When geeks (of the consignment or resale kind, or the actual geek-geeks) start talking SEO and the like to you, do you feel like screaming
“It’s all Greek to me!”
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Archive for May, 2014
Online marketing lingo all Greek to you?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, web on May 20, 2014| 1 Comment »
The dollars per square foot are sky-high!
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop on May 14, 2014| 2 Comments »
If your consignment, resale or thrift shop has some closets… you are one lucky shopkeeper!
Turn your closet into (more…)
You’ll get more than you give away free with purchase!
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, shop local, small business on May 13, 2014| 3 Comments »
The resale industry’s most popular pins!
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, social networking, web on May 8, 2014|
If you don’t get a chance to follow Too Good to be Threw on Pinterest, here’s a quick report on our most popular pins there. Of course, this is “subject to change”, since we’re always finding great visual aids that could “help YOUR SHOP be all you dream it can be”!
Imagine this: book cases lined up: use the center space for double or triple hung items, shelves for folded onesies, baskets of booties, baby shower gift things, add an awning and Voila! A “Grandparents’ Corner” in your consignment, resale or thrift shop!
This mirror tray trimmed in bits and bobs of jewelry really caught consumers’ eyes. If you’re not saving and baggie-ing up broken pretties for crafts, you might be inspired to do so!
Another pin that tickled lots of fancies. I wrote: One of my fav vintage looks. If the cheapy frames you find don’t have their “original” hanging wires, just add your own. Great display window backdrop (w/fashion photos) or in your entryway with anything you like: care tips, clever sayings, customer snapshots…
Which pins on the Too Good to be Threw Boards have been most inspiring to you? We’d all love to hear! Comment, below!
The basics. Or so I thought.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop on May 6, 2014| 5 Comments »
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I opened my consignment shop, I included a couple of basics in my business that I thought everyone did.
Now, they came in so handy for my ease and enjoyment, that I figured it was way too simple to have to ask my consultees, attendees at my workshops, and correspondents whether they took advantage of these lower-than-low-tech shop tools.
But it seems that I have been neglectful. Recently, I (more…)
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