So as a petpreneur you’ll need to take some time to unwind…time to take a break and re-charge. Especially if you’re a solo-petpreneur, but is your business ready to run on semi-auto pilot? As I sit here on vacation…my business is still pretty much a lean-running machine. Here are a few tips to keep your vacation an enjoyable one.

1) Plan – this sounds easy enough, but planning is more than jotting down a happy face on your calendar(although I don’t condone this). If you’ve been operating for a few years you’ll probably have a general idea of when your slow period is. It’s a good idea to try and schedule your down-time around this period.  If you’re just starting out… no vacation for you…you have a business to grow my friend!

2) Give Your Customers a Heads Up – Make a point to let your customers know you’ll be on vacation and what they can expect during this time. If you’ll still be able to fill orders, let them know. If you’re totally unavailable let them know that too. I generally do this through my social network with them, and with a reminder in my email signatures.

3) Prepare – If you’re going on an extended vacation schedule some blog posts during that time, to keep your blog fresh and crawled. If you’re on WordPress you can do this under the ‘Publish’ box on the right hand side while you’re writing your post. Go to the Publish line, click edit, you’ll then be able to schedule when you want that post to go live. This is a great trick to keeping your blog updated, and looking like you’re ‘there’.

4) Enjoy – Now technically if you’re really doing what you love, a vacation means something different than when you’re doing a J O B. When you’re doing what you love, and you take a vacation, it could be because you need to get some inspiration, or you need to go to an expo or convention…it’s still fun…as it should be.  So enjoy your time ‘away’, and be happy that you’re walking down the path of a fulfilled petpreneur :)

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