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3 Ways to prepare for success
1- Keep your
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3+3+3 = 9 Ways to Plot your Resale/ Consignment Shop Success
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on March 26, 2019|
Tell me what you sell.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, email, Facebook, resale shopkeeping, social networking, web on February 4, 2019|
Seriously. If you were meeting someone for the first time, or describing your business to a stranger,
Tell me what you sell.
Take a scrap of paper and tell me, in 25 words or less what you sell. Cool. Now add a WIIFM*.
Keeping to that 25 words. Preferably less, a lot less. Can you?
Is it mesmerizing, motivating, and melodic?
If not, keep trying. Then memorize it. You’ll need it. It’ll drive your business, whether spoken, as a slogan or tagline, or as a hashtag. Heck, get a rubber stamp, letter it onto your windows, put it on a T shirt!
Hodge Podge? Nope, Prizes!
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged promotions, resale shopkeeping, success on August 6, 2018| 1 Comment »
You know how you sometimes get whole collections of things in, and you’re at a loss as to how to group lots of little things, how to price, even how to tag? Like this (more…)
Customer Complaints are GOOD
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, resale shopkeeping, success on April 26, 2018|
There’s nothing to fear about customer complaints in your shop. In fact, if you approach them as
Learn a Lot: E-snooping
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, learn a lot, Products for the Professional Resaler, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success, web on September 18, 2017| 2 Comments »
Where do you find the best information about your resale business?
Well, in our Products for the Professional Resaler, of course. But there’s another source for great ideas you can adapt to your consignment, resale or thrift shop, and that’s (more…)
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