At least here it did. Kindergarten through college. Maybe in your neck of the woods, school starts later. But it got me thinking, what with all of us being last-minute sorts: so here’s some last-minute, low-budget ideas to make your shop stand out from the crowd.
Why, it’s those very TV broadcasters you’re always trying to befriend!
Yes, indeedy-do: Someone’s taken consignment to the airwaves…sorta. All those solid-color, conservative suits and jackets are finding Continue Reading »
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Gotten any compliments lately?
Sure you have. Customers are always saying the nicest things about your business, whether you’re consignment or resale.
Don’t you WISH they’d pass on the good word?
Here’s a plan that you could Continue Reading »
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Are you catching your readers’ attention 
only to blow it off? You are, if you send folks wanting to see your photos to a third-party site. Twitpic does ZILCH to polish your business image.
I’ve noticed that many consignment and resale shopkeepers do just this. They post pictures, which they have taken the effort to take, file, and offer up, on Twitpic and the like, rather than on their own site or blog.
Here, take a look at a Tweat which directs the viewer to Twitpic.
redressnycCheck out Continue Reading »
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I get a LOT of email on this: consignment and resale shopkeepers are worried about the attention span of their clientele. How many words should my ad be? Will I bore them? Can I say it in 140 characters?
Length doesn’t Continue Reading »
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