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tackerman · Last edited by tackerman on Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:35 am; edited 1 time in total

Are there times during the year where there are typically less jobs around?
And times (pre-holiday I'd imagine) when things pick up?

Deirdre · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:25 am Post subject:

It really depends on your market and the mad skillz you sell.

I've been out of me head with brand new stuff, a few crumbs from some smaller clients and the corporate clients who usually fill the trough first are completely quiet.

There isn't really a "typical" anything anymore, as far as I know.
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tackerman · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:30 am Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:30 am Post subject:

You ain't just whistlin' Dixie, Son.
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Bruce · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:53 am Post subject:

I've found December 15th to January 10th (give or take) to be slow, so that's when I try and take a vacation. Presidential election times are real slow as the airwaves are taken up with political ads and I think business holds its breath a bit waiting to see who wins. This secondary election may cause a bit of a slow down.

Other than that, I think slow downs just happen randomly per region, per industry, per person.

But does "slow and steady wins the race" apply here? Hmmm.

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Hart · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

Does anybody else remember a posting or article about slowdowns, and putting things off until next week and so forth. I remember reading it a good long while ago. I was thinking it was something someone had posted here, but I can't find it so now I'm not so sure.
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mcm · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

There are a couple that I remember:

http://www.vo-bb.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=345

and

http://www.vo-bb.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=102

which turned into a bit of a dog fight as I recall Gasp

Hart · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

I love how you guys can find these threads.
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mcm · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject:

I used to be a museum curator. Stuffed & pickled birds, skeletons, dusty stuff, I'm all over it.

Deirdre · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject:

I'll wager Voice Talking is funner than Pickled Peregrines.

Call me crazy.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:13 am Post subject:

Just checked my records and I see a trend. Three years out of every four I get no work on the 29th February.

BenWils · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:44 am Post subject:

Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:13 am Post subject:

You're right. I thought it may be a sign of my waning popularity.