There have been tons of tips, tricks, advice, recommendations, and affirmations on how entrepreneurs can stay resilient and win the business crisis battle created by the covid-19 pandemic. Some tips and recommendations ns stand out and seem to be the most effective solution to the pandemic’s effect on small and medium scale businesses.

The stand-out recommendations in question are not new but have been identified as reoccurring factors. They include the following;

1: Not Giving Up

If you give up because of the seemingly overwhelming situation, how do you expect to fight and regain your business? You should bear in mind that yours is not the only business affected. If your fellow entrepreneurs are standing up to the challenge, you should too. Develop a winning and survival mindset to help you pull through these trying times.

In essence, the initial step is to realize you can rise again. Regaining hope means that a major part of the battle is won already. Then, stand up and find out what other businesses in and outside of your niche are doing to get back on their feet.

2: Be Open to New and Innovative Trends

Do not stick to your old ways of doing things, especially the ones that are less unproductive. Fortunately, the pandemic has given rise to more innovative tools and ways of doing business and accomplishing business tasks. Whether it is remote work, business meetings, eCommerce, or social media marketing, there are better, faster, and more cost-effective ways of getting things done. Do your best to embrace these innovations.

3: Automate More Tasks

Business tasks automation has always proven to be a super cost-effective and less-error approach to executing business tasks. Unfortunately, many small businesses are not yet leveraging innovative automation tools to gain a more competitive advantage. This is the time to make a shift from mundane business practices to tech-oriented ways of carrying on a business.

4: Outsource More

The pandemic lockdown is full proof that work can be done from anywhere. Learn to use outsourcing to gain a more competitive advantage and improve the chances of re-growing your business. Outsourcing is a huge cost saver because your workers will use their own home offices and pay their own utility bills while accomplishing your tasks. Those huge costs are off your budget and help you save more to revive and grow your business.

5: Do More Online Marketing

There are huge business opportunities in cyberspace. Stop postponing launching an eCommerce business – you are shooting yourself in the foot. The pandemic has made more consumers resort to shopping online so that they can maintain social distancing and this trend has come to stay So, just imagine that your customers are now buying from your competitor who has an eCommerce business because they can’t find you online?

So, swing into action and adopt these result-oriented business marketing approaches to revive your business.

Daven Michaels is a New York Times Best Selling Author and CEO of premiere global outsourcing company, 123Employee. The company employs hundreds of young bright individuals on three continents. His International event, Beyond Marketing Live! Inspires entrepreneurs to build & grow their business with revolutionary new theories and systems allowing them to design the business and personal lifestyle of their dreams