Qamar Zaman Founder & Chief Growth Officer of KISS PR Story has converted his paid press release platform into a free storytelling system
Inspired by the Khans of Bollywood, this South Asian Dallas, TX Technologist turned marketer has the suave of Saif Ali Khan, a giver like Salman Khan and the marketing savvy of Aamir Khan
An Outstretched Hand in the Darkest Hour
Qamar Zaman Founder & Chief Growth Officer of KISS PR Story has converted his paid press release platform into a free storytelling system helping everyone from around the world. In these past months his company has offered over a million dollars' worth of free press releases for the world's small businesses
The world has never known a pandemic like COVID-19. The rapid and colossal spread of the disease, especially by asymptomatic people, and the yet unknown extent of damage to the body by the virus, are deadly features of this pandemic which know no equal in history.
As the infection rate galloped, and businesses closed at the peak of the pandemic in April/May 2020, parallel to widespread lockdown of economies, millions were suddenly out of work, the world over.
In the U.S., stay-at-home orders led to about 60% of small businesses losing income, while 13% had no revenue at all. This led to more than half the businesses laying off some employees, while 14% laid off all their employees. While about 4 in 10 small businesses closed their on-site operations, around 14 million businesses feared getting wiped out.