{"id":14251,"date":"2022-08-08T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=14251"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:27:17","slug":"seasonal-business-how-to-beat-the-annual-no-bookings-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/08\/seasonal-business-how-to-beat-the-annual-no-bookings-panic.html","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal business: How to beat the annual &#8220;no bookings!&#8221; panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/woman-waiting-with-suitcase-josealbafotos-on-Pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/woman-waiting-with-suitcase-josealbafotos-on-Pixabay.jpg 640w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/woman-waiting-with-suitcase-josealbafotos-on-Pixabay-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Do you tend to panic about a lack of business at a certain point during the year?<\/h2>\n<h2>Do you always feel like you\u2019ll never get enough bookings for the fall?<\/h2>\n<p>I know several independent professionals who feel like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a professional photographer who always worries in late summer that there won&#8217;t be enough bookings for senior portraits in the fall<\/li>\n<li>a bed and breakfast owner who gets nervous about seasonal bookings not coming in<\/li>\n<li>a professional speaker who feels panic when nothing is on the calendar during &#8220;dead periods&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You know who deals with this most? Seasonal businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The simple solution: Put a reminder on your calendar for next year.<\/h2>\n<p>Around the time when you would normally panic, put a reminder or event on your calendar. Include a measure of where you were at this point during a year when you survived.<\/p>\n<p>Your reminder could include a specific number:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201c20 fall sessions booked on August 1 last year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or just give yourself a bit of encouragement:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cRemember that there\u2019s usually nothing booked at this time of year, but you\u2019ll get through this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have tips for keeping a positive outlook during slack times, add it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/get-updates.html\">Subscribe to SmallBizSurvival.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/suitcase-woman-girl-waiting-1488516\/\">josealbafotos on Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you tend to panic about a lack of business at a certain point during the year? Do you always feel like you\u2019ll never get enough bookings for the fall? I know several independent professionals who feel like this: a professional photographer who always worries in late summer that there won&#8217;t be enough bookings for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,164,5,8,17],"tags":[700,701,702,703,104],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/woman-waiting-with-suitcase-josealbafotos-on-Pixabay.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14251"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14266,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14251\/revisions\/14266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}