During the heigh of the Covid pandemic 41.3% of businesses reported they had closed their business down on a temporary basis.

In February this year it was reported that nine million small business owners feared they would not survive the year due to the impact that Covid has on their business. However, the Covid pandemic did not have as much impact on the small business sector as some experts first believed.

According to Federal Reserve research, as of April 2021 fewer than 200,000 businesses have closed their doors for a final time. Although more small businesses are not expected to last the year, the figures are not as high as feared in February.

Digital Brandz, LLC who are a marketing firm headquartered in Atlanta Ga and co-owned by two ambitious businessmen, Jacoby Mondy & Michael, understand the struggles of business. They help transform business brands, so we decided to talk to Jacoby Mondy and get his intake about Covid and business survival. This is what he had to say…

You run a successful marketing business Digital Brandz, have you found that you are gaining more clients who need urgent help because of the effects Covid has had on their business?

Yes definitely, due to covid most businesses felt the pressure to have an online presence. Alot of brick-and-mortar businesses struggled of course due to all of the outside restrictions, and because my company was already a household name we were able to scale our brand to the next level.

Do you think small business owners in order to survive the financial problems the Covid pandemic has brought, should revaluate their business in terms of their spending and the structure of their business?

Definitely a lot of old fashion businesses are trying to get traffic the old fashion way, like door-to-door sales or even mailbox mailers. Don’t get me wrong those methods work, but why do a billboard that cost you 20k for 30 days on a highway that a 100k people might see in a month when you can put 20k into some ads and a 100k people will see your content in 3 days.

One business expert has recently said that small business owners change and adapt their business model to survive the effects of the pandemics, what is your opinion?

Yes of course, look at restaurants. Everything is QR now, we forget that only 2 years ago we still had regular menus. Now everything is QR code related. Makes you think, did the QR code people create covid lol ok maybe that wasn’t funny.

Do you believe that rebranding a small business image could help them to survive the problems that the pandemic has brought?

Rebranding can help you survive anything, not just the pandemic. That’s the beautiful thing about life, I can wake up tomorrow and decide I want to rebrand myself. That’s actually what I teach people what to do.

Banks are currently being very strict on their lending criteria, so if a business is struggling financially, what can they do to raise money to survive?

Really, it’s several options. You have micro lenders, CDFI, Angel Investors, Hard money lenders. You can just google those words and type in your state after and it will show local programs outside of traditional banks. Or you can reach out to my company www.digitalbrandz.com and we can get your business funding with a credit score over 650

A lot of small business owners are struggling due to late payers. This has always been a serious problem for small business owners, but now with the pandemic it has become even more of a problem. Some business owners are worried about chasing late payers because it could result in them not purchasing their products and services again, so what is the solution?

My immediate solution is focus on getting new payers, the late payers will be late but the new payers will be NEW  payers. Why focus on the negativity in your business when you can hire someone else to collect debts while you focus on business expansion.

Would you advise those small business owners to offer those customers they offer credit to, to provide them with a discount for paying early to increase cash flow?

My immediate solution is focus on getting new payers, the late payers will be late but the new payers will be NEW  payers. Why focus on the negativity in your business when you can hire someone else to collect debts while you focus on business expansion.

If a small business is struggling to pay their bills, should they prioritize the bills and try and delay the other bills, or is there another solution?

I wouldn’t suggest that necessarily, In my experience I’ve learned that most business owners leave a lot of money on the table by not seeking additional revenue streams inside of their business.

If a successful business knows they are running out of working capital and only have around 30 days of capital left, is there any hope for that business?

So, what I would do first is figure out what other services I can or what additional value I can provide that would warrant me increasing my price.

To learn more about Digital Brandz, please visit:

www.digitalbrandz.com

https://koolestnerdever.com/

The owners social media pages are:

https://www.instagram.com/koolestnerdever/

https://www.instagram.com/digitalbrandz/

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Company Name: Digital Brandz
Contact Person: Jacoby Mondy

Country: United States
Website: www.digitalbrandz.com

Digital Brandz, LLC is a marketing firm headquartered in Atlanta Ga. This firm is co-owned by two ambitious businessmen, Jacoby Mondy & Michael, both skilled with backgrounds in sales, marketing, and cognitive psychology.

Since the two marketing experts launched Digital Brandz they have been making a name for themselves. They have helped transform some small brands into major brands and helped rejuvenate some struggling businesses thanks to their marketing genius skills.

A business branding has become more important than ever thanks to the Covid pandemic. Everyone is out to attract as many customers as they can in order to survive one of the biggest financial crises in recent years.

Many people may believe that branding is just a logo, but it is more than that Branding is about the entire identity of a business. With so much competition out there, businesses no matter what size they are needed to go the extra mile and they need to work on their branding and ensure their branding stands out.

With the right branding, and with the right team behind that branding, a business no matter what size it is can stand out and take control of how people perceive their business and beat their competition.

One of the major players on the branding market is Digital Brandz, LLC. We wanted to find out more about the company and the people behind the marketing company that has transformed many businesses, so we sat down with one of the founders Jacoby Mondy. This is what he had to say.

You run a marketing firm called Digital Brandz, LLC with your partner Michael, why did you both decide to set up the business?

Micheal had his own web design company, the name of it was pro live design. I came in and decided to change it to digital brandz. I was looking to start an online business and noticed there were no resources out there. So, after months of struggling looking up how to and DIY videos I had a bright out idea to become the solution to this problem. So digitalbrandz was born.

There are thousands of marketing companies out there, so why is your company different from all the others?

As a branding company, it’s our job to figure out how to make our clients stand out so you know we have a few tricks up our sleeve when it comes to standing out.

I’m going to list off a few things we do. We offer business consulting and mentorship for beginners, we offer funding for visionaries without income, we offer eBooks and vendor guides, we offer in-house tools that increase sales. Most importantly we made our services affordable to be able to serve our community.

So, what services do you offer?

Social Media marketing, In house Financing, Full-stack marketing, web development, and rebranding packages.

And how can people benefit from using your services?

People benefit from our services typically because they come to us for web development but usually leave from the experience well informed and educated on how to make 6 figures in their first year in business.

How did you and Michael meet, and why did you both decide to go into business together?

We met from a mutual friend. A funny story is I was at his house with his business partner and his business partner told me I could chill in the other room. His business partner was out of town. And while I was sitting on his bed playing the game Micheal walks in with a girl and sees me sitting on his bed lol from there we connected lol.

You both have many skills, but how do they both complement each other?

I’m a firm believer in this formula called SWOT which means strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Most of my weaknesses like the technical side he has, and his weakness of scaling is my strength. So, while he made us look fancy, I showed the world how fancy we are.

You have previously mentioned that you had setbacks when starting your business, can you share them with me?

Most of our setbacks came from lack of trust early in our business, we both had moments of paranoia where one person felt like a slave to the other. I would feel like I’m working for him as his employee instead of a business partner and he would feel like he worked for me as the lonely computer nerd. So, when it’s confused at the root it makes it hard to grow. He was watering the business enough and I was giving the business enough sunlight. All because of lack of communication. So, my advice to any business owner who has a partner. Rule 1 remember you are in this together. Rule 2: don’t step over dollars trying to pick up pennies. Rule 3 Never get a partner who thinks like you. One of you has to be optimistic, overly ready to go, and the other one has to be the more reserved and calculated partner. The Ying and yang are a must!

So how did you overcome your setbacks?

We had to have weekly meetings and set hours so we both could communicate. We were on the same page, we even moved in together to really lock things in. So, all of our income became joint.

What is the one most important lesson you have learnt from setting up Digital Brandz?

The most important thing I learned from setting up Digital Brandz, wow that’s a hard question. But I’ll give you one of the most important things I learned. If you help enough people get what they want, then by default you get what you want.

Can you remember the first customer you had, and how you felt?

Our first big clients were @drayamichille @Iamminglee then @premadonna at this time I felt like a conceited nobody, a popular stranger basically I felt like pretty soon I would flood the market. Which we did.

So, lets look at your service more closely. Let’s imagine that a person has just set up a magazine site. They come to you with a limited budget, how could you help them?

Ok, limited budgets are usually the biggest hurdle as I mentioned earlier, so before I do you a disservice and offer you my bare minimums, I would first try to get you qualified for more income so we can really get to work! But let’s say funding doesn’t work.

I would then take you through my method call 1111 method. I would have you do research on 11 magazine brands and then jot down the top 11 things you liked from the brand.

Because a good marketer knows you do not reinvent the wheel. You find leaders in your industry, and you model your business off of what’s working. Then you come up with ONE thing that makes you unique. So, my first step would be making you more educated. After education then come compensation. I would say focus on social media, provide value to your followers as much as possible with my engagement formula (educate, inspire, and entertain) make sure you have a signup link in your bio that gives out more tea to get subscribers up. Then I would suggest you do a giveaway. Find something in your business that has high perceived value. Offer it in exchange for followers and shoutouts. Then once you get awareness, I would say hire a virtual assistant and have them reach out to other blogs for paid promotion to get your name out there. Anything else you would have to sign up for my course lol.

You have helped many people become a success, but what would you say your biggest achievement has been?

My biggest achievement in business has been seeing so many 6 and 7 figure clients marketed and branded by digital brandz.

With the COVID pandemic, would you say that now is a good time to start a business or a bad time?

The saying goes the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second-best time is now. Digital real estate is just as important as physical real estate, so the answer is yes, it’s no better time.

Starting a new business can be very risky and soul destroying. In the first year of business in the USA 20% fail and about 50% fail within the first five years, why do you think that is?

They usually fail because of lack of knowledge or lack of belief. They haven’t tapped into the power of their subconscious mind to know anything they put their mind to. Like some people are scared to borrow money because they say (What if my business fails and I can’t pay it back?) What they don’t realize is when they say stuff like that, they are already preparing their mind for failure. And how bad they repeat things like that over and over again which slowly kills their business. Another one is being cheap with trying to grow their business. I’ve never understood how you grow a business to get people to spend money with you but won’t invest into your business.

So, what can people do to beat the odds of failure and succeed?

They have to follow people who are successful at what they are trying to do, and either serve their way to success (interning) or pay their way to success (course and mentorships)

If you could go back in time and start your business again, what would you do differently?

I wouldn’t do anything differently because that might affect who I am today. And I’m honestly proud of myself. I’m good, my momma good lifes great.

What advice would you give to someone who is thinking of starting their own business?

The advice I would give is (Fail often, fail fast but fail forward.)  It’s no such thing as fear btw how can you be afraid of something that hasn’t even happen yet. Stop letting the boogy man stop you fro getting rich. All you have to do is cut on the light and you will see that you run the room.

And finally, what does the future hold for Digital Brandz?

Digital Brandz will become the largest marketing agency in the world. Period.

To learn more about Digital Brandz, please visit:

www.digitalbrandz.com

https://koolestnerdever.com/

The owners social media pages are:

https://www.instagram.com/koolestnerdever/

https://www.instagram.com/digitalbrandz/

Media Contact
Company Name: Digital Brandz
Contact Person: Jacoby Mondy

Country: United States
Website: www.digitalbrandz.com

Digital Brandz, LLC is a marketing firm headquartered in Atlanta GA. This firm is co-owned by two ambitious businessmen, Jacoby Mondy & Michael, both skilled with backgrounds in sales, marketing, and cognitive psychology. Realizing that in their demographic there was not a market in the urban community with resources for growth hacking and business development they decided to combine their skills together and start the firm. Like any other business in the beginning phases they experienced major setbacks. Disappointed but still determined they decided to research resources that would help scale their business to the next level. In this process they found that there were not many alternatives to what was already being done so they developed a systematic process that inspired them to change the web design & e-commerce business forever.

This has led them to become the most influential leaders in their industry. Digital Brandz was developed in February 2014. During the testing phase they volunteered to work for free in order to build a name for themselves. “One of the fastest ways to get your name out there is servitude,” Jacoby says, “Leverage your skillset until your skillset leverages your income” The two worked endlessly, day and night sending out DM after DM with before and after screenshots of websites they created to hundreds of celebrities with existing stores.

After weeks of no response, the two almost gave up, but they were determined to not be defeated. Their first big break came with admiration and strong praise from a very reputable celebrity client. Serial entrepreneur Premadonna who had established a six figure online business responded to the message sent to her and requested they design her website. Using their in-house technology and tools they helped her to scale her business to now eight figures!

“Having digital brandz help me with my business was my first major breakthrough in the e-commerce field. Because of them, my business which I thought was already successful at 6 figures, scaled to 8 figures and I thank them so much for that!” – Premadonna commented. Thanks to Jacoby and Michaels determination, unique vision, and understanding of behavioural psychology, their strategies have now helped them to develop over 20,000 websites, helping over 20,000 people take their first step to financial freedom.

With their vigilance they have proudly produced millionaire brands such as www.snoblife.com, www.puretropix.com, www.Jsculptfitness.com, www.circleofceos.com, www.cardibofficial.com, Earnyourleisure.com, and one of their most notable www.prettylittlething.com and a host of others. Primarily focusing on Marketing, Branding, Web development, and designing business models for new and existing entrepreneurs, the two owners decided to use their talents to help like minded individuals with the same goal:

Achieving financial freedom! In a recent interview with Jacoby also known as TheKoolestNerdEver we asked him what motivates him to push the business forward. “We strive daily to focus on helping clients improve the triple M method: Mindset, Marketing, and Money” He also revealed to us that they have now introduced a funding program for business owners who lack capital when trying to build their business. “With internet marketing being so competitive and having an easy barrier of entry the best way to stand out is by providing more value or spending more money than your competitors. We help our clients do both.” Digital Brandz is an established business all about results.

This firm uncovers who your target market is, consciously engaging with them using visual content, social media, and other tactics to drive traffic to your establishment through search, social media, retargeting ads and converting them into paying customers. Currently the company has an extremely talented team of coders, website designers, editors, content creators, etc. This team strives to produce the best designs, content, ads, and branding to take businesses to the next level.

Currently, most of their clientele are existing and inspiring african american women between the ages of 22-45. Their team focuses on intentional targeting including marketing to those that are: Social media savvy: voraciously active on popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and even clubhouse! Business Minded: Looking to expand mentally, financially and socially Addicted to mobile: Those those document their food, check their Facebook status while waiting in line, tweet during every traffic disruption, etc Followers of popular pages.

As business thrives, Digital Brandz is looking to expand their market to help meet the expectations of all like minded individuals.

Though there are more than a handful of developmental start-up companies none are as experienced or successful as Digital Brandz. They pride themselves in not just creating websites, but in developing real businesses.

They don’t just provide their clients with a pretty website, they uncover who your market is and allow their creativity to flow with proven methods creating six and seven figure business.

The owners’ social media pages are:

https://www.instagram.com/koolestnerdever/

https://www.instagram.com/digitalbrandz/

His business websites:

www.jacobymondy.com

www.digitalbrandz.com

www.koolestnerdever.com

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Company Name: Digital Brandz
Contact Person: Jacoby Mondy

Country: United States
Website: www.digitalbrandz.com

Vietnam – 27 August, 2021 – In light of the deteriorating Covid-19 situation in Vietnam and the short supply of oxygen to affected Covid-19 patients, Infratrader Vietnam has partnered with the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association and PHG Smart home and donated a generous amount to the “Oxygen ATM” project.

The Oxygen ATM project was setup to support and help the Covid-19 patients that are recuperating at home by supplying oxygen tanks to ease their breathing.

With the message “Giving oxygen – prolonging life”, ATM Oxy provides oxygen machines, oxygen tanks by providing those that couldn’t receive help in hospitals and aid in their early recovery from Covid-19 treatment. This reduces the burden of the hospital healthcare system and medical facilities.

Chairman of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association Dang Hong Anh said: When the number of Covid-19 infections increases, ventilators and oxygen are needed more and more. It is necessary to prolong the life of patients. When cases are rampant, oxygen becomes scarce, so it is urgent to prepare oxygen during this period when the whole country is fighting the epidemic.

Infratrader Limited has also donated significantly to the Canadian Red Cross and CanadaHelps programs that have programs to help those in need, including food banks, mental health charities, homelessness, out of job workers and deserted students.

The head of CSR program at Infratrader, David Lisbon said: “Everyone in the world is facing an unprecedented crisis that is taking lives and wrecking homes. The ones that are fortunate enough should do all they can to help those that can’t.”

Infratrader urges all to contribute wherever possible and extend a helping hand during this time of crisis.

For more information, please visit www.infratrader.com

About Infratrader

Infratrader is one of the world’s leading brokerage, focusing on commodities. Driven by an unrelenting passion to serve our members, Infratrader constantly pursue the light of intellectual innovation, creating golden solutions that build fortunes for our clients every possible instance.

We imbue our efforts with values that are essential to our success, to expand internationally and become a global financial powerhouse. Infratrader boasts a comprehensive administrative support, state-of-the-art IT systems and excellent risk control protocols.

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Company Name: Infratrader
Contact Person: Damon Phillips

Country: United States
Website: https://www.infratrader.com

DETROIT, Mich. – August 27, 2021 – Guidepoint Systems, a global provider of vehicle telematics and Software as a Service (SaaS) for automotive OEMs, new and pre-owned vehicle dealerships, rental agencies and commercial fleet managers, has added two industry veterans to its executive management team.

Monirul Talukder, is the new vice president of global strategy, focusing on Automotive and Internet of Things (IoT). Alex Gajano is the new vice president of business development of Automotive and IoT and will serve as general manager of the company’s Latin America and European operations.

“I’m extremely pleased to have Monirul and Alex join our firm,” said Samuel Spencer, President and CEO of Guidepoint Systems. “We’re focused on IoT innovation and customer service and these two new senior leaders will bring tremendous insight and experience to those areas.”

Mr. Talukder joined the firm in April. He previously has served in a number of executive leadership positions including as president of Quantum Design Services, as senior advisor for Mahindra Automotive North America and Renesas Electronics America, and as a senior director for Jabil.

“I am excited to be joining such a forward-thinking, innovative team,” said Mr. Talukder. “Guidepoint Systems has a 20+ year track record of developing and delivering exceptional products and services in the vehicle telematics industry. I am confident their legacy of excellence will only continue to improve under Sam’s leadership.”

Mr. Gajano previously served as general manager of business development for the Americas Region at SIMCom Wireless Solutions. He has also held several other business development positions including director of sales for telematics solutions at DataRemote, Inc., vice president of operations and director of sales for Skypatrol, and director of business development for KORE Systems Group.

“Business development is driven by a company’s positive reputation, quality products and innovation,” said Mr. Gajano. “Guidepoint delivers in all three areas and is strategically positioned for IoT service advancement in the years ahead. I’m very excited about the opportunities for the company going forward.”

Guidepoint Systems was founded in 1999 as an aftermarket supplier of GPS tracking and stolen vehicle recovery solutions. Today, the firm specializes in collecting vehicle, driver and environmental data that can be optimized by customers in a variety of applications including asset-management services for automotive dealerships, rental agencies, insurance companies, fleet managers, and OEMs looking to transform real time data into information that can generate revenue, optimize productivity and reduce financial and operational risk.

The firm has offices or warehouses in Detroit, MI, Toledo, OH, and Guadalajara, Mexico. It’s 24/7/365 customer call center and outsourced fleet management service centers are based in Fort Worth, TX and Guadalajara, Mexico. Manufacturing and software engineering operations are based in the United States, Europe and Asia.

About Guidepoint

Guidepoint Systems is a leading supplier of vehicle telematics solutions to automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), dealerships, commercial fleet managers, rental car companies and individual vehicle owners. In addition to its innovative hardware and software as a service (SaaS) solutions, Guidepoint operates fully staffed 24/7/365 call centers in the U.S. and Mexico to provide services directly with vehicle owners, dealerships and fleet managers. To learn more about how automotive OEMs and vehicle dealerships can use Guidepoint, contact the company by calling (877) 477-3463 or visiting Guidepointsystems.com.

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Company Name: Guidepoint
Contact Person: Tim Dye

Phone: (877) 477-3463
Country: United States
Website: www.guidepointsystems.com

RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services has become one of the most trusted local handymen in their field in the North Carolina area. They have been helping residential customers to complete small and large home repair projects throughout the Mooresville, NC area, but they are more than just a handyman service.

No matter what a customer needs, RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services can complete that task. From small home projects that include power washing, furniture assembly, gutter cleaning, general cleaning, to bigger home remodeling tasks.

“We provide a complete and professional handyman services. Unlike many other Mooresville handyman companies in the North Carolina area who only provide services for small jobs, we can provide a complete service. So, no matter what you need, we can provide it.”

Since starting their Mooresville handyman service, RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services has grown to become a complete remodeling service where they can turn a tired home into a vibrant living space. They can also provide Interior and Exterior Carpentry, Construction, and tile work.

The complete services currently being offered include:

    Maintenance

    Home Remodeling

    Drywall Repair and Installation

    Interior and Exterior Carpentry

    Interior and Exterior Painting

    Installations (Appliance, Water Fixture, Flooring, Ceiling Fans, etc.)

    Power Washing

    Additional Services

         Furniture Assembly

        Gutter Cleaning

        General Cleaning

        Construction

        Tile Work

        TV Mounting

The professional handyman service can provide a free quote on any service that is required. The quote provided is the price that the customer will pay. There are no hidden extras to pay, and all work is guaranteed.

Since being launched RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services has become one of the most recommended in their field. Most of their customers are referred to them by previous happy customers. Due to not having to spend a lot of money on marketing thanks to all the referrals, the Mooresville handyman service is able to pass on the savings onto their customers. That means customers can be assured they will receive the best possible price on the service that is provided.

RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services is taking all the necessary precautions to keep its customers safe during the Covid pandemic. Customer’s health and safety are their priority. All employees practice social distancing, good hygiene while working within a customer’s home.

For more information, please visit https://handymanservicemooresvillenc.com

About RJ Mooresville Handyman Services

RJ Mooresville Handyman Services strive to provide customers with the most up-to-date, technologically advanced, and comprehensive handyman services.

Social Media https://twitter.com/rj_handyman/

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Company Name: RJ Mooresville’s Handyman Services
Contact Person: Media Relations

Phone: (980) 710-4418
City: Mooresville
State: NC
Country: United States
Website: https://handymanservicemooresvillenc.com