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People and Quality first, then Resale Stuff Thereacfter, a mantra from Too Good to be ThrewWHAT’s productive when?

That’s a tricky question in our industry. After all, we have a minute-to-minute balancing act between incoming goods and shoppers… so which is more productive to ongoing success and profit

right this very minute?

Working with consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers  I remind them that their merchandise is worth zero until someone buys it… so there is a priority which is always true.

I like to teach the mantra PQRST to help them decide focus on what to do moment to moment:

PQRST

= People and Quality (of interaction) first… Resale Stuff Thereafter!

 

What do you think? Would this be a valid part of not just your staff training, but your shop’s “corporate culture”? Agree or disagree? Let’s hear it, in the comments…

Illustration based on an original here.

As christmascountdown.com tells us today:

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Used to be, you had to rent a billboard, buy a display ad, pay for air time on the radio and TV. Well, you still need to do all that, but many consignment, resale and thrift shopkeepers are relying heavily on social media, email, and their web sites or blogs to carry the largest share of their out-of-the-store salesmanship.

But crafting a message that will mean something on each of the platforms can be confusing. Here’s Vertical Response’s infographic to help you!

VerticalResponse Copywriting Cheat Sheet Infographic

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Thank You! is so important, says TGtbT.comWhile pondering how much

thanking people matters in business

(and of course in your personal life) for consignment, resale and thrift shops (and of course every interaction in person or electronically) I ran across this little gem of a PDF

THE
UNDERAPPRECIATED
ART OF SAYING
“THANK YOU”

Could this booklet help you and your staff be happier, more productive, and more profitable? In addition to more polite, which will make your mother happier?

There’s more PDFs from this company here.

The free graphic is from avery.com

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I know. All consignment, resale and thrift shopkeepers are fanatics about reusing, repurposing, recycling everything that can possibly have a longer useful life.

But there are some things you shouldn’t recycle.

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