help you relieve the burdens you face. Small business owners can access the Red Tape Hotline at 800-827-5722 (Option 3) or via email at RedTape@sba.gov.

Get this prewritten copy as a Microsoft Word template—easy to download and ready to use in your materials.

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Social Media Post

The Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration Red Tape Hotline Your Voice Matters 800-827-5722, Option 3 RedTape@sba.gov advocacy.sba.gov/hotline

Help spread the word. Download our 940×788 px ready-to-share graphic and help others connect with the Office of Advocacy.

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