Free webinar: Survival tips for small businesses during COVID-19

This webinar has already occurred, but you can access a PDF of the slides presented here.

Small businesses help drive innovation and are responsible for two-thirds of new jobs created every year. In 2014, small businesses made up 44 percent of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, the coronavirus is impacting many of those small businesses. If you’re among them, join QuickBooks’s free webinar: Survival tips for small businesses during COVID-19.

About the webinar

Presenters Rod Kurtz and Keith D. Yurgosky will show you new ways to engage with customers when you can’t rely on face-to-face interactions. You can still generate revenue and build support, even if you’ve closed your doors temporarily.

You’ll also learn:

• How to tap into customer loyalty, bolster your social media, and ask for help from your community.
• How to launch a GoFundMe and offer gift cards to generate support.
• How to build a business website and reach new customers through text and email.
• How to manage your retail inventory when sales are slow.

About the presenters

Rod Kurtz is an entrepreneur, writer, editor, and media consultant for a number of brands, organizations, and startups. He’s passionate about entrepreneurship and a regular contributor for The New York Times, Entrepreneur, SCORE, and OPEN Forum, where he serves as editor-at-large.

Keith D. Yurgosky is a business consultant with the Small Business Development Center at the University of Scranton. He specializes in social media marketing, cybersecurity, business planning, search engine optimization, and startup processes. He works with small businesses and startups to help them to strategize, plan, disrupt the market, and grow their businesses.