Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, employees, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 6, 2016|
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Staffing is always a challenge in any sort of retail, but even more so in resale retail. But it could be slightly less of a challenge if (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged promotions, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 4, 2016| 1 Comment »
A scratch-off card, offering a prize (or not) to your shoppers, is a memorable way to have a promotion in your shop. But most of the scratch-off cards you can order are pretty cheesy.
That’s why I’ve hunted up a make-your-own-scratch-cards tutorial.
As you’re thinking about the prizes you might offer, remember this absolutely-essential point. EVERYONE must be a winner (my tutorial on how you manage THAT is here.)
And one more possibility: since you put your heart-and-soul into handcrafting these cards, motivate people to hang on to them to remember how much fun it was to shop in your store. You could do this by printing on your cards: Return this for [a discount, a free gift, something!] between [a soon-coming-up date range of 10 or 14 days]
More help with this idea: Teachmama suggests this idea could be a good Christmas stocking stuffer (holiday gift to include in your business holiday greeting cards mailed to your top customers?) and even offers some design ideas for your card.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, customers, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop on September 1, 2016| 3 Comments »
Ever wish, as a shopkeeper, that you could get a spine, and stop feeling bad when people tromp all over you and then expect you to feel happy about it? That you could stop apologizing for running your business in a way that allows your business to exist?
Well, Kate to the rescue. Here’s a nice (more…)
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Not-for-Profit Resale, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, Facebook, mailing list, promotions, resale shopkeeping, small business on August 15, 2016|
One of my favorite bumper stickers is “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” So true! And most of us don’t get the opportunity to thank teachers nearly enough.
Well, enough of that. Here’s a quick, easy, and heart-warming way to extend a helping hand to all those hard-working folks, and to show them that shopping resale adds up!
For hundreds more promotional ideas and tips especially for the resale industry, click the pic.
Creating a graphic like this (I used picmonkey.com), to use on your web site, blog, social media channels, and to print as in-store signs, posters, and window messages, takes only a few minutes. (Naturally, you’ll add your shop logo and info to your creation.)
Add in some time to go buy a gift certificate to your local school supply shop (who might even give you a sizable discount in exchange for a sponsorship!) , and you have an almost-instant news-worthy event.
For more tips and specific ways to make your promotion continue to earn your business fame and fortune beyond the event, read your copy of Resale’s BEST Promotions from the Too Good to be Threw Products for the Professional Resaler.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged home decor, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, web on August 10, 2016| 2 Comments »
I was contacted by Real Simple magazine re an article they wanted on buying and selling resale furniture online. (It’s on pages 87-90 in the August issue.)
I gave them ALL SORTS of reasons to look local, real-life, bricks-and-mortar first. But alas, I was left on the cutting-room floor*.
Not one to waste brain cells, I thought I’d share my reasons to shop real-life first, in case you could use them.
For more resale furniture/ home decor ideas and suggestions, visit TGtbT.com.
* For digital natives, “The term cutting room floor is used in the film industry as a figure of speech referring to unused footage not included in the finished film. Outside of the film industry, it may refer to any creative work unused in the final product.” — Wikipedia
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