Callie Goodwin

Founder of Sparks of Joy Co®️ + Marketing & Comms Manager @ZeeMeeApp. College Professor. Social Media Strategist. #KeepTikTok

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

Because of TikTok…
- 98% of my customers have found my small business.
- We’ve sold over 52k greeting cards.
- Bought $19k worth of stamps from @USPS.
- Built a community of over 113k followers from across the world.
- Donated to @American_Heart, suicide prevention groups, and local schools.
- Created jobs.
- Worked with incredible brands.
- I found my voice and watched my wildest dreams come true.
- I found Joy and community in a season that was full of loneliness and isolation.

TikTok is more than just an app for lip-syncing and dancing. It’s a dynamic space where small businesses like mine are finding a voice and experiencing substantial growth. Small businesses are THRIVING on TikTok!

Together we will fight to tell our stories and to #KeepTikTok!
@TikTokPolicy @TikTokComms @tiktokcreators @tiktok_us

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

@tru_fru Let’s goooo!

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

Tried to disconnect an unused line that I’ve been billed for 10 months from my @Verizon account - and instead I am 3 hours in as they screwed up my actual phone line and no one can seem to connect it again. This is ridiculous. After 10 years with Verizon - I’m ready to switch. Who are we switching to?!

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

@tru_fru I think you have to have a first date to have a worst first date 😭 sitting here single as a pringle at 31 🤦‍♀️

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

So grateful for the opportunity to share how TikTok has been instrumental in my small businesses success! 98% of my sales come from people who have found me on TikTok - and that success hasn’t been able to be replicated on any other platform. 👏

[TikTok Policy @TikTokPolicy]

Yesterday, we partnered with the @scchamber for Small Business Day at the Capitol and hosted a fireside chat with South Carolina small businesses to talk about how they’re growing their presence on TikTok.

By the numbers 📈: 96% of small and medium sized businesses in South Carolina say their business’s sales increased after promoting their products and services on TikTok and 70% of them sold out. Plus, 74K businesses are active on TikTok, contributing $300M to the state’s GDP.

Thank you @CallieGoodwin, @KangaCoolers, and @thetinytassel for joining us!

@brandonguffeysc thanks for stopping by and congrats on your first TikTok: https://t.co/cT3v7YtIrc 👏

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

Small businesses are thriving on @tiktok_us - and as a creator and business owner - the 75 day extension gives me hope that the 2+ years we have now spent fighting against this ban is coming to an end soon! 👏
So grateful for all the work that TikTok has done to support small businesses like mine who have found success on the platform - success we haven’t been able to replicate anywhere else.

The fight isn’t over - but the ending feels like it’s in sight.
#KeepTikTok #SaveTikTok @TikTokComms @TikTokPolicy

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

@tru_fru And that’s why yall are elite 👏

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

98% of my small businesses sales come from people finding or purchasing from me on TikTok. A TikTok ban would be devastating for our company.
#KeepTikTok #SaveTikTok

[TikTokComms @TikTokComms]

Small businesses on TikTok contributed $24.2 billion to the U.S. economy in 2023. Read more about how TikTok provides businesses of all sizes both direct and indirect financial benefits via @WSJ ⬇️ https://t.co/dG7JK3Fd7Y

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

@ThatChristinaG Girl… you’re telling me! 😮‍💨

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

A friend sent me this photo - and this sums up everything. 2 years of fighting the TikTok ban on the front lines - and I don’t regret a single moment. Our communities and businesses have always been worth fighting for. I will forever be proud of the work we did to advocate for ourselves, our businesses, and communities.

TikTok was never the enemy. Our free speech and ability to coordinate, learn, and assemble was a threat to our politicians who realized they were being exposed in a place they couldn’t control. But don’t worry. Banning @tiktok_us just lit a fire in millions of Americans who are absolutely fed up with our government. We will not forget.

#TikTokBan #KeepTikTok #SaveTikTok.

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

Because of TikTok…
- 98% of my customers have found my small business.
- We’ve sold over 52k greeting cards.
- Bought $19k worth of stamps from @USPS.
- Built a community of over 113k followers from across the world.
- Donated to @American_Heart, suicide prevention groups, and local schools.
- Created jobs.
- Worked with incredible brands.
- I found my voice and watched my wildest dreams come true.
- I found Joy and community in a season that was full of loneliness and isolation.

TikTok is more than just an app for lip-syncing and dancing. It’s a dynamic space where small businesses like mine are finding a voice and experiencing substantial growth. Small businesses are THRIVING on TikTok!

Together we will fight to tell our stories and to #KeepTikTok!
@TikTokPolicy @TikTokComms @tiktokcreators @tiktok_us

[Jamie @jlew8]

You’re telling me that I, a social media manager for a public university, can’t ban/delete/block users and/or comments because of the First Amendment, but the US government is allowed to ban a social media platform?

[Felicia Weary @WearyFelicia]

I stand with Tiffany Cianci and many others on the support to keep TikTok and we'll fight to the very end. To @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS we express and demand that TikTok be left alone as is. It's never been a security threat as noted in this ban the Supreme Court noted today.

[Marie @mariefinds]

I hope @POTUS and @JoeBiden use his final hours in office to grant an extension for TikTok

[Jen G. @vegasstarfish]

Please help me share this. ❤️ @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @POTUS

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

These are real stories, of real Americans, who will be destroyed by the tiktok ban.

[Tiffany Cianci @TheVinoMom]

Hey @elonmusk - Why is @X suppressing and deleting the posts and engagement being brought to X tonight by the TikTok Community?! These are real people - not BOTS, fighting to Save TikTok for small businesses, creators, and our economy. They have come here to make their voices heard by their political representatives. STOP DELETING ALL OF YOUR NEW USERS ACCOUNTS and suspending them for taking action - this is supposed to be a platform built on 1a?!

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

Hey @POTUS - we need you on this. @realDonaldTrump - we are going to hold you accountable. The 7 million small businesses who are thriving on TikTok are counting on you. Help save @tiktok_us

[Tiffany Cianci @TheVinoMom]

TikTok Family, your voices are being heard!! They will NEVER silence us. We are 170 million Americans, 7 Million Small Businesses, Hundreds of Thousands of Employees of TikTok businesses, and Millions of Creators that rely on TikTok to provide for our families! Keep sharing your stories and fighting to Save TikTok!!! @POTUS - issue the statement needed to keep the lights on, and @realDonaldTrump, PLEASE remember that we are counting on you to deliver on your promise to protect our community and economy by saving @tiktok_us!

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

I will say this over and over with every breath I have. This will DESTROY small businesses like mine. We are thriving on TikTok and can’t not replicate the success we have on other platforms. Believe me - I’ve tried. 98% of my sales come from TikTok. @POTUS - We need you!

[TikTok Policy @TikTokPolicy]

Statement on Possible Shutdown

The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans.

Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19.

[TikTok Policy @TikTokPolicy]

Our response to the Supreme Court decision:

https://t.co/xSkvkOgpuV

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

@abhabhattarai Happy to chat.

[Callie Goodwin @CallieGoodwin]

I am angry at today’s decision from the Supreme Court. As a small business that gets 98% of my customers & sales from TikTok - my business won’t survive this loss. I’m calling on @realDonaldTrump to save TikTok. It’s more that lip syncing and dancing. It’s commerce, it’s entertainment, it’s jobs, its education, it’s joy. #tiktokban #keeptiktok #savetiktok