Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations on January 15, 2010| 2 Comments »
Have trouble keeping track of unusual happenings in your shop?I am the world’s worst filer but I’ve figured out where to put all those exceptions to regular business (the woman who talked you into a refund then never stopped in to pick up her check, the man who swore he (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, resale shopkeeping, selling on January 14, 2010| 2 Comments »
This time of year’s a good time to examine why you are…or aren’t… better than your competitor. And why. And to plan out what you can do about it.
Oh, okay, I will visit several other consignment/ resale shops in town…if I happen to be driving by and if I happen to have some free time. But how (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, selling, success on January 13, 2010| 28 Comments »
Wacky ideas for resalers welcome at AuntieKate the Blog
Today’s the start of a new feature here on Auntie Kate the Blog/ where Kate gets to hector, lecture, and browbeat the good shopkeepers of Resale-dom. It’s Wacky Wednesday!
All you have to do to be entered into our random drawing is add your helpful comment to this post. What’s your thought, your idea, your angle on today’s topic?
What are you (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, competition, selling, success on January 12, 2010| 3 Comments »
It’s quite possible we’ll be looking at a shortage of good quality incoming, what with the “difficult economic times” now going 
into its second or third year. Consumers aren’t buying as much, and when they do they buy cheap…cheap as in stuff that is basically not resalable. What to do? Well, you might consider
Why sell (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, customers on January 11, 2010|
Your “About Us” page doesn’t read like this one, does it? Email Marketing Software Tools and Email Tracking Software Tools.
(For those of you who cannot slog through it, for the record there are 25 uses of we, us, and our. And 3 uses of the word you.)
Nobody in your business world really wants to hear about you, your innermost thoughts, your fears and your dreams. They don’t give a fig about your mission statement. They just wanna know WIIFM. So give it to them.
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