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Archive for September, 2013
Only 100 Days! How will your shop do?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on September 15, 2013|
How to write for all your Internet “billboards”
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Facebook, resale shopkeeping, Twitter, web on September 14, 2013|
Used to be, you had to rent a billboard, buy a display ad, pay for air time on the radio and TV. Well, you still need to do all that, but many consignment, resale and thrift shopkeepers are relying heavily on social media, email, and their web sites or blogs to carry the largest share of their out-of-the-store salesmanship.
But crafting a message that will mean something on each of the platforms can be confusing. Here’s Vertical Response’s infographic to help you!
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Thanking people matters.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 12, 2013| 3 Comments »
While pondering how much
thanking people matters in business
(and of course in your personal life) for consignment, resale and thrift shops (and of course every interaction in person or electronically) I ran across this little gem of a PDF
THE
UNDERAPPRECIATED
ART OF SAYING
“THANK YOU”
Could this booklet help you and your staff be happier, more productive, and more profitable? In addition to more polite, which will make your mother happier?
There’s more PDFs from this company here.
The free graphic is from avery.com
What NOT to Recycle
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged recycle on September 11, 2013| 4 Comments »
I know. All consignment, resale and thrift shopkeepers are fanatics about reusing, repurposing, recycling everything that can possibly have a longer useful life.
But there are some things you shouldn’t recycle.
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Some biz advice a resale shopkeeper can REALLY relate to.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 9, 2013|
This business coach suggests (more…)
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