Concurrent with the holiday season, December is a time of endings and beginnings for a small business owner. As the holiday activities consume the time of clients, thus decreasing the hours of VA services requested, more time is available to devote to my own business.
On frigid December days, I sip hot tea or chocolate while weeding out hard documents and electronic ones that are at or past keeping as determined by my records retention policies. When I initially began my VA practice I set up a schedule for document retention. This has enabled me to keep file cabinet space and hard drive space freer for what I need now and in the future. It also keeps me out of trouble with the taxing authorities that might want to look further into history than legally necessary.
With fewer interruptions, December is an ideal time to prepare end-of-the-year reports for clients as well as catching up my own bookkeeping in preparation for the appointment with my tax guy in late January. I've also found December to be a good month to review and revise marketing materials such as my blog, brochures, business cards, and stationery. Now, I even have time to strategize on the direction I will take my business next year.
So many thanks for December and the seasonal business slowdown.
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