Many consignment, resale and thrifts recommend their peers to shoppers. Some do it verbally, some carry their peers’ business cards, some use group or even self-made brochures listing resale shops.
Some use (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, customers, resale shopkeeping, shop local, small business on September 30, 2013| 4 Comments »
Many consignment, resale and thrifts recommend their peers to shoppers. Some do it verbally, some carry their peers’ business cards, some use group or even self-made brochures listing resale shops.
Some use (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged email, Facebook, resale shopkeeping on September 27, 2013|
A consignment shopkeeper I met years ago recently sent out a broadcast email with this message: (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged email, web on September 26, 2013|
I do some (a lot, but hey, who’s complaining) social media work for a non-profit association.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, customers, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, web on September 25, 2013| 2 Comments »
Are you turning your Facebook customers OFF with your postings? We talked about this in yesterday’s post. The article we were looking at is 5 No-No’s from Vertical Response.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged profit, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, web, word of mouth on September 24, 2013| 5 Comments »
Pithy point for all retailers, ESPECIALLY us consignment, thrift, resale shops, about Facebook convos. Even the negative comments. Thanks, Vertical Response.
Read more about Facebook No-Nos. Pay attention to #5 lest you (more…)