Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, web on October 6, 2013| 2 Comments »
I don’t know who told the shopkeepers of resale, consignment, and thrift shops that they needed to button up their personalities when communicating with their clientele, but whoever these teachers were,
If your current and potential shoppers and suppliers wanted to (more…)
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
(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
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
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged web on August 30, 2013| 2 Comments »
Some of my consignment, thrift, resale buddies are looking forward to a long weekend… or at least as long as a weekend can be, having chosen retail as a career. Enjoy!
If you take the “Labor” (more…)
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, resale shopkeeping, Thrift, web on August 29, 2013|
Telling someone to do something, without giving a reason why, only works for toddlers. And not very well at that.
So if you want your shoppers, your donors, your sellers or your consignors to DO SOMETHING, anything, for goodness’ sake, take a few moments to
Sure, they should think of you. But remind them why it’s so important. Keep a list of reasons to donate to your nonprofit, or sell to your buy-outright, or consign with your consignment shop, and use them in rotation. Bonus: watching your stats, you might even figure out which message means the most to your audience, and which means more traffic through your shop.
For example, just adding on a few words to the above message would “paint a picture” that would remain top-of-mind in your FB fans’ minds when they’re thinking of donating. Now, the NFP that posted this status update was a consultee of mine, so I know a little about what good donations to their stores do. So I’d suggest a few more words along the lines of:
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, HowToConsign.com, profit, web on August 27, 2013|
I’m as guilty as you are. I let my coupons expire and even my “rewards check” (AKA store credit) from Staples molder in the bottom of my purse.
And I’ve grown accustomed to less than 10% of those purchasing my manual actually redeeming the free Product coupon for The 15-Step Approach to PROFIT tucked inside.
So when I sent out the email to (more…)
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 