Last updated 06/18/20
We regularly receive emails regarding covid, so we’ve compiled a list of helpful info for our Customers and Community. We’ll continue to update as information comes in. And FYI, we deliberately used lower-case letters for covid… don’t want to give it more power than it deserves.
covid-related updates are FREE
For our Customers, any covid-related website changes are free. For our non-Customers, reach out if you want help with your website updates… we’ll do our best to help and will do so it’s free. #BetterTogether #AmericaWorksTogether
Help your business succeed during covid
- Let your Customers know if you’re open by keeping your website updated with current hours and limitations
- Let Community Broadcasters know you’re open for business, they’re telling their listeners for free! Email kevin@commbroadcasters.com or john_griffo@commbroadcasters.com
- Add your business to the NWF Daily News Local Business Directory (free)
- Restaurants – add your business to Get the Coast Restaurant app and submit to FindFood850 Facebook Group (see links below**)
- Stay active on social media to remind your Customers you’re doing well. Every day you post is a day you show up in their feed.
- Reach out to your Customers individually (if feasible) and ask how you can help them
- Apply for Economic Relief (see Okaloosa County links below and contact your business banker)
- Sell gift cards, merchandise, or offer online classes or training
- Make the most of your downtime – work on that project you’ve been planning for but didn’t have the time (now you DO)
- Let your local Chamber know you’re still operating, or what changes you’ve made, and let them know how they can help you
- Partner with a local printing shop to sell merchandise online
- Purchase from small local businesses if possible; consider adding a gift card to your purchase to be used well after things open again (or better yet, give them as holiday and birthday gifts – they are easy to mail)
- Focus on small steps, one after the other
Relief, Tax and Financial Info
- IRS – Coronavirus Tax Relief for Businesses and Tax-Exempt Entities
- Save Small Business Fund (U.S. Chamber of Commerce Fundation grantmaking initiative)
- Okaloosa County Economic Recovery
- Sam’s Club / LISC Small Business Grant Information
- Okaloosa County Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program
- White-Wilson Community Foundation, Inc. – Nonprofits Encouraged to Apply for $1,000 Emergency Grants
Health, Wellness, Education
- Staying Mentally Healthy WFH
- Outsmart Stress Eating (Weight Watchers article)
- Yale’s free online course, The Science of Well-Being via Coursera
- Feed your child’s curiosity with Ted.Ed
- The Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative has created a “Safe At Home” Web Page. Resources include home education tools, health information, and assistance info. www.readokaloosa.org
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