My first question... Do you have a business and marketing plan...

Perhaps now might be a good time to rework it... Go over what it is that works when you're working and try and figure out what causes you to not be working.

One of the things I noticed about a lot of companies, is that when they aren't working, they do all the things they need to do to drum up that business, prospecting, marketing, etc. Then when they have the business, they (for whatever reason) stop doing the things that were drumming up the business in order to do the business... and then the business drops off... It's a vicious cycle and I believe that momentum is key.

Reworking your business plan regularly will help you discover all the key things that you are doing that give you those busy phases and will force you to figure out a way to keep doing them even when you are busy; that way you cease to have slow phases.

This might not help you survive until Christmas, but if you do, it will help you survive longer term, and I believe thrive.

Good luck.

Tina Brooks, VP Marketing
Brooks Pepperfire Foods, Inc.
Makers of Peppermaster Hot Sauces
http://www.peppermaster.com

Eat more peppers!