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Every consignment, resale, and thrift shop in the country seems to value their fans of their Facebook business page highly. They rejoice that, with little effort and seldom an expense, they can reach so many people so often.

Or can they?

There’s a universe of information out there about how to get full value out of all those fans you’ve collected, but here’s the simplest and most effective way:

Love ’em back.

Give them a reason to actually look for and remember your FB posts, in a way that will directly lead to sales in your shop. Here’s a good example, (more…)

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Cute idea I saw yesterday in a consignment shop.

They'd used pastel playing cards as earring cards!

They’d used pastel playing cards as earring cards!

They’d used pastel playing cards as earring cards.

They were simply in a rectangular box, but imagine how cute the idea would be clipped on a clothesline:

Pastel clothespins to display the carded earrings!

Pastel clothespins to display the carded earrings

I suspect the playing cards I saw were found at a dollar store, so keep an eye out. Imagine, that would be less than 2 cents per “earring” card!

Card photo from kardwell.com; clothespins available at Oriental Trading.

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You know I’m a bear about never saying NO or YOU CAN’T or WE DON’T or YOU MUST. So I am always on the lookout for nicer ways to say things. Luckily I had my camera with me this day:

Please resist the urge to sit.

“Please resist the urge to sit.”

I love the wording’s acknowledgment of how tempting their merchandise is… that you would have to RESIST the urge.  Adds to the perceived value of this couch! (Not to mention, it’s different from those “real” stores who cannot think past DO NOT SIT.  Courteous and motivating signage sets your shop out from the Dreaded Sea of Sameness that is retail today.)

What are your favorite ways to word what might be a negative message? Click on comments and let’s hear how polite and business-savvy your shop is!

Photo taken during Conference Bus Tour at Consignment Solutions.

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