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Cluster for impact
Posted in Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged home decor, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on April 18, 2014|
Recycling on a roll….
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged display, resale shopkeeping on October 2, 2013| 1 Comment »
Fabric stores have tubes too, and in a variety of sizes.
Next time you pass a carpet store, stop in and ask if you can have the cardboard rolls that carpet comes on. They’re great for an amazing variety of window decorating props.
Turn them into (more…)
Online Consigning
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips on July 6, 2013|
Online consignment sites are a boon to bricks-&-mortar consignment, resale, and thrifts… as a pricing resource! I found one today which is really (more…)
Gawd. How embarrassing. I had to leave immediately.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, Teeny Tips, tagged display on February 12, 2013| 8 Comments »
I was making the rounds of a few consignment shops here in Sarasota recently, being all cheery and sociable (I have to, now that my hair is purple. No standing in the background possible.)
I found a little something in a vintage shop (remind me to go back with my camera… they do incredible vignettes) and a great shirt from a favorite designer in a womenswear shop across the road.
Then came my moment of shame. In the next consignment shop, just past (more…)
Love letters: How to get them
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged consignors, customers, holidays, Thrift on February 9, 2013|
Well, ’tis the season of love… hearts and flowers everywhere, love is all around and so on!
Why not make marketing use of Valentine’s Day… by asking your clientele towrite a love letter to your consignment, resale or thrift shop?
There’s two ways to do this, depending on what use you will make over the coming years of their compliments.
* The tactile way: Hands-on is most appropriate for Valentines, don’t you think? Provide your customers with paper and pencil, and on the bottom of the provided paper, add a little line re “Optional: Name______________ if you will allow us to use this in our marketing for MyShop”
* The social media way: Provide them with a card listing the various sites on which they can review your shop online. Expect a low rate of results on this… very few people will be motivated to save the card, and actually go to those sites. But it’s worth printing up some cards which basically costs only a few bucks.
Either way, make your request attractive and appealing: Give the “tactile” folks the heart-embossed pencil to keep, give the “social media” folks the card tied with curly ribbon to a baggie of candy hearts.
Here’s hoping your shop gets lots of Valentines this year that you can use on your site, blog, social media all year long!
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