HKT stand with you Transform crisis into opportunities with O2O strategies
Under the threat from coronavirus
pandemic, local catering and retail industries have entered into a severe
winter. But when danger threatens, opportunity knocks. How can SMEs transform
their business to open up a way out and overcome the disadvantages?
Some restaurants have added take-away services to stabilize the
source of customers. The business of online food delivery platforms is also
growing, and even local travel booking platforms and logistics platforms have
jointly launched cross-district food delivery services, hoping to get a share
of the pie. In the retail industry, the epidemic has accelerated consumers'
shopping habits from offline to online. Some online shopping platforms have
recorded explosive growth in the past quarter, and absorbing new customers
through the Internet.
O2O expands the market to overcome
difficulties
The transformation of
the catering, retail, and service industries is not a one-sided abandonment of
traditional brick-and-mortar stores. On the other hand, merchants who can stand
firm during the coronavirus pandemic tend to adopt O2O (Online-to-Offline)
marketing strategy. The flexibility of online stores can make up for the
shortcomings of physical stores.
The retail industry has
gradually evolved from being "Product-centric" in the past to being
"Consumer-centric", focusing on shopping and user experience.
Therefore, multi-channel business platforms partner with membership systems to
launch O2O solutions, allowing merchants to learn customer preferences from
data, thus introduce marketing strategies more accurately to attract and retain
customers.
The advantage of O2O is
that the brand identity established through physical store can be extended to
the mobile phone via membership app. In the form of "PUSH TO BUY"
through mobile phone, push message will be sent to customers at a preset time.
Customers can order new products by one-click online shopping, which can
attract and retain customers. Customers only need to register as a member to
earn points and get discounts. Solution providers can establish online stores
for merchants to manage and collect customer data, so as to send tailor-made
promotional messages, monitor physical stores and their sales performance, thus
formulate better sales strategies for the company.
Simple marketing tool with no IT expertise required
In the past, physical
stores only focused on store sales. After the outbreak of coronavirus, online
stores and membership-based mobile apps have become a key to overcome
difficulties. In addition, email promotion program can also help SMEs to create
their own promotional email at low cost. The program provides a variety of
templates to choose from. It does not require IT or design expertise. It is
simple and practical, allowing SMEs to maintain close contact with customers.
In order to cater the
different business needs of SMEs, HKT provides various online shop creation
tools for merchants. You can set up corporate web pages through online shop
creation tools or web design software without programming knowledge. Online
store solution service providers also offer one-stop services to SMEs,
including online store building, mobile back-end management, payment system,
membership management, event release and management, data analysis reports,
social media promotion, etc.
Be prepared to maintain operational efficiency
During the coronavirus pandemic, private companies prefer
arranging group shifts instead of working from home. In order to cope with
sudden challenges and ensure seamless collaboration between employees in office
and working at home, SMEs need to adopt flexible working models and equipped
with suitable tools to get ready for work-from-home at any time.
bizMART by HKT is a one-stop online shopping
platform that provides different brands of laptops, software and solutions,
from website design, online shop building software to membership systems. With
comprehensive product range and information in bizMART, SMEs can order IT tools
for office use immediately. HKT Office-On-The-Go home office solution allows
employees to use mobile apps to display the office number when receiving or
making calls on their mobile phones anytime, anywhere, so as not to miss
important calls from customers. In addition, office communication management
can also be seamlessly moved to employees’ personal mobile phone platforms, and
office calls can be managed remotely through its unified platform.
HKT Tips
Recently, most people
in Hong Kong have reduced their outings and social contacts to prevent from
infection. It is believed that merchants would also like to purchase the
required software, hardware and application solutions in a one-stop manner,
without having to contact different suppliers. bizMART responds to this market
demand, provides services and products ranging from commercial broadband
services, online store solutions, Office 365, cloud storage and backup
services, email services, online store logistics solutions, computer products,
and wireless portable conference call speakerphone system that have recently
become popular for video/audio conferencing.
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