Taking Vacation When Self-Employed Online
This is a subject talked about on a lot of WAHM (work at home Mom) forums. How do you take a vacation when you are self-employed online?
Of course, if your income is passive, meaning through affiliate links, contextual advertising, or the like, there is no trouble with take a week off. Granted, your advertising might take a downturn, but it will not affect your overall earnings.
What if you are self-employed online in a way that requires daily attention? E-commerce is one such business.
The easiest answer is to take a laptop computer with you on vacation. However, if you want any kind of life, you should try not to do this. Still, customer service should not suffer.
So, what do you do?
1) Post a notice on your website that you will be away for the week.
2) Set up an autoresponder on your email account stating when you will be back..
3) Suspend active advertising campaigns for the duration of your vacation.
These are just some of the things that can help you take a vacation with limited worry about your online business. Whether they offend your customers or not is the next question.
