With several states ordering the closure of non-essential businesses and all non-essential workers to stay home – in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus – you might be asking, how can I sustain my business?
Without the luxury of running businesses as normal, business owners have utilized the power of social media and other related techniques on how to help the consumer with any type of situation, in this case, the Coronavirus.
Outdoor businesses such as Tree Care Services may have an advantage in taking extra safety provisions considering today’s quarantined lifestyle. As the warm weather approaches, outdoor businesses can expect viruses to migrate or dissipate in hopes to increase the outdoor grind.
To be cautionary, studies found from The Journal of Hospital Infection, states “the Coronavirus in 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) can last for two days on steel, four days on wood and glass, and five days on metal, plastic, and ceramics” (Woodward, 2020).
Tree care workers, landscapers, and other outdoor-based businesses can apply secure strategies to continue business given Coronavirus circumstances.
According to the Tree Care Industry Association, it is explained how to remain safe in a working environment during a global pandemic. Following these critical guidelines can help business’s continue:
• Before a sales call, please mark the trees in question with a ribbon, or whatever you have handy.
• Our salespeople will not be knocking on your door, please do not go out of your house to greet them, simply be ready to use your phone to answer the sale’s persons questions from within your house.
• If you are able, be prepared to use face time, Google duo or similar feature to help the salesperson understand your tree care needs.
• Please respond promptly to any work verification emails or calls if asked.
• In general, you do not need to be present when the crew arrives.
• If you are home when the crew arrives, please stay in your house. If the salesperson or crew leader has any questions, they will call you. Please be prepared to answer the phone if they do call.
• If for any reason, you are outside or otherwise meet our crews in person, please practice social distancing by keeping 6 feet away.
Putting safety first is always imperative. During a time of global pandemic…
References
Advanced Solutions International, Inc. (n.d.). What Should Tree Care Businesses Know About the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak? Retrieved March 23, 2020, from https://www.tcia.org/TCIA/Coronavirus_COVID-19.aspx
Woodward, A. (2020, March 17). The coronavirus lives on copper for 4 hours, on cardboard for 1 day, and on plastic for 3 days, new research says. Here's how to disinfect these surfaces properly. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-can-coronavirus-live-on-surfaces-how-to-disinfect-2020-3
