How do home service businesses fill their calendar before busy season?

When work slows down, most service businesses feel it fast: stress, cash flow pressure, and last-minute scrambling. Sound familiar?

What’s the one thing you rely on most before busy season to keep your calendar full?

• New leads
• Repeat customers
• Referrals
• Deposits or upfront payments
• Booking weeks in advance
• Something else? (do tell!)

Bonus: What used to stress you out about slow periods that doesn’t anymore?