Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on October 11, 2013| 1 Comment »
I loved the logo that Renewed Treasures uses and asked owner Cindy Besselman if I could share it with you.
Better than that... she persuaded her graphic designer to share some wisdom with you!
Without further ado, Amanda Rachel Chastain Best on designing a consignment, resale or thrift shop logo:
I recommend the following steps when coming up with a good graphic:
1. Draw (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, promotions, resale shopkeeping, web on October 10, 2013| 1 Comment »
Today’s just a banner day for your old Auntie Kate… I’ve been privileged to discover some super-terrific examples of consignment, resale and thrift shops doing some
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
stuff. You probably already saw (more…)
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, web on October 6, 2013| 2 Comments »
I don’t know who told the shopkeepers of resale, consignment, and thrift shops that they needed to button up their personalities when communicating with their clientele, but whoever these teachers were,
If your current and potential shoppers and suppliers wanted to (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, customers, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, web on September 25, 2013| 2 Comments »
Are you turning your Facebook customers OFF with your postings? We talked about this in yesterday’s post. The article we were looking at is 5 No-No’s from Vertical Response.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Facebook, resale shopkeeping, Twitter, web on September 14, 2013|
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.
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 