Open Mic Monday: Ideas for Battling Slump
The months of late-June to August tend to be known as the “Slump Months” in the online world. Most businesses on the Internet find that things get slower during these months. Sales are lower… Not a lot of blog readers and commenters… Freelance work slows down.
So, what do online workers need to do to keep productive during these months?
Some ideas might include:
- Researching upcoming trends for Spring/Christmas, etc.
- Doing inventory
- Fixing site problems
- SEO Optimization
- Creating better content
- Brainstorming new ideas
Anything else you might want to add to this list of ideas?
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4 opinions for Open Mic Monday: Ideas for Battling Slump
stephentrepreneur
Jul 14, 2008 at 6:04 am
1. Prepare & submit tax returns.
2. Write newsletter/article suumarising last 12 months.
These would be the best two things to. A summary of the previous year might invoke new ideas for future articles of interest!
Tom - StandOutBlogger.com
Jul 14, 2008 at 3:56 pm
my blog has really taken off this last month, mainly because I have continued to stay active in my niche with a lot of blog and forum commenting.
Kevin at 20s Money
Jul 16, 2008 at 3:22 am
Interesting post. As this is my first year blogging, I was not aware of the typical “slump” in the online world. I will work even harder to produce more, quality content during this period!
Thanks for the excellent article.
Shai Coggins
Jul 21, 2008 at 12:45 pm
stephen: Sounds like a good, productive way to spend the slumps. :-)
Tom - that’s great! Good to know yours is doing very well. Congrats!
Kevin - Absolutely a good way to spend the slumps. Good luck with it all!
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