--- title: "Deep Dive: How 6 Small Businesses Are Confronting Coronavirus |" description: Dive into 6 businesses weathering the coronavirus storm. Look at industries across the spectrum and zero in on the specific problems and solutions faced by owners. image: https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2020-03-16-at-11_02_51-PM-4.png --- [Back to Blog ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends) [ COVID-19 ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/covid-19) [ Membership Required ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ profile ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/profile) # Deep Dive: How 6 Small Businesses Are Confronting Coronavirus [ by Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) [Share this blog post on Twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/trends-community-as-business-owners-face-the-coronavirus) [Share this blog post on Facebook ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/trends-community-as-business-owners-face-the-coronavirus) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/trends-community-as-business-owners-face-the-coronavirus) In this article, we dive deep into 6 companies, exploring how they’re weathering the fallout from the novel coronavirus. The report looks at industries across the spectrum, zeroing in on the specific problems and solutions faced by these operators: 1. **Marketing**: [Scout Collective](https://scoutcollective.com/) — a brand strategy and digital marketing studio — is helping clients get the most impact from their marketing dollars by crafting messages around loyalty, community, and empathy. 2. **Events**: [SnapBar](https://thesnapbar.com/) — a custom photo and video booth rental company — is trying to navigate widespread event cancellations by repurposing its existing resources to launch new products. 3. **Cleaning**: [Hip Maids](https://hipmaids.com/) — an on-demand cleaning service — is having difficulty meeting new business requests as school closures are forcing its workers to stay at home. 4. **Beauty: **[The Sparkle Bar](https://thesparklebar.com/) — a makeup and beauty studio — is transitioning to “tele-cosmetics” as social distancing is keeping customers away. ** ** 5. **Manufacturing**: [Get It Made](https://get-it-made.co.uk/) — a manufacturing-as-a-service firm — has been able to weather the manufacturing slowdown with a diversified supply chain. 6. **Newsletter: **[Intelligent Prepper](https://prepper.io/) — a weekly newsletter chronicling threats including everything from riots to volcanoes — has become a useful coronavirus resource while also keeping a long view into the type of content that an audience will want when the coronavirus pandemic passes. ``` 10 Minute Read ``` ``` * * * ``` ## **Amid Widespread Cancellations, a Marketing Agency Looks to Stays Relevant by Building Communities** - **The business**: [Scout Collective](https://scoutcollective.com/), a brand strategy and digital marketing studio - **The challenge**: Projects placed on hold; clients’ marketing budgets will likely shrink - **The solution**: Develop brand messaging that builds customer loyalty, community, and empathy ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/jm3GYpl6MzUpqpBBvvNLUEG-yWNn-bhsSJ7gjY7ozgu35s-cvohOX5xk8EkUuHYdzm5SZWrL2JOXyRfQNGUgNvVfgTKLjxQkhgUGRxqszJN6bkFThdJ8po3tTOJjslLGa8UZ4h0-4.jpeg) *Troy Monroe (center), with two of his employees (via Monroe)* Early last week, Troy Monroe received a Facebook notification highlighting a memory from 5 years ago. It was a post he had written about leaving a full-time job and how nervous and excited he was to launch [Scout Collective](https://scoutcollective.com/), his brand and digital marketing studio. ### Comments ## Related Posts [Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/pool-and-landscape-az) [Interviews](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/interviews) [Database](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/database) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [health and wellness](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/health-and-wellness) [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/profile) [sports and fitness](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/sports-and-fitness) ## [Pool and Landscape AZ: $0 to $8.5m in 4 years — by building pools](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/pool-and-landscape-az) *The Trends Small Business Database houses hundreds of small businesses, along with their financials and unique...* [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Feb 4, 2020 5:41:19 AM [Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/dollar-stores-struggle-to-adapt-to-the-e-commerce-age) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [eCommerce](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/ecommerce) [Retail](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/retail) ## [Dollar Stores Struggle to Adapt to the E-Commerce Age](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/dollar-stores-struggle-to-adapt-to-the-e-commerce-age) What You Need To Know: [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Jul 30, 2019 4:11:25 PM