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Handy-Dandy Resolution List for Resale Shopkeepers

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 3, 2010| 4 Comments »

More traffic in your consignment shop means more business!Been too busy so far to choose some business-improving  New Year’s Resolutions? Well, Auntie Kate is here to help.

FIVE TO THRIVE: Resolved. Build traffic in my consignment or resale shop, starting today.

1- Get a plan. Make up your Public Relations Plan and take advantage of REAL social networking…the kind that happens in your community.

2- Learn how to put your Press Kit together. While you may not want to pay $80 to put a single press release on this site, their PDFs are helpful and applicable to other venues.

3 – Use your mailing list to its max. Broadcast email and snail mail.

4 – Collect and use customer testimonials. Aim for getting a good one every week.

5 – Learn to fully use Facebook to its full potential to better your business.

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Is this consignment cheating? Resale rip-off? Thrift thievery? Tell us what you think.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on December 30, 2009| 11 Comments »

"Conversation", watercolor by Carolyn Latanision, from copleysociety.orgRecently some consignment, buy-outright, and thrift shop owners and managers have been debating about

how shops are run.

If a consignment shop is left with unsold, un-reclaimed goods, what should be done with these?

If a buy-outright shop pays low prices for goods offered them and then (more…)

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Is there still time to improve your shop this year? You betcha.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on December 29, 2009| 1 Comment »

What are they saying about YOUR consignment shop?Is there still time to improve your consignment or resale shop this year?

You betcha. Take the next few days to sit down and read. And make (more…)

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Whatcha gettin’ for Christmas?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on December 21, 2009|

Make your Christmas merrier and your business better!Make your Christmas merrier, your shop better, and your career TWINKLING with Products for the Professional Resaler from Too Good to be Threw, The Premier Site for Consignment, Thrift, and Resale Shopkeepers. (see them all)

PS A little stocking stuffer that will stuff your shop with new clients… that costs less than a box of Godiva chocolates? Your shop on the  Resale Shop Directory at HowToConsign.com (here’s how)

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Is there any such thing as “TMI”?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on October 12, 2007| 1 Comment »

One of the catchier abbreviations used nowadays is TMI, too much information. It’s useful shorthand for things you’d rather not know, such as your brother-in-law’s weird sex habits. And sometimes, you get much more information than you bargained for, such as when you utter “how ya doin’?” to a shopper in your store.Gift-with-purchase item NO ONE else in town has!

But IS there such a thing as TMI when it comes to directing your own career? No. You want input on (more…)

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