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Keeping the holidays bright…in your consignment, resale, or thrift shop.

November 4, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Consignment shops & Christmas DO go together!How many days ’til Christmas? Fifty. Isn’t that nifty?

But maybe you don’t look forward to the holidays. So much hassle and worry and duties … and expense. Well, chances are your customers feel the same. So turn your shop into the go-to source for all things wonderful for all the holidays we celebrate soon. Simply comb through all the ideas on these web sites and share a few with your clientele in your next e-newsletter, on your blog, or even on Facebook:

  • Six Weeks to an Organized Christmas
  • Green holiday tips from the Sierra Club
  • What would the holidays be without…Martha Stewart?
  • An inspiring recycled celebration story to share with your customers.
  • The world’s best holiday hostess gift. Make one to take, one to keep.

No time to research, choose, tell your clientele about these ideas?  Am I just adding to your already-too-long must-do list?

We have the solution and it’s 100% totally free and takes less than one minute a day.

For easy-to-retweet Tweets that’ll keep your clientele thinking of you throughout the holiday season,simply follow HowToConsign.com’s Tweets: MADE specifically for retweeting to your customers, a free service from the HTC Sponsor shops! Takes zero time, builds your business. Consider it your holiday gift from the 150+ HTC Sponsor shops! ( How to retweet with a simple click.*  Here’s HTC on Twitter so you can follow.)

Don't let your holiday season be sad...plan ahead and help all your customers celebrate!Don’t say People don’t shop resale for the holidays and settle for a sad and slow holiday in your shop. For ideas that will have your shop HOPPIN’, read Holidays in Resale, a 22-page treasury to heklp you help your customers enjoy a wonderful holiday… and you a healthy selling season!

* How to Retweet:

  1. Hover your mouse over the message you want to send out to your followers
  2. Click the retweet link which shows up
  3. The Tweet will then be forwarded to all of your followers
  4. You get all the glory for being caring and helpful and just a downright nice shopkeeper, and as a bonus, your followers can, if they wish, read all the consumer-oriented tips and hints on HowToConsign, like this one.

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