Every crisis may be turned into an opportunity, with the right mindset and the right tools. With most people and businesses paralysed from the strict measures taken by governments (lock-downs, staying home, shutting down shops and other businesses etc.), don't have the ability to concentrate in the opportunity arising.
We are not talking about an opportunistic - vulture style - opportunity, where one's misfortune is the other's treasure. Far from us. We are talking about finding ways to make life easier for those who work from home, and even initiate on-line operations for those who had the bad luck to be among who were forced to shut down their brick and mortar shops.
Let's take an example of such a brick and mortar shop - although we know that in some countries hygiene legislation may be strict and the example might not apply. A bakery for instance. A city baker that never had the chance (or the baker never thought about) to have an on-line shop. In most countries, although the store must be closed to the public, the baker and his staff are allowed to go to the bakery and make bread. With little advertising - or even word of mouth - our baker can have his bakery back in business - literally - within 2-3 days, and even hire a young guy doing the deliveries.
The thing is that the baker doesn't know or have the tools to set-up an e-bakery. There is where our initiative can help. In that, we will be listing businesses and professionals who are willing to offer their services at deep discount, in order to assist the baker get back on track with his bakery - or even better, get even more business than he used to have with his brick and mortar shop.
This is where you come in play.
If you know any products or services that may help our baker - or any other professional - get back on track, even if you are affiliated with those products and services, we would be glad to have you submitting them for participation in our initiative. Send us an email at [email protected] with subject 'Corona Virus Initiative', to get a priority listing when we air our initiative next Monday. Your listing has to be a B2B product or service, and should not require joining any MLM or recruitment schemes. All listings will be free of charge, but we reserve the right to review and deny listing of conflicting offers (so, if you offer e.g. Office365 at a discount, we may not be listing another offer featuring Google Docs).
If you don't have a product or service that you may offer for a discount, feel free to share this post in your social media profile. Someone else might do - and every offer that may relief small businesses is welcome at these tough times.
