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5-Minute Fix: Use your email to better your business
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged email, small business, web on September 12, 2011| 3 Comments »
Recycling creates resale store fixtures!
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk on July 15, 2011|
I just love to see the imaginative ways folks re-use old pieces… especially when the new version is SO perfect for use in your consignment, resale, or thrift shop to add some flavor and quirkiness.
Like this one: (more…)
It’s like you, only better.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk on July 8, 2011|
Get out of the grey. Step into the light.
Get a Gravatar.
It’s good for business. But ONLY if you include, in your description, the URL you want potential clients to visit: your site, your blog, your Facebook page. That way, when people click on your gravatar, they’ll know who you are. Here’s the page you get if you click the Auntie Kate gravatar, or hover your mouse over my toothy grin.
Pretty helpful, huh, if someone wants to know about me and my business, especially if I have added a comment to someone else’s blog. It’s like introducing myself, or handing a potential customer my business card.
It’s free. Why wouldn’t you create your gravatar, and shed some light on your business?
If you have created (more…)
Making your postal message greener…
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, consignment, ecology on July 3, 2011| 1 Comment »
Put the ReSell...RePlace...ReJoice stamp of approval on your client communication
Carry the message of recycling one step further with these “Go Green” first-class stamps.
When (more…)
5-Minute Fix: Fix your Location in their minds
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, web on June 8, 2011| 6 Comments »
If we are real lucky
(and good shopkeepers), our every contact with potential clients is reinforced by the info they need. Like our shop name, address, and a locator reminder. And it’s easy to do
in under five minutes.
For example, this collage of photos that greets you when (more…)
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