This document provides 5 tips for freelancers to prepare their business for the holidays. The tips are to double check deadlines with clients, prepare clients and yourself for periods of unavailability, pack necessary equipment for travel, and use slow periods to prepare taxes or future content. The overall message is for freelancers to enjoy the holidays while maintaining their business through planning and communication.

1. 5 Ways to Prepare Your Freelance
Business for the Holidays

2. Many freelancers find
themselves with both emptier
inboxes and emptier
checkbooks over the holidays.

3. We've got 5 TIPS to help you
get your freelance business
holiday-ready!

4. Double-check Your Deadlines
TIP 1
Go through your list of clients and make completely
sure that you’re aware of any owed assignments,
make note of them in your planner or scheduling
tools, and complete them if you need to.

5. Prepare your Clients for Blackouts
TIP 2
This can be done simply through a client newsletter
or a few quick emails to inform the people who give
you business that you won’t be available for
business until a specific day.

6. Prepare Yourself for Blackouts
TIP 3
This is the part where technology comes in super
handy. If you’d like to have a holiday blog post go up,
write it ahead of time and schedule it. If you’d like to
wish your followers a “Happy Holidays!” tweet,
schedule it.

7. Pack Your Necessities
TIP 4
This may seem obvious, but if you’re traveling, be
sure to pack what you need to take your freelancing
business on the road.

8. Make Some Time for Auld Lang Syne
TIP 5
If the holidays are indeed a slow period for you, this is
the perfect time to get ahead on your business’ taxes.

9. Freelancing is one of the best
gifts you can give yourself;
make sure you get the chance
to enjoy it.

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