As you read this, the holiday season is over, markets and conventions are around the corner and then shortly thereafter the long winter months. Now is when business slows enough to allow people to catch their breath and make their strategies for the year.
But don’t be lulled in by crackling fire and the leftover eggnog there is still plenty of work to do, especially if you want to maintain the upward motion business saw last year. No, it hasn’t been spectacular, but considering where things have been 2013 was a far better year than most have experienced in the last handful, especially based on the conversations I’ve had with people at every show, market, convention and meeting I’ve been to—and I’ve been to a lot over the course of the year.