Crisis Marketing: When we realized COVID-19 would effect the MarTech Podcast

Each day this week, we're going to publish an episode that walks you through the five steps that we've taken to evaluate, triage, secure, pivot, and scale our business in this time of crisis. Joining us is Todd Hines, the Head of Content Production at MarTech podcast. In part 1 of our conversation, we are going to discuss how we evaluated the issues that are happening around us and what the impact would be in our business.
About the speaker

Benjamin Shapiro

benjshap LLC

 - benjshap LLC

Ben is a brand development & marketing strategy consultant that left a successful career in business development at eBay to become an entrepreneur that has run a bootstrapped startup, multiple marketing teams at early-stage VC-backed companies, and an independent consulting & content business.

Show Notes

Quotes

  • “My sister, who’s an investor, recommended me to stock up on basic home goods and shelter in place.” - Ben “The first step is the realization that the crisis is actually happening.” - Ben “When we get into moments of crisis, before marketing, we need to think about the people and check upon them.” - Ben “cdc.gov is the place where you can get the most accurate official information on how to deal with the coronavirus.” - Ben “When the crisis struck we were mostly focused on picking back up on sponsor outreach and then content scheduling and production.” - Todd“The first thing we had to do is to reorient ourselves to our new work schedule.” - Ben“I didn’t want to make any drastic changes at first.” - Ben “I think we’re doing a good job of blending the focus on short-term but also long-term goals.” - Todd“During the crisis, the best thing you can do is stay collected and don’t panic.” - Todd 

About the speaker

Benjamin Shapiro

benjshap LLC

 - benjshap LLC

Ben is a brand development & marketing strategy consultant that left a successful career in business development at eBay to become an entrepreneur that has run a bootstrapped startup, multiple marketing teams at early-stage VC-backed companies, and an independent consulting & content business.

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