Surviving the tough times
It's easy to go into 'shut down' mode when everyone's talking about a looming financial crisis. All of a sudden everyone is panicking and no one wants to spend money.
There's no point in taking a nihilist perspective. Financial markets move in cycles, and it's important to keep a level head and figure out your best strategy to see through the tough times.
Don't stop marketing yourself and your business. Keep up the advertising, PR, and other marketing and sales activities -- but do it intelligently. Ask yourself "Am I hitting my target market?", "Are there opportunities in this climate that I may have overlooked?".
Try and gain a new perspective and hopefully you'll identify some new opportunities to help your business.
I know this is all a bit 'airy fairy', but it all depends on your business and the nature of what it is that you do.

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