As Americans start to reemerge and reengage with daily life after months of shelter-in-place decrees, small business owners are faced with decisions on how to reopen their businesses safely and successfully. It’s a complicated issue involving the health of your employees, your customers and yourself. Before opening up your business, form a plan that will allow you to operate with these best practices for proper hygiene, sanitizing and social distancing.
- 26 May 2020
- Taylor Miller
One of the many things all small businesses try to do is make sure that their customers are happy and are connected with their business. We have outlined four key areas that you can use to keep customers informed on all aspects of your business and sustain constant contact:
- 18 May 2020
- Alex Penfield
If these past few months have taught us anything, it’s that life—and business—don’t always go as planned, and that being prepared for many types of disruption is important. According to the U.S. Chamber Foundation, research indicates that 43% of small-to-medium businesses fail after a disaster. And while forecasting for every unforeseen interruption is impossible, having a solid “what if” strategy can protect your assets and help keep your business as agile, resilient and disruption-proof as possible.
- 11 May 2020
- Jelani Markus
As a small business owner, you’ve likely asked yourself what things will look like for you in a post COVID-19 world. In fact, you have probably asked yourself several questions since many of the stay-at-home orders have begun. Will customers be back? Will your employees feel safe when they return to work? Is it really the right time to reopen? If you’re considering flipping that “Closed” sign to read “Open,” you should take a few things into account first.
As millions of us continue to work from home, naturally, questions about productivity and professionalism arise when you office out of the same place you eat, sleep and maybe even raise a family. Also, like many of you, we are making up these rules as we go along and then zeroing in on what works. Here then are some tips and tricks we have compiled to help you work from home like a pro.