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Will it ever end!? I think this is the question we're all asking ourselves. Sixty-percent of the population has had COVID at least once in the last 2.5 years. Even more of us are vaccinated. Some are boosted, and it just keeps going. If you're like me, you've spent the last 2.5 years in near isolation, and every time you do venture out (on low covid days) you inevitably run into someone who tells you - so and so is sick.... Oh yeah, and they live in my house and I'm outside and and and . . . FUUUUUCCKKKKKKKK! Fucking seriously?? (No joke, I just had this happen to me the other day. I'm not clear until May 10, 2022, and if I do get sick, I'm wondering if I can charge them with attempted murder.) But anyway, I'm still trying to get some writing done.
Read more: Maintaining Writing Productivity During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
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If you're having trouble concentrating and focusing on your tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic, you are not alone. The American Psychiatric Association reports that 24 percent of Americans are having trouble concentrating. The pessimist in me says that the other 76 percent of survey takers didn’t make it to the question.
Mental Health COVID-19 Statistics
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48 percent of Americans are extremely concerned about contracting COVID-19
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40 percent are extremely concerned about becoming seriously ill and/or dying from the virus
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62 percent of Americans are concerned about a family member or loved one contracting the virus
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36 percent of Americans are experiencing mental health issues due to COVID-19
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57 percent are worried about their financial viability
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68 percent are worried about the long-lasting effects to the economy
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68 percent of Americans feel like they are well-informed about protecting themselves against the spread of the virus
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39 percent feel like people are overreacting to the virus
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39 percent also feel like people are not overreacting to the virus
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33 percent of Americans are worried about a lack of testing and the availability of medical treatments if they become sick
Read more: Are You Having Trouble Concentrating? If You Are, You Are Not Alone.
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In uncertain times, especially when our normal routines have been thrown into chaos, it’s important to find a new routine for your daily life. For most people, writers included, your routine probably involved getting up in the morning, drinking copious amounts of coffee, going to work or school, getting lunch out, working the rest of the day, going home, taking a shower, making dinner and enjoying a few hours of freetime before bed. If you can’t go out and all of your family members are at home 24 hours a day, you probably feel out of sorts and out of control of your life. Finding a new routine can help you.
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Are you an entrepreneur who is looking for alternative ways to market your products? When many business owners think about marketing, they think about buying online ads, TV ads and possibly radio ads and billboards. All of these marketing ideas are considered traditional. You pay a company to serve or show your ad a certain number of times per day or whenever someone performs an Internet search that relates to your business and the products you sell. While traditional marketing works well, the savvy entrepreneur looks for alternative ways to create more interest in their products, and one of those ways is through affiliate marketing, which is sometimes referred to as a partner program. With a partner program, you may be better able to reach a larger target audience and increase your sales.
How Affiliate Marketing Works
Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing program that allows you to offer a certain percentage of the sale of an item to any entrepreneur who may be willing to place your products on their website. This is an ideal way to target a broader audience because the online business that hosts your products as advertisements probably sells similar services and products as your company. For example, if you sell custom car parts for older vehicles, websites that host your ads probably offer new and used car parts, but not custom car parts.
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An entrepreneur or online business signs up to be an affiliate marketer on your website.
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The entrepreneur or website owner chooses various products to advertise on their website and are given a custom link that points to your website and/or specific products.
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Potential customers view both the hosting sites products and the affiliate ads.
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If a customer clicks on the affiliate ad, they are taken to your online business and the specific product page.
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If the customer purchases a product, you gain a sale, and your affiliate marketer earns a percentage of that sale.
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When you’re in business, whether you’re a large corporation or a small business, operating as a sole-proprietor, LLC or S-corp, it’s extremely important to provide exemplary customer service in order to maintain your current customer base and grow. However, many companies, especially Comcast go out of their way to make terrible customer service a priority.
The Number One Reason Customers Quit Businesses
According to American Express, 86 percent of customers quit a business due to a bad customer experience. This means that it’s not due to getting a bad quality product or service, it’s absolutely due to the way the company handles the customer experience. For a brick and mortar store, providing a good customer experience may be as easy as having employees readily available to help customers find items and offering a speedy checkout service. If the customer does get a hold of a bad product or accidentally purchases the wrong product, it may be as simple as offering a speedy return process. For online companies, it means have quick phone customer service and/or no-hassle online options, like email and a chat option, where customers can get a fast resolution to their problems, questions or concerns.
Read more: 6 Ways to Create a Terrible Customer Service Experience
