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5-Minute Fix: Use your email to better your business

September 12, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Learning some basic tricks about being the best resale shopkeeperToday, we begin our latest one-week series on The Internet: It’s free, but do you get FULL VALUE? with the top 3 points Continue Reading »

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Pause. Grieve. Think.

September 11, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw


As for those that carried out these attacks there are no adequate words of condemnation. Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity.

–British Prime Minister Tony Blair

Everything we have done in response to the 9-11 attacks, from the Patriot Act to the war in Iraq, has reduced freedom in America.

–Representative Ron Paul (R-TX)

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A Saturday treat for consignment, resale, and thrift shops.

September 10, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

I was playing around the other day and made you a graphic. It’ll work for Continue Reading »

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Lagniappe as a word-of-mouth tactic

September 9, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

You want to please and delight your clientele so that they remember you, and talk about you, and tell their friends Continue Reading »

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The Internet: It’s free, but do you get FULL VALUE?

September 9, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Get the most out of your consignment shop's Internet presenceConsignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers are nothing if not thrifty, and we love the options on the internet that are free (or down-right cheap.)

But that doesn’t always mean that we always get full value out of all the wonderful ways there are to publicize our shops, our value, our selection and our expertise.

So next week, we will have a quick and easy series on

simple ways to increase your audience

with no, or little, expense. The series will include the best ideas and resources I have found for you. In fact, there are so many aspects to

build your internet effectiveness with no effort

(or at least, not any more effort than you are already expending!) that the series might even have to be more than a week.

To be sure you don’t miss a single tip, sign up for free email delivery of blog posts in the upper right-hand column here on Auntie Kate the Blog. (I don’t get that list; you’ll only get notification of new posts on it; you can unsubscribe at any time. If you want to get ALL the news from the Too Good to be Threw Family of sites for Professional Resalers, join the mailing list for USED ain’t seen nothin’ yet, our no-cost e-newsletter, over on our home page.

And get ready to add your thoughts and experiences to the tips. I’m not an expert on the internet… but I know lots of them, and some of them actually include you resale industry participants!

I’m excited

and hope you are as well! See you right here, every day starting Monday September 12!

 

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