If you are new to the work at home arena you will probably not be surprised to hear that this time of the year is very slow for our business. Unless you are working a home retail business, it is to be expected that folks just don't have the money or inclination to spend it on a business venture. Well what should I do? you may ask.

I suggest you concentrate your energy this time of year working on your marketing strategies, improving your web site(if you have that access), and just in general positioning yourself to get off to a fast start after the holidays.

You notice a definite decline in activity this time of year and the temptation is to pump more money into advertising or whatever you are using to generate traffic. Be careful! All that will do is increase your budget. You may see a rise in traffic but your ROI is not going to change. If it was 1% on $100, it is going to be 1% on $200.

I suggest you take care of all those little things that you have been putting off till later cause guess what, it's later! Get yourself positioned for '07 and then relax and enjoy the holidays. Trust me, starting in January you are going to get very busy because then everyone is going to need money to pay for all that stuff.

Good luck,take action,

Terry Payne