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When a stranger looks for your business in a search engine, will they find you? Or will the first results be those of your competition?

How search engines decide who goes first is complicated (not to mention, in many ways, “secret”) and involves knowing a heck of a lot more than you as a shopkeeper care to learn. But there’s a simple, 5-minute way to help search engines find your web site.

Is there an easy, non-geeky way to improve your search-engine ranking? (more…)

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Is your consignment shop a secret from your Facebook friends?Privacy issues are a concern of us all. Internet privacy is of special concern when it relates to your financials, your suppliers’ contact information, and even, sometimes, where you got those terrific hairbows you sell.

But can being too private online actually harm the chances of your shop’s succeeding? Yes.

Most resale, consignment, and even many nonprofit charity thrift shops have active Facebook fan pages and most shopkeepers put a lot of effort, thought and time into using Facebook as a marketing tool. Some shops even (more…)

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3d postman with envelope and bagDo your emails have your signature on them? Do you know why they should? Do you know how?

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Love how this shop in Bradenton FL solved an annoyance. This wooden pedestal (more…)

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Joanne, a friend of long standing (sounds so much better than “an old friend”, don’t you agree?) who has a consignment shop in St. Louis, sent me this simple idea that an resale, thrift or consignment shop could use:
I was at Target yesterday and I found (more…)

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