When tech goes down, the show must go on
What happens when technology fails you? Are you agile, resilient, and still able to do your job? What contingency plans do you have to carry on your business when technology goes dark?
Seamus Phan writes on everything related to marketing, including public relations (PR), publicity, branding, direct marketing, sales, event management, market research, and so on. Social media is included here, in so far as it is related to the practice of it.
What happens when technology fails you? Are you agile, resilient, and still able to do your job? What contingency plans do you have to carry on your business when technology goes dark?
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