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6 Tips to Make Your Seasonal Business a Year-Round SuccessSeasonal cycles can work to a company's advantage if you stay ahead of them.

BySarah SmithOriginally published

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One thing you quickly learn as an entrepreneurrunning a businesswith some seasonality to it is that your busy season might not occur in the season you expected. For instance, retail stores are busy through Dec. 24. But if you work in logistics involved in getting those goods to the stores, yourbusy seasonis late summer/early fall.

Most people assume that if you run a野营app, for example, your peak time of year is summer. But it's actually earlier. While summer is peak camping season, the busiest time for The Dyrt team is from January to May. New initiatives all happen before July 1 so they can affect the summer camping season.

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