As long as your home business is not a summer business or one where you are working harder during the summer months than any other time of year (and there are plenty of home business that are seasonal), summer can be a downtime or a slow time. For those businesses where summer affords us a little more leisure or non-work time, this can be the perfect time of year to take a class or get some extra training to help us improve our skills and business savvy.
Many of us find that business just naturally slows during the summer months. Our customers and clients may go on vacation, it can be harder to get phone calls and e-mails returned, and if you do business internationally, there are many countries (particularly in Europe and Scandinavia) where the summer means that individuals take weeks of vacation and do not make work a priority. While this can mean some slow time for us as well, we do not have to completely lose momentum. A summer business course or getting involved in some special training or networking can make productive use of the natural summer slow-down.
Of course, there are businesses where summer is the busiest time of the year. As a matter of fact, there are many home businesses where owners make the bulk if not all of their income during the summer and then have the rest of the year to tend to other things. Regardless of when your slow time is, it does not have to mean that you stop focusing on your business altogether. Instead, find a class and work on making personal improvements or learning about some aspect of your business—when things pick up again, you will have even more skills to bring to the table.