Resources

Step 1: Market Your SRC Status Here, There and Everywhere!

Click the links below and use the SRC logo across all your marketing and communications materials. Remember to reference the Smart Style Guide to use all logos and assets correctly.

Some ideas of where to use the logo:

• Employee email signatures
• Company website
• Social media channels
• Community signage
• Marketing collateral
• Company swag
• Company vehicles
   

Logos  SMART STYLE GUIDE

Download SRC branded backgrounds to use on Zoom and/or Teams meetings.

Download Teams and Zoom Backgrounds

Step 2: Share the Good News

Are you proud to be a SRC provider? Share the graphics below on social media to spread the news. Click on each button below to download the social media kit and graphics. Don’t forget to use #SmartRuralCommunity!

SOCIAL MEDIA KIT

Smart Provider Graphics and Media Kit

SMART PROVIDER GRAPHICS SMART PROVIDER MEDIA KIT 

Highlight your work on social media by using the icon graphic to post about the vital services your company supports in your community.

ICON GRAPHIC

Throughout the year, keep sharing the benefits of a Smart Community. Download a variety of social graphics that showcase the benefits of being a Smart Community.

Theme graphics

Step 3: Engage with Your Community

Show your community what it means to be SMART. You can celebrate your community’s status as a Smart Community–from presenting your mayor with a certificate of membership to hosting a ribbon-cutting event, adding a road sign or posting decals to your office windows.

Certificates

Certificates

Flyers

SMART RURAL COMMUNITY FLYER The Road to a SRC flyer

Visit the online store to purchase road signs and other branded items for your team!

SRC road signs signal you’re not just another internet provider – you're a forward-thinking partner committed to delivering high-speed connectivity while collaborating with local industry to build a smarter, more prosperous broadband-powered future. These industrial-grade signs showcase your dedication to community partnership and technological advancement. Display your SRC certification prominently to demonstrate your commitment to your community's digital transformation!

SMart rural community store

Create a Monthly SRC Day

SRC Day is a monthly initiative designed to plan and promote your designation as an SRC provider. By dedicating just one day each month to SRC-planning or focused activities, you can engage customers, local businesses, schools and civic leaders, while reinforcing the value of connectivity in fostering economic growth, education, health care and more.

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Fiber Road Map

Smart Rural Communities are about critical collaborations with your community partners and advocates. Use your Fiber Road Map to win funding and generate statewide support. SRC providers can leverage support and enthusiasm for their fiber expansion plans based on new funding opportunities. With your Fiber Road Map you’ll show what you are doing and must do to build out fiber networks while also showing your community stakeholders their roles and how they can knock down roadblocks to fiber expansion. Fiber Road Map provided by Plus One Communications. For questions, contact Tanya Sullivan.

Sample fiber road map

Step 4: Invite Your Elected Officials to Your Company To Experience Rural Broadband Installations Firsthand

NTCA and the Smart Communities program are a powerful advocacy brand that you can use to share your story with legislators and policymakers. Use NTCA advocacy resources, including a letter template, outreach tips and policy fact sheets to invite elected officials to visit your company. 

Advocacy Resources

Smart providers are welcome to use this recommendation letter from NTCA CEO Mike Romano when applying for grant funding. Please alert smartrural@ntca.org if you plan to use this letter. 

RECOMMENDATION LETTER