If you’re less than confident about the look and appeal of your shop, get out and about.
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Do you resent the time Facebook gobbles up out of your life? You go to Facebook just to do specific things (post, check messages, participate in a group) and all of a sudden, it’s a half-hour (or an hour!) later and your life has not been enriched in any way?
There’s a solution.
Kill the newsfeed. Yup, there’s an app for that (actually, it’s a Chrome browser extension), and that’s what it’s called. Here’s what they say about themselves:
Saves you time by getting rid of Facebook news feed.
Kills the news feed and replaces it with a message reminding you not to get distracted. That’s it. You can still check your messages and notifications, post status updates, and do everything you could do before. You just won’t get distracting news feed posts anymore.
No more wasting time on Facebook. No more getting distracted when you log on to send a message. It’s that simple.
And yes, if you miss peering in on others’ lives, you can turn it off. You do need to use the Chrome browser for this to work. But that might be a small price to pay for getting all that wasted time back.
Thanks to Donna Moritz of Socially Sorted for this head’s-up.
UPDATE: Read this article too.
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Happy International Resale Day!
Here’s hoping you have a great promotion in your shop today (or sometime this week… just make your headline “Happy International Resale Week”!)
Oops, did the time just get away from you? Here’s Continue Reading »
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Okay, the cash register ain’t ringing (do cash drawers even ding anymore?) and it’s been hours since your front door even opened. Do you get on the Internet and Continue Reading »
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Boy, talk about rushing the season, huh?
The summer sun’s high, you haven’t even been to the lake/ beach/ pool yet, and here Kate is, urging you to get ready for Back to School… yes, even you home goods resalers.
Our feature article on TGtbT.com right now will help you make the most of shoppers’ budgets… for their sakes (Friends Don’t Let Friends Shop Big Boxes) and yours.
PS Need a social media message to get your clientele in the mood for shopping (consigning, selling, donating?) back to school items? HowToConsign.org, our customer blog, has an article you can link to!
5 Things to do to get your share of this season’s shopping dollars.
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