What is the slowest time of the year for your business?

What is the slowest time of the year for your business? What do you find yourself focusing on more during those slow periods?

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January and February/ October & November

As a new proprietor of an AirBnb, I have yet to ascertain a slow time. People are always travelling thru Spokane and need a clean, hospitable, and safe place for the night.

Generally right now and then again in end of Sept - Oct.

Most companies hire year round. We have some slowing during the holidays, but not much since we don't deal with retail clients.

The slowest time for our industry is typically just after the new year, from January to around March or April. We usually use this time to focus on narrowing down our expenses, creating our marketing plans for the rest of the year, refining our lead generation strategies, and training our agents on whatever we can in preparation for our busy season, which is typically from June to December. It's never fun to have a slow season, but it does offer us a chance to regroup and prepare for the chaos of the busy season. So in that aspect, I suppose it's not a bad thing to have some down time. We still do business in our slow season, but it's usually around 30% to 50% of what we'll do in our busy season. What about you?

Winter! It's harder for people to get out and about.

We don't typically have a slow time, but when business is slow we know that most other companies must be slow because they cant afford tech support, so we don't get an many calls for service and upgrades.

December is the slowest, at that time we process any pollen raw material that is needed in Jan. Feb.

We currently hold our classes every other month. The amount of need fluctuates a little, but stays pretty level. As far as donations, November through January are the crisis months for many service providers because of the onset of damp, chilly weather and the holidays.It's also the end of the year, when the donations and inventory are typically low.