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Pictures are great for social media. Pictures with words? Even better.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on August 15, 2014|

Start the e-conversation with a text to join optionA Functional Friday and 5-Minute tip from Too Good to be Threw:

Love to take merchandise pix with your iPhone (more…)

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Nothing worse than a web site with cobwebs.

Posted in Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on June 13, 2014| 5 Comments »

Tired of having a outdated web site for your consignment, resale or thrift shop?Nothing worse than a web site with cobwebs.

You know, the pictures from the wrong season, past addresses, a notice about a sale that was last month (or year.)

And it’s a pain to design a layout that works well.

And who has time to learn how to update their web site themselves?

You CAN have an attractive, easily-update-able web site AND blog for your consignment, resale or thrift shop by using a WordPress.com FREE blog.

Read this article (and the articles it links to) and our series on web sites for consignment, resale and thrift shops here on the blog and the TGtbT.com guide to blogging.

The best part(s) of this? The time you spend creating social media on Facebook etc could be zero... because you set your blog posts to appear there automatically. So your followers can see your info on social media, in their email, in your broadcast emails, as YOU choose. And your info about your sale or event or tips for shopping… are there for you to refer back to as often as you like!

Illustration from dwk-uk.com

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Cluster for impact

Posted in Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged , , on April 18, 2014|

A “Simple solution” photo tip for the vast array of home decor items in (more…)

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Can they text to join your e-mail list… right in your consignment shop or on your resale blog?

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on August 23, 2013| 2 Comments »

Start the e-conversation with a text to join optionDo you use Constant Contact to send customer emails? Can your shoppers text to join while they’re in the shop… or reading your FB or blog?

This tutorial tells how. Looks easy… and they even create signage for you!

After all, you want the most folks you can to receive those emails from you, right?

And who doesn’t have their phone in their hand, right?

I’m guessing that the other broadcast email suppliers can do something similar. (Tip for dinosaurs who don’t text (raising hand) : THEY need a phone, not you 😉 )

 

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Functional Friday: Where’s my darn cell phone?

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk on September 14, 2012|

Consignment shop jeansMisplace your cell phone? Easy enough to find, if you have someone with another phone who’ll call yours, so you can locate it somewhere in your shop (what the heck is it doing in in the pocket of those jeans?)

But what if (more…)

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