BUSINESS TIPS
Whether you run a company, you’re an employee or your self-employed, there’s a lot of excellent advice out there during these uncertain times. I’ve compiled a list of the most useful articles.
BUILDING RESILIENCE
Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis
Source: Harvard Business Review
Three Steps to Surviving and Thriving in a Crisis
Source: Win Without Pitching
How can we use this transformative time to show up in the world?
Source: Escape the City
Spill is offering a free therapy session to anyone who’s struggling with working from home and who would benefit from some mental health support.
Source: Spill
Headspace (the meditation app) are offering some free meditations you can listen to anytime.
These are part of a larger collection in the Headspace app — free for everyone — called Weathering the storm. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling.
Source: Headspace
ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS + SELF EMPLOYED
Source: FSB – Federation of Small Business
Enterprise Nation has set up a hub to help UK small businesses and is answering all questions within 24 hours.
Their page is to keep you updated of government moves, support schemes for small business, and pro-active advice on how to keep trading through the epidemic.
Source: Enterprise Nation
Source: The Entrepreneurs Network
The Coronavirus Crisis Checklist for Startup CEOs
Source: Marker Medium
Practical advice and resources to help you navigate your business through the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes:
Source: Donut
Small Business SOS is a free resource created by Holly Tucker (Co-founder of Not on the High Street) to empower small businesses with the latest information and help available to them. It’s a way for this community to stay connected, even whilst we are physically apart.
Source: Holly & Co
3 Actions to Lead Through Today’s Crisis
Having led businesses through crises before, including the Great Recession, we’ve learned what it takes to navigate tough times.
In this podcast, Michael Hyatt shares three basic actions that boost your confidence to face the current reality and find new opportunities for your business. You’ll be transported from fear and reactivity to become balanced, confident, and optimistic, yes, even now!
Source: Michael Hyatt
Coronavirus: 7 steps to protect your creative business
In this article, Tom Ross, Founder of Design Cuts, shares some advice to help more creatives and entrepreneurs during this difficult time.
Source: LinkedIn
What Entrepreneurs Should be Doing Right Now with Coronavirus (COVID19)
This is a video interview between Foundr magazine and Steve McLeod. Steve is an ex-firefighter and elite business coach who scaled his own company to the $20 million+ mark. He now advises CEOs and business leaders on growth, strategy and overcoming adversity.
In this interview, Steve provides specific steps that every entrepreneur and business owner can take to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 on their business.
Source: Foundr
FREELANCERS
Stress-testing your freelancing against coronavirus
Source: The Professional Freelancer
The 25+ best sites for finding remote work in 2020
Source: Skill Crush
10 recommended podcasts for creative freelancers and businesses in 2020
Source: Creative Boom
Weekly links to paying freelance and part-time writing jobs, and details of editors actively-seeking pitches. All UK-based. In your inbox every Thursday. Compiled by Sian Meades-Williams.
Source: Sian Meades
Weekly links to paying freelance and part-time writing jobs. Compiled by Jem.
Source: Journo Resources
HR + LEGAL
Charlie HR is sharing advice and guidance from its qualified HR advisers
Source: Charlie HR
Business owners’ top legal questions about coronavirus answered
Source: Enterprise Nation
MARKETING
Social Media Management in Times of Crisis
Source: Buffer
What The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Means For Marketers
Source: Neil Patel
These are regularly being updated to showcase the emails that companies are sending out to customers and employees concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic among other emergencies. In an effort to provide everyone resources their relaxing their normal “guidelines” for what makes a Really Good Email so that even emails with only strong text are making it into this category.
Source: Really Good Examples
8-Step Guide to Email Marketing During a Crisis
Source: Aweber
Covid-19 Handbook for Social Media Managers
Source: Avocado Social
WORKING FROM HOME + PARENTING
A Guide for Working (From Home) Parents
Source: Harvard Business Review
Six activities for your kids when you’re on a conference call
Source: Circle In
Source: Kidadl
50 Super Fun Rainy Day Activities For Kids of All Ages
Source: KidsTime
What to do with you kids home all day
Source: Lisa Tanner Writing
Don’t forget to check out this list of excellent educational resources to help you homeschool your kids.
WORKING REMOTELY
Zapier’s guide to working remotely
Zapier is a 100% distributed company with over 300 remote employees in 17 time zones and 28 countries. Whether you work remotely all the time or you’ve been thrust into it recently, they have tips that will help you thrive.
Source: Zapier
Working Remotely With Webinars: Business From Home
Source: WebinarNinja
Working during COVID-19: How to be good at video meetings
Source: Medium: Erin Argyle Barnes
Our best insights on keeping your team tight-knit virtually
Source: MailerLite
Check out these lovely thank you messages to all the amazing people on the frontline:
Thank you from the public
Here are some of the lovely thank you messages that I’ve been receiving to share for the amazing keyworkers
Thoughts from Linette
Actress, producer and the principal of Stagecoach Theatre Arts in Primrose Hill, Linette shares her thoughts…
Thoughts from Fari
Wife, mama to 3 and full time working woman, Fari share’s her thoughts…
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