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Image to the left: A snippet of one of the individual restaurant pages I had reworked to be more user-friendly. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ef54423780ae92df746d7f7/t/5f637ce984150474853aa66b/1602595131134/ Work - Komeeda - Crisis Mode. We released a temporary product, a website acting as a portal for food lovers to find local, independent restaurants still open during the pandemic and connect with their online ordering services. But, we hit a snag. Our audience did not want to use what we had made. My marketing brain kicked in and I went into test and optimization mode. I reworked the way our individual restaurant pages were formatted to test if that was the issue. It wasn’t — the website itself turned out to be not so valuable for our users. Well…what would we do now? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ef54423780ae92df746d7f7/t/5f6791b7b71066357b0c57e2/1602595167359/Landing-page-new.jpg Work - Komeeda - The Ever-Winding Road. When I first joined the team before the pandemic hit, I had introduced a blog for the company to establish our brand as thought-leaders in the industry. Along the way, the founder had also driven us to start hosting virtual events. “Okay, we have some content. Something is better than nothing, and this is all we have right now. We can build on this,” I thought. I got to work, completely scrapping the website we had originally created and positioning us as a part-media and part-digital community focused on creating and sharing content that would educate and entertain our consumer audience. I put together a plan to echo this direction on our social channels, resulting in us piquing the interest of our audience more. Not only were we seeing increased engagement rates, but the way people engaged with us changed. They felt more inclined to comment and share, a nod that we were on the right track. Ultimately, the environment and timing was not right for us, causing us to shutter Komeeda. Through the challenges, I learned so much about resilience and flexibility — a lesson I will continue to carry with me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ef54423780ae92df746d7f7/t/5f63855f84150474853c1e82/1602595158770/ Work - Komeeda - A New Plan. We needed a new direction. I had to take a step back to evaluate our current situation and what we had going for us. We had two very distinct audiences — consumers and businesses. Our consumer audience knew us for the events we organized in the past. Our business audience knew us for the ticketing platform. The problem: we were no longer relevant on either front. Disengaged audiences with no viable product to drive them to meant a drastic change would be coming, it was just a matter of figuring out where and how. Then the storm of social outcry over racial injustice came. This, it turned out, could be our saving grace. 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