Have you ever had the experience of someone thinking that you are
brilliant
when you don’t understand why? After all,it’s such a natural thing to offer your shoppers a cup of warm cider on cold days… but such simple hospitality really impresses them. They think you’re a brilliant retailer; you think it’s so obvious, you are amazed they even notice.
And so it is when I winnow through all of the ideas and tips I post here on Auntie Kate the Blog and on our flagship site for Professional Resalers, TGtbT.com.
Sometimes I hatch an idea for you that I think is so obvious that it’s not valuable. Take the fishbowl post here on Auntie Kate, for example. Even my subject line proves I thought it was, perhaps, same old-same old. I mean, we’ve all seen these. So we should all have thought of doing it.
Well, the tip might be obvious, but judging by a lot of nice comments from consignment, resale, and even thrift stores, it was still helpful to them.
Lesson learned?
It’s the simple things that count. Like the ideas in Shop Sizzle, SHOW it to SELL It, and all of our Products for the Professional Resaler.
I think you should buy your business some brilliant ideas to put to use.
After all, it’s obvious your career deserves a holiday gift. It’s been good all year… but 2012 could be even better. Don’t you agree?
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
I just found, and thought I’d share with you, the most popular holiday post I’ve done over the years… the popularity of this post has SOARED in the last week or so: https://auntiekate.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/spreading-good-will-via-candy-canes/
Again, something so simple that we all smack our foreheads and say *I KNEW that!*
That’s why I save everything I ever bought from you. I go back and review when things start to feel mundane. It’s my library of great ideas.
Thanks, Kitty. The first question I ask of all potential consultation clients is “Which TGtbT.com Products do you have?” An amazing amount aren’t sure. Those who have printed out any PDQs they ordered and put them in a binder on their business reference shelf along with the Manual, are those with the greatest likelihood of success. If PDQs are simply stored in their computers somewhere, or even never downloaded from the email in which they arrived, are missing opportunities to better their businesses that are incredibly cheap… especially compared to my one-on-one consulting fees!