{"id":1724,"date":"2020-04-13T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:14:00","slug":"the-coronavirus-forces-brick-mortar-businesses-to-sell-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/the-coronavirus-forces-brick-mortar-businesses-to-sell-online\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coronavirus Forces Brick &#038; Mortar Businesses to Sell Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People from around the globe are feeling the\npinch of being quarantined for days on end, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/diseases-and-conditions\/coronavirus-resource-center\">deadly Coronavirus<\/a>. What started as a \u201cstay\nindoors\u201d suggestion has now become an absolute quarantine for many people. Most\npeople made temporary arrangements. They bought enough food and other\nnecessities to last about two weeks. Those who could work remotely from home.\nPeople listed as essential employees used the greatest precautions and took the\nstreets to save lives. These were doctors, nurses, law enforcement, and many\nmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before long, people began to realize that the\nCOVID-19 was unlike anything our generation had experienced before. When toilet\ntissue, bottled water, hand-sanitizer, and antibacterial gel flew off the\nshelves. Citizens started paying attention. We did what we do. We went to the\ninternet and tried to buy the things we needed. That was a very brief window of\nopportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses did what they knew to do. They\ncalled their suppliers and took advantage of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oberlo.com\/blog\/business-opportunities\"> online business opportunities for retailers. <\/a>&nbsp;Since retailers are used to materials being\npicked up at their shop, the quarantine caused yet another problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the entire order is going from one supplier to one vendor, you simply follow the rules and have a 6-foot area between the people delivering and the people accepting the merchandise. Orders, packing slips and other paperwork is done via the computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-500x445-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-500x445-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/corona-500x445-1-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can a brick and mortar business sell their goods if no\none comes in?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are not people who expect to wait. When the\ngovernment shuts our doors, they leave us to ourselves to figure out what we\nneed to do. Here are some clues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Get on your website!<\/li><li>List the hot items that are in\nhigh demand that you have in stock.<\/li><li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4contentmedia.com\/8-ways-to-generate-traffic-leads-and-sales-from-social-media\">social\nmedia networks<\/a> and share, share, share. Get your information on Facebook,\nTwitter, and YouTube. Let your customers know how you can help them<\/li><li>If your customers need something,\ndo your best to find it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use your email<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the time to keep communication open\nbetween you and your customers. Run specials on things you want to sell. If the\ncustomer insists on picking up, chalk a staging area. Have an employee in full\ngear place the order on the square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Meals, drinks, and presentations\nwill be canceled until the quarantine is over.<\/li><li>Essential meetings with clients,\nvendors, and travel agents will be canceled until further notice.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encourage your clients to use\ntheir computer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most businesses have websites that\ncommunicate, receive and process orders. They check the availability of\nequipment. They have customer service agents that are there to serve you. But,\na lot of customers would rather pick up the phone and call an agent rather than\ntype a short message. During a time like this, technology is of great value.\nEncourage your customers to use the system. An easy way to do this is by\ncommenting, let\u2019s look in the system because whoever gets to it first gets the\nproduct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When you have done all you can do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If Coronavirus continues and we have all we\ncan do, it is time to be honest and ready. Post signs that read, \u201cWe are\ntemporarily closed, for deep cleaning.\u201d Take this time to really do a deep\ncleaning for safety\u2019s sake. Stay active online. Do not allow a customer to\nthink you don\u2019t care. Stay in touch via your website and email. Do not give the\nimpression that you are just resting until something else happens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the time to let your customers,\nemployees, vendors, and end-users know that you are their side. When little\nthings show up that can help someone, go the extra mile. We all approach this\nwith a positive outlook. It may be frustrating, but it is necessary if we are\ngoing to get through this as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This too will pass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been deadly pandemics before. There\nhave been illnesses that have changed our world. In each of those horrific\nsituations, people died painful deaths. While these horrors were all around,\npeople reached for any ray of hope. In 2020, we have hope. We have world-class\nscientists working around the clock to solve this. We have the greatest minds\nin the study of health working around the clock. We have the technology and\nhave the ability to cure COVID-19 if given a bit more time.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all of this power, we know Coronavirus\nwill be conquered soon. We know the virus is forcing governments around the\nworld to scramble. Every man, woman, and child is affected by this pandemic.\nBusinesses from retail to freelancers are trying to find enough \u201cnormal\u201d to\ncarry on. We will survive this pandemic as we have survived those that came\nbefore it. Until then, we will use the tools at hand to do our part to bring\nCOVIC-19 to its knees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People from around the globe are feeling the pinch of being quarantined for days on end, due to the deadly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[841,843,842],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Coronavirus Forces Brick &amp; Mortar Businesses to Sell Online - Tech Today Info<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Coronavirus Forces Brick and Mortar Businesses to Sell Online People around the pinch of quarantined for days on end, due to the deadly Coronavirus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtodayinfo.com\/the-coronavirus-forces-brick-mortar-businesses-to-sell-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Coronavirus Forces Brick &amp; 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