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5 steps to reopening your business Empty office buildings. Working from home. Constantly checking the news. Our lives are consumed with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But what happens after? Businesses will eventually reopen and people will go back to work. Now is the time to prepare for your
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc in our lives and confusion abounds. We are all dealing with turmoil, whether it is in our businesses or homes. Social distancing is for our safety, but we cannot let it keep us disengaged. It is more critical than ever to connect with others, listen and
Brand Extract’s Bo Bothe on finding your focus in times of crisis Authenticity. That is what Bo Bothe says is the driving factor behind a brand’s continued success. It is about urging companies to focus their energy on crafting a promise that fits their unique mission, vision, values and culture.
Your 3-step plan for running a virtual company Pre-COVID-19, a number of companies were already embracing the whole virtual office experience. So while the trend is not new, more companies are being asked to give their employees work-from-home options during the recent quarantine mandates. So, how do you make the
Best Practices for Crisis Management Empty offices. Cancelled events. A slew of layoffs. The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is negatively impacting businesses across the globe. And as we all work together to find solutions, today’s brands are of the front lines on the crisis. Navigating the coronavirus crisis means
Smart. Relevant. Authentic. When it comes to helping her clients create the perfect messaging for their brands, Shahla Hebets believes the aforementioned attributes are critical to telling the whole story. That last one-being authentic-is the one Hebets says every brand should embrace fully, especially in a time when consumers are
Earlier this year, Larry Fink, CEO of Blackstone, caused a stir in the business world when he published a letter highlighting the positive relationship with purpose and profits, suggesting that CEOs should rethink their business model to deliberately link purpose with profit. “Unnerved by fundamental economic changes and the failure
Direct mail works. Think about it. In today’s over-saturated digital landscape, are people really reading your digital direct marketing pieces? We’ll wait. Okay, now printed pieces. That’s a whole different ballgame. Sending a personalized piece in the mail is going to get attention—and always has. Here, Hallmark Business Connections and
A brand is the face of a company or a business. The logos, fonts, and colors used are what people will associate with your brand. Brand consistency is crucial and it needs to be distinct and consistent, meaning all things associated with it should share similar qualities. It should be
In their best-selling book, “Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant” and “Blue Ocean Shift,” world-renowned professors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne argued that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Embraced
