Local Business Website Support During Covid-19

Olympia Caswell • May 01, 2020

7 Ways Our Website Builder Platform is Helping Agencies & Local Businesses During the Covid-19 Crisis!

Have you heard of Duda? Duda is a company operating in the same space as Squarespace and Wix but catering to small agencies like mine which support local small businesses like yours.

Just as Covid-19 has affected many facets of life both inside and outside of the home, it’s also disrupted small business in countless ways. With the focus of many workplaces and institutions moving online during the outbreak, it’s been hard to know how exactly to move you and your business forward. 

Small business owners, even while comfortable operating from the confines of their homes, may be less sure than ever of how to reach their customer-base and negotiate the ever-changing regulations and restrictions.

During the Covid-19 crisis, Duda has been helping agencies and small businesses succeed through their special offers, new tools, workshops, and more.
Here are a few new tools and services they’ve offered to support agencies in the last couple of months, so that we can in turn support you, our clients.

1. Free Annual Sites for COVID-19 Informational Websites

Duda is offering free annual sites for anyone building an informational website specifically dedicated to Covid-19. Information and knowledge are vital during this time, and websites dedicated to spreading these materials are of the utmost importance. With this special offer, Duda will help not only our customers, but whole communities as they navigate a very difficult season.

2. Zoom Widget Website Integration

Duda has a new Zoom widget available, which is an additional tool to aid you when creating and editing your site and is available to help integrate the program into your website. The widget makes it easy to bridge a potential communication gap between you and your customers so that talking with them – and their talking with you - is as easy as a click of their fingers.

3. New Website Templates - Online Classes & Recruitment Agency

With schools and universities shut down during the pandemic crisis, all are turning to online courses. For many new to it. online teaching and learning is a strange and stressful world, so Duda is providing new templates for website building specific to the task. Brand new templates geared for online learning and teaching have been added in order to make this strange new method of schooling as painless and easy as possible!

4. Enabling Site Comments to Share Feedback

Site Comments is a feature that allows you to share feedback on your website with both your team and your clients right inside the Duda editor. With social distancing in place, seamless methods of communicating are critical, so the ability to do so within the body of your own website is an incredible asset. In order to help their clients, Duda has enabled the Site Comments feature for three months!

5. Added Personalization Popups and Announcements 

Personalization tools allows the customization of content based on device-type, # of visits to the site, or location to create a very individualized experience for your site visitors. 80% of shoppers are more likely to buy from a company that offers personalized experiences on their websites. Duda offers the best personalization tools of any site builders out there.

6. Free Ecommerce Plan

Duda also offers a free eCommerce plan which includes gift cards, curbside pickup scheduling, 500 different products, and much more. With quarantine still enforced by many states, now is the best time to expand your business for eCommerce, and Duda is right there to help you! This special eCommerce plan isn’t just for new websites however; you can integrate it into your existing website at any time. Make ordering or attaining your product or service easy for your customers at this vulnerable time, expanding and growing in the process.

7. Online Workshops & Other COVID-19 Resources

In addition to some amazing offers and tools, Duda is also hosting some very helpful online workshops. The workshops are all free and available through their website and cover a variety of topics - from Online Businesses and Covid-19 to Navigating Covid-19 Federal Aid Programs, with more to come! Now is the chance to get caught up on how the virus affects you and your business, and how to navigate and stay connected with your customers.
With access to incredible tools, workshops, and offers, Duda has been striving to keep their clients updated during this time and to help both you and your business navigate social distancing and online consumerism. Whether it’s the new Zoom widget to provide a clear line of communication via your website, or their workshop on Online Businesses during Covid-19, Duda has something available for every business owner.

To take advantage of these tools and resources contact Local Business First Today!
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