September 2020 - Web Magazine Today

Reasons to take a road trip

Vacations come around but once or twice per year, and we all love to spend our hard earned time away from the 9 – 5 grind in different ways. The problem is that we each tend to rely upon one particular style of holiday a little too much – think how about many people you know who, year after year, head off to the exact same vacation they went on last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. Have you become one of those people? That’s why, today, we’re going to throw the map wide open and look at the reasons to take a road trip.

Make these website updates now after COVID-19

The events of this year have drastically changed our society, and one of the major effects of the pandemic and lockdown has been a giant leap in our reliance on the internet. As now almost all customer engagement is taking place online, it’s important to make some updates to your organisation’s website as soon as possible.

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Keep your users informed

It’s vital that your valued customer base is up-to-date with the impact that the pandemic may have had on your business. Whilst people are aware of the difficulties faced by businesses post COVID, they won’t know of your specific circumstances. Provide prominently displayed information on your website, including changes to opening times, product limitations, or delays to services including deliveries and customer response times.

If you are offering discounts to key workers, or special shopping hours for those in at-risk categories, it’s important to share this information on your website, too. This is particularly important if your new initiatives relate to areas of customer service, such as temporarily replacing live-chat or telephone support with an email response service, or if you are now offering services such as home delivery.

Show you care

Your customers will be keen to learn that you are taking steps to protect your employees. Your website should include information about measures such as PPE provision, social distancing or remote working, and if furloughing is taking place. As well as helping to continue the good reputation of your brand, making customers aware of staffing implications will help to compensate for any compromise of your usual service.

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Other website considerations

Your website hosting provider may no longer be the best fit in these changing times, so it’s wise to explore your options via sites offering web hosting services. A new package may be required if traffic has significantly increased, or you have started to focus on an online store. It’s crucial that your website is capable of staying accessible at all times now that business is so reliant on internet use.

The website’s files relating to aspects such as delivery times and costs may need to be adjusted as demand fluctuates. It’s important to keep up with stock monitoring, to avoid sold out products showing as available, and creating frustration for customers. It’s a good time to explore plug-ins or other apps that can grow your email list, and keep customers informed of any updates.

The Best Bingo Scenes in Movies and TV Shows

Although the game of bingo is regularly associated with people of an older generation, it has recently gained popularity amongst the mid-20s crowds. The rise in popularity of bingo can also be seen on the TV screen, with movies and series producing some memorable scenes. As a result of this, online bingo has also grown in popularity, with a range of different types of bingo games available and some even being based on tv shows and movies.

Why offices will still exist after Covid

For many, the global Covid-19 outbreak has seen the workplace and the domestic space become one and the same. Office spaces may have turned their lights off, but companies who were still able to function and retain their staff implemented remote working. For some, the Work From Home bug was something worth catching. Employees only had to commute from one room of their home to the next, and every day was dress-down day as long as you looked presentable from the neck up on a Zoom call.

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Pros of remote working

Taking the worker out of their operator chair and replacing the traditional office space with remote workers is more cost-effective for some businesses. Office spaces in big cities are expensive to rent, and working from home cuts out many overhead costs. Commuting is also expensive, not to mention time-consuming. Eliminating the daily commute means more time for family, hobbies, or to fulfil personal needs outside of working hours. This can lead to a better work/life balance and more productivity from staff.

Pros of offices

Working remotely isn’t suitable or even possible for everyone. For some, the novelty of working remotely has worn off – if it even existed in the first place. Working from home can be lonely and isolating for sociable humans who thrive on workplace culture and the camaraderie of face-to-face communication in the workplace. Remote workers with families, housemates or living in small accommodations without home offices may have found it difficult to set up a quiet workspace. Instead, they found themselves hunched over their laptop on their bed or sofa, yearning for their operator chair and browsing operator chairs from Bestbuy or similar retailers.

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There’s also an argument for keeping work and home life separate to promote positive mental wellbeing and maintain healthy household relationships. Juggling work and home life in the same vicinity can be distracting and stressful, and it can lead to lower productivity from staff.

Offices may never go back to what they once were, but many offices are – and will be – opening their doors to staff, offering flexible working including time spent in the office and remote working. Offices are following Covid-19 guidelines to promote working safely during the outbreak, making sure the hygiene and the personal safety of their staff is never compromised.