Imagine this. It's a beautiful sunny summer day. You have no client work pending. The kids are a little needy (my one year old is teething). There's no babysitter scheduled, just you. It sure is tempting to be a SAHM on a day like this!

Where do you find the motivation to go market your business?

I know that the sorry state of my bank account should be motivation enough, but it isn't. If I had a few clients with work that needed doing, I'm sure I'd get it done. But I just finished two major projects and my other clients are all inquiries that haven't panned out yet.

Thanks guys!

Hi Jenn,

This won't be particularly motivating, but what I'd do? Send a little I'm-here-if-you-need-me message (add something custom to each one depending on their industries/needs/interests) to each of the prospects that hasn't signed yet, then also send a little do-you-need-anything-more message to each of the current clients. Then call your marketing done for the day and go ahead and take some time for the little ones. It's not often their needs and your availability will naturally land at the same time, so take advantage.

AnnaLisa is so right that some days you just have to take advantage of the time to be with your kids - that's why you work from home right? But the one thing I remember is that if I don't keep the business growing I won't have those opportunities.

I usually advise that you treat every day like a work day, even if you don't have client work. If your goal is to average four billable hours a day, then spend those four hours on marketing, networking, beefing up your website, or learning a new marketable skill, etc.

But if you just came off of two major projects you might just need (and certainly deserve) a break from all of that! Enjoy without guilt so that the next day you can jump into the work of building up your biz