5 things you can be doing during "Slow season"

5 things you can be doing during "Slow season"

We all have a time of the year when business is slower than other times of the year. But what can we do with all that time on our hands? This blog post is going to go over 5 things you can be doing with your time during the slow time of the year. I hope you find this blog post informative and helpful. I hope you get 5 ideas as to what you can be doing during the slow season.

Every business is different. Every industry has different times of the year when it is slower for business to come in. For the printing and Graphic design business, the slow time of the year is the summer time!! OMG! Dry dessert. During the fall, some winter, and spring business is great. But something happens in the summer. I guess it's too hot for people to go out and market, so things slow up a bit.

Lets get into it.. what can you do during your slow season? Share your ideas in the comments. What do you do during the slow season.

#1 - Prepare for Tax Time

Hey, this is the most time consuming thing ever if you are not organized. So why not use this time to get ready for tax time. Get all your receipts, documents, and spreadsheets together (or accounting software if you are more advanced) and get ready. Analyze your revenue so far and the expenses you have had so far this year. What about those receipts? Do you scan them in or do you have loose receipts hanging around? Get those together and scan them in the computer or enter the data into a spreadsheet. Get organized! Reach out to your accountant and see if there is anything you need to do to make things easier for tax season.

#2 - Market and Advertise

So first thing that should be common sense is use the slow time of slow business to bring in more business. Market and advertise your business to pick things back up during this time. Use social media, email marketing, send out packets or postcards, and even call a few customers to see if they need anything else. Engage with your customers to stay fresh on their minds.

#3 - Revamp your brand for the busy season!

You can use this time to revamp your brand for the time of year when things are busier. You can get a fresh new website design, maybe a logo if you don't have one, and some print marketing items. That way you can have all your marketing stuff ready to go in time for the busy season. It takes time to build a website, plan it out and then get it to a website design professional.

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#4 - Pick up another business / product / service 

Hey, why not? You have the time so find another business, product, or service that you can offer during your slow time. For example: Landscaping companies generally make the bulk of their money during the summer and spring... it slows up around fall and certainly during the winter. So what can they do during this slow time? Snow plowing! Of course! Many businesses offer snow plowing during this season.

Think of a service or business you can do when things get slow. That way the revenue continues to flow in and you stay busy.

#5 - Clean your office / retail location

Get rid of excess papers. Clean those windows. Organize those files. Clean your emails and computer out of unnecessary files. Get things clean and organize. Always be productive when you have down time. Make things easy to find and easy to navigate. This will make "making money" easy to do when you are on point and organized.

I hope this gave you some ideas of what to do when things get slow with your business. Be sure to check out our website and follow us on all your social networks.

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