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The Boostly Podcast

Fighting Back Against The Coronavirus Crisis with Simon Soar

The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpson

Marketing, Business

5.0302 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Season 9 Episode 1. This is a recap of my interview with Simon Soar, where we talked about fighting back against The  Coronavirus Crisis   Interview Date Tuesday 17th March *Please note events and news might have changed since the recording* 00:41 About Coronavirus and what this podcast is all about 3:20 About Simon Soar 4:11 About Jersey 4:46 Coronavirus situation in Jersey 6:15 Coronavirus myths 10:40 Recommendations to small to medium hospitality businesses 12:20 Opportunities arising amidst the crisis • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps • https://instagram.com/boostlyuk • https://Boostly.co.uk/guidebook • https://Boostly.co.uk/website • https://BookdirectMap.com • https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Boothley podcast. This is season 8, episode 1 and since we last spoke a lot has happened.

0:16.4

Number one I am the proud owner of the Shorte's award.

0:19.2

Thank you to everybody that

0:25.0

the vote had the most voted for categories which is all thanks to you.

0:28.0

Since we've last spoke there's also been

0:33.5

something not so positive. The coronavirus has taken over the world something that

0:38.5

started in just China back in January of 2020 has now spread globally and is now affecting our industry, the

0:46.4

hospitality industry. There has been a lot of scaremongering, there's been a lot of social medianess, there's been a lot of negativity.

0:56.4

So what I wanted to do and I'm dedicating season 8 to this is I want to fight back, I want to help you fight back, and I want to fight back I want to help you fight back and I want to help

1:04.7

everybody in the world of hospitality be proactive. There's something that you're

1:08.8

going to hear me say a lot about over to come in weeks Weeks and months is proactive over reactive. What do I mean by this?

1:16.3

Well, I believe that hospitality owners, business owners in general have just been stuck in

1:21.2

their reactive mode, waiting for bookings to come in.

1:23.8

Waiting for that email or waiting for that phone to ping to say there's being a new booking.

1:27.6

I want everybody to start looking for bookings, start thinking creativity and also as well just doing things that they wouldn't normally do.

1:35.3

Those of you that will will get through those of you that just bury your head in the sand and it's a term you're going to hear a lot in episode one.

1:41.3

If you bury your head in the sand and your business

1:43.1

will disappear. There will be no business to come to when we get through the other end of this.

1:47.2

So what I'm going to do in season 8 is I'm going to look after everybody that wants to be

1:51.2

proactive. I'm going to be sharing tips and advice

1:53.9

daily on my what's up group chat. If you want to be part of it it's Boostly.

1:57.8

Code at UK forward slash daily boost. Go to the what's up group channel daily tips in there go to Boostie. Go to the What's up group channel. Daily Tips in there.

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