Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged christmas, holidays, selling, success on December 17, 2012| 1 Comment »
Click for a template for your Stocking Stuffer signs
Your consignment, thrift, or resale shop has LOTS of merchandise that would make good stocking stuffers, doesn’t it?
Nothing’s easier to do than (more…)
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, selling, web on December 15, 2012|
Oh, heck, Every year, I swear I’ll be DONE with Christmas shopping by now. After all, Christmas occurs like clockwork every December 25. So why would I subject myself to venturing into stores at this time of year?
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, customers, holidays, Thrift on December 12, 2012|
Chances are, there are a few customers, consignors, supplies, donors or volunteers whose very presence in your business life you are truly grateful for.
The only way to really thank them (more…)
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, resale shopkeeping, web on November 11, 2012|
cinch your wasp waist into a frilly apron, and clean up the web.
Here’s a series of posts here on Auntie Kate the Blog to give you some motivation.
After you’ve read the series, download our free PDF, Your Website Ranking Quiz, and see how well your consignment, resale, or thrift website is working to actually get paying customers and valuable suppliers into your store.
If you have, have had, or want to have a blog, skim over the handout from my NARTS workshop. More on blogging to get real live customers into your real live store. (Tip: Your web site is your brochure. Your blog is your magazine.)
Is your web site just too much to tackle this week (I feel the same way about my office)? Then take 5 minutes to learn how to use your email to better your business.
Or check out these Facebook-for-resale-shops tips and links.
Don’t do your own web housework? Make note of what you’d like to change, and pop it into an email to your site keeper.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, small business on November 6, 2012|
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where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.
Here’s a question you didn’t expect to be asked today, did you?
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