Does “Back-to-School” Affect Your Home Business?
This time of year, throughout the month of August, the “back-to-school” idea is in many people’s minds….students who will be going back to school of some type, parents who will be involved in getting them ready, grandparents who may be helping raise grandkids, and businesses that provide products and services in some way connected with school.
Even if you don’t think you’re involved, you can’t help seeing all the back-to-school advertising and displays, even in the supermarkets. (The one where I shop most frequently has a large display of school supplies along the wall as you enter the store.)
If you don’t sell school related items, you may have employees in your home business who will be going back to school and either will be leaving you entirely or will need their hours adjusted around their school schedule. Also, the labor laws in most states that limit the number of hours youngsters under age 18 can work when in school. Moms who work for you or assist you in some way may need their hours changed.
If you have younsters going back to school, how will it affect your home business schedule? Granted, you may have more time during the day to work, uninterrupted, at whatever you do. If you have a shop in your home, you’ll have these hours more free from home responsibilities and interruptions.
However, will there be school activities that require getting youngsters to and from school or these? Plan ahead so you won’t have too many unexpected interruptions.
Brainstorm (paper and pen in hand) about how “back-to-school” will affect your home business and what plans you have to make to accommodate this.
If you haven’t begun your ”back-to-school” promotions, do them NOW. Some schools don’t start until after Labor Day in the US. However, more and more are beginning before that holiday weekend and some are starting this coming week.
How is “back-to-school” affecting your business (positive and negative) and how are you adjusting?
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