I have an idea of a way to drum up business for any sort of local brick and mortar store.

If you are anywhere near an intersection and have people on the median begging for change, you sponsor them.

It's a win-win-win if you think about it. You could probably do it for a very small amount of money like 40 bucks. That's a win for him because he gets 40 bucks. Now in exchange if anyone gives him money he needs to tell them that you are an awesome business and that they should shop there.

That is a win for you because you are getting positive publicity with people who are provably generous and or can be socially pressured into handing over money from simple social interactions.

It is a win for the people giving change because now you have someone that is vetted as being homeless by you with your businesses name on it. These people no longer have to worry about giving money to a guy who has a place who found a good way to get some sun and possibly a pretty good $/hr doing nothing.

Then lastly its a win again for the homeless man because people will be more generous with him when he's vetted.

Why is this a bad idea? Because libtards are going to be appauled that you helped but not enough to lift him completely out of homelessness. They will claim that you are just using him. They will claim this is distasteful, though completely true. It will be 100% overlooked that you made a marginal improvement in their life and income.

The public will also blame you for "organizing" street beggars to harass them. This won't be true. They'd be out on the street anyway. They were before you talked to them. If anything you are providing the public a service to make sure only the needful are requesting help from them. But this will also be overlooked.

So while sponsoring a homeless man would in theory be a good thing for your business, for the homeless, and for the public, you would end up punished for a good deed.