3 Best Ways To Dominate The Business World In a Global Pandemic

When considering the best ways to dominate the business world, it’s literally impossible not to be mindful of the fact our world is one where we’re living in a global pandemic. It’s officially been over a year since the world was introduced to its cruel new inhabitant COVID-19. Too many small businesses throughout America and all around the world started to drown.

There were no customers to walk into shops and restaurants that needed customers. No inventory or products to sell because employees couldn’t go to work in order to make or sell anything. For small businesses that solely relied on foot traffic and their physical location, COVID-19 was poised to shut them down in just the first few months!

Despite all the challenges, some experts believe that 2021 could be the best year to start a business. This should be very encouraging for all of you aspiring entrepreneurs! So, what are some of the best ways to dominate the business world during a global pandemic? Below are three of those ways, each of which started as a direct result of our global response to COVID-19.

3 Best Ways To Dominate

The Business World

In a Global Pandemic

Embrace the E-commerce Explosion

E-commerce has been a steadily growing option for business owners and consumers to both setup shop, and to go shopping. While COVID-19 may not have caused businesses to launch E-commerce apps, we can’t deny the impact its existence had on the global economy last year.

Evidence suggests that the migration from physical shops to E-commerce outlets grew significantly more than just steadily in 2020. With over 4.6 billion active online users (over half the world population) e-commerce looks poised to be a leading avenue for small businesses in 2021.

One of the best ways to dominate the business world this year will be to help small businesses extend their reach to all those online customers. As it stands, e-commerce has played significant roles in business sectors like the food services industry. Social distancing protocols have forced people to rely on online platforms and apps to order their meals and even groceries.

Create a Flexible, Remote Work Vibe

Years ago I dreamt my boss told me that one of the best ways to dominate the business world would be to work from home! Of course, I wasn’t actually picturing the reason being we were on a mandatory lockdown during a global pandemic…

If there was anything ‘remotely’ helpful during the first year of COVID-19, it would have to be working remotely. Many companies found themselves forced into adopting remote working options short-term, we can expect this trend to be more long-term in 2021.

If you’re entering the workforce this year, focus on jobs that offer the flexibility to work from home when necessary. There’s still a high demand for almost all office jobs to transition to remote work in 2021. We also saw a sharp rise in new platforms and apps that help us get those jobs done. We can expect more developments like these this year and more improvements in the ones we already know.

Get On Board With Diversifying Supply Chains

Here is another example of COVID-19 causing businesses that relied on specific supply chains to halt operations indefinitely or shut down. Many small business owners learned the hard way from these experiences, with most companies beginning to look for ways to diversify their supply chains.

These changes have proven necessary, with vaccine distribution being slow to start. Then, with new/worse strains of COVID-19 popping up around the globe… Most days this pandemic never seems to have an end in sight.

Some good news though for businesses in 2021, a diversification of supply chains has helped provide companies with some stability in terms of supply. One example of this is businesses in the U.S. that used to outsource their manufacturing to China. With Donald Trump making his constant threats of more tariffs on China, Americans found themselves shopping around.

Jessica Rose Adams