Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

Some of you may know that I am a [very] amateur painter. I’m always looking to learn more about my hobby, to make pictures I am proud of, and to learn what works so my vision becomes reality.

Phil Davies of ArtTutor addresses the artist’s most common shortcomings and I think these points apply to resale as well!

1. Stand or sit further back for most of your drawing/painting time. (In our resale world, that means focus on the BIG picture.)
2. Hold your pencil or brush at the end. (Relax, don’t tense up. After all, it’s only OLD STUFF.)
3. Stick to a very limited number of brushes, pencils and colours. (Learn to do what works REALLY well rather than bouncing all over the place just for novelty.)
4. Give yourself a time limit. ( Set specific dated goals. Example, I want to be making $X by [date.] )

and Phil goes on to say

The fastest way to

loosen up your drawings or paintings is to follow along with an expert art instructor. Life is too short and time is too precious to learn by trial and error.

Learning by trial and error is so costly, too, in our resale industry. Not only might you forgo business/ income/profit every day that you are going down a path that doesn’t work… but you are probably

turning off potential customers and suppliers.

Once bitten, twice shy applies now, more than ever, to the public dealing with your business. They have so many other options, whether as a in-real-life customer or online, that messing up an interaction will cost you not just one sale but future potential purchases by this person.

Don’t let this happen to your business.

Do it right, the proven way, from today.

You can’t afford to be an amateur in today’s retail world.