What If…
you thought of your consignment, resale, or thrift shop just a little differently in 2012? Would your shop be more successful? More fun to run? Would you find unexpected supporters and fervid fans if you just approached things a tiny bit differently?
This week we’ll present a few What Ifs for you to consider. And what if you took the kernel of one of my what ifs and modified it for your business? What if my idea, and your interpretation, and someone else’s version combined… can you see where this is going?
What if you dared to be greater than you already are?
What If? You didn’t bother tweeting for your shop? Or even Facebooking, for that matter?
Would it make a difference?
Here’s a neat flow chart entitled Should You Use Twitter
(hint: if it’s too small to read, click on the graphic and it will enlarge.)
Maybe you should just link your blog posts to Twitter and get it done automatically. You can link your business FB page to your blog too.
That way, you could get 3 social media entries for the price of one.
Imagine how much more you could get done.
Like, you could get a blog done. Now, THAT would make a difference.
There’s more What if‘s all this week… look forward and back. Also, see the original What if… which I mistakenly published with a 2011 date instead of a 2012 date. Stuff happens.
Photo courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/
I never check my twitter account (well I did just now). Just to be sure that it is still working. I do have it linked to my FB account as well as my website everytime I update it. I also link it to my blog posts and many of our giveaways encourage contestants to follow us and retweet for multiple entries 🙂 Works out great! I love the chart. Made me dizzy and I laughed 🙂
We use Ping.fm, constant contact will do this also, and when I post to Ping.fm it posts to my website, FB, Tweeter at one time. Saves me a ton of time. I get lots of great feedback on the FB posts and the fact that we post furniture and outstanding accessories as they arrive.