I snapped this sign immediately when I spotted it in Continue Reading »
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Your web site. Your Facebook cover photo. Your blog. Your profile picture, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, business card, media ads, TV commercials, Tshirts, garment tags, trade show, charity auction signage… how many places could YOU put
a picture of your shop?
Lots, huh?
But won’t that be boring?
Not if you make your photos POP.
Click to see the variations larger.
Done on your phone with the Prisma app. Take some time and explore it (you’ll have to find how-tos with your search engine. Don’t get me started on why app makers don’t tell you how to use the darn things.)
The results are artsy enough to print out on some nice paper and frame in your dressing rooms. Never hurts to remind folks just where they are. For example, here’s my fave:
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Yesterday, we talked about shopping local as a possibility for Continue Reading »
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If you’d like to focus your advertising and social media on shopping local during Continue Reading »
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Recently, a shopkeeper got the queasies. (She didn’t read one of my recent blog posts, did she?) She asked:
My agreement says things not picked up at the end of the period are mine. But what if someone sees their stuff in my bag sale? Is it okay for me to sell these things?
Other shopkeepers were quick to tell her yes, it was indeed fine to sell out-of-dates (ODs). But she remained unconvinced. This is what Auntie Kate would have said Continue Reading »
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