Websites helping business owners rebound

Businesses learned to move online during the pandemic, which is helping them move forward.

THE REBOUND KANSASCITY IS OUR COMMITMENTTO HELPING YOU GETBACK TO WORK AND ONTHE ROAD TO RECOVERY.ALL NEW THIS MORNINGWE"RE PROFILING ONEWAY BUSINESSES AREREBOUNDING FROM THEPANDEMIC.IT ALL STARTS BY GOINGONLINE.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER CHARLIEKEEGAN JOINS US WITH ACLOSER LOOK AT APROGRAM WHICH MADE ITPOSSIBLE.WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT -THE OWNER OF WILLOWSPRING MERCANTILE HEREIN EXCELSIOR SPRINGSSAID AT FIRST THERE WASPANIC - AND THEN THEYSAW OPPORTUNITY.FOR THE PAST SEVERALYEARS - THE RESTAURANTAND RETAILER HAD BEENTHINKING ABOUT STARTINGA WEBSITE TO SELL SOMEITEMS.COVID19 KINDA FORCEDITS HAND.IT WORKED WITH A DESIGNFIRM TO CREATE A WAYFOR PEOPLE TO ORDERCARRY-OUT FOOD ONLINE.THE OWNER SAIDLAUNCHING INTO E-COMMERCE HAS BEEN ASILVER LINING OF THEPANDEMIC.Daphne Bowman // WillowSpring Mercantile14:21:10-14:21:24SWhen you"re abusiness owner, sometimeswhen you"ve been inbusiness 14 or 15 years likewe have you get in a systemand you forget to think outsidethe box.

The good thing waswhen all of this happened, itallowed us to have some freshperspective some newenergy.WILLOW SPRING WAS ABLETO GET ONLINE THANKS TOA COMPANY IN THE AREAMORGANISITES - WHICHOFFERED TO DESIGNWEBSITES FOR FREE TOSMALL BUSINESSES WHICHDIDN"T HAVE AN ONLINESHOPPING CART GOINGINTO THIS PANDEMIC.REPORTING LIVE INEXCELSIOR SPRINGSCHARLIE KEEGAN 41ACTION NEWS TODAY.SO CHARLIE - WHAT KINDOF ADVICE DID YOU GETABOUT FOR OTHERBUSINESSES WHO ARELOOKING TO LAUNCH - ORMODIFY - THEIRWEBSITES?I ASKED THE GUYS ATMORGANSITES FOR SOMEHELP - AND HERE"SYOUR REBOUNDRUNDOWN:FIRST - BE HANDS-ON ANDINVOLVED WITH WHOEVERIS MAKING YOUR WEBSITE.NO ONE KNOWS YOURBUSINESS LIKE YOU.CONNECT YOUR WEBSITETO YOUR BUSINESS"SSOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.KEEP YOUR WEBSITEUPDATED.BEAR IN MIND THEWEBSITE DOESN"THAVE TO BE PERFECT.AND CONSIDER USING AFREE DO-IT-YOURSELFOPTION AT FIRST - ANDTHEN HIRE A FIRM TOMANAGE T SITE ONCE ITGROWS.SO LINDSAY AND TAYLORIT"S A LOT MORE THANJUST CREATING A WEBSITEAND FORGETTING ABOUTIT - THE MORE YOU PUT IN -THE MORE YOU GET OUT.