March 18, 2020 - 33 Comments
The Coronavirus crisis is hitting many small business owners (and people in general) hard. We're facing a recession of uncertain duration, right now.
This post is my attempt to provide as much as possible in terms of strategy, tools and tactics that will help you generate an online income source and/or turn your offline business into an online business.
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My priority with this content has been to get it published as quickly as possible, because I can clearly see that there's an emergency need among some people. I will continue updating this post with new tools and content over time. If you want to be notified when I update the post, you can subscribe here.
Here are the tools and resources that can help you with the various approaches discussed in the video. I will be adding to these lists over time, as new recommendations come in and as I answer questions asked by the community.
On a long runway, use:
On a short runway, use:
If you're a Thrive Themes member, you have access to Thrive Apprentice, which is perfect for building an online course on your own platform.
If you don't have a WordPress site and you're on a shorter runway, consider using all-in-one solutions like:
For selling things online in general, consider using a merchant of record service. This basically means that the legal entity selling your products is the platform you use, not you or your business. This is legally and administratively much simpler than a setup in which you are the merchant. Solutions include:
One thing many online teaching and business solutions have in common is that they use video in one form or another. Whether it's video and audio streamed for live events, workshops and classes or pre-recorded video content in an online course.
I've updated my recommended video gear guide. If you're a subscriber, you can access it for free in my course area. Or you can sign up here to get free access to the guide.
Timestamps for the second video:
Here are some resources that I believe can help you get ahead.
Now it's up to you: please let me know what questions you have and what further resources would help you out. I'm dedicated to helping small businesses get through this. So is the team over at Thrive Themes, by the way. If you aren't subscribed to the Thrive Themes newsletter, I recommend you do that. We'll be doing what we can to be of service during these difficult times.
Also, if you know of any tools and resources you think I should add to the lists above, please let me know!
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