Just like TV commercials, there’s an overload in email in boxes starting now as every merchant seeks to direct the dollars spent into their coffers. If you plan to send emails (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘small business’
Why I Am Not Opening Your Email This Holiday Season
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, email, small business, web on November 18, 2011|
No ID, no idea
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, email, small business, web on November 9, 2011| 1 Comment »
Here’s the complete text of an email (more…)
Hard to believe. Not a single resaler is taking advantage of Small Business Saturday?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, shop local, small business on November 8, 2011| 7 Comments »
A multi-million dollar ad campaign is going on,
and not a single consignment, resale, or thrift store is riding on its coat tails?
It was several weeks ago when I blogged about Small Business Saturday, an American Express promotion, and I thought my resale peers would be full of ideas on how their shops could get local attention and added business with this shop local movement, timed to gather shoppers in pre-holiday mode.
In case you forgot about this heaven- (or at least big business-) sent opportunity to highlight your business, here are some ideas from various sources around the web. Hope you get inspired by some of these ideas, and here’s hoping you will share your plans by commenting below!
“We’ve created a new policy”
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, small business, thought for the day on September 22, 2011| 4 Comments »
Is the first thing you think of, when people won’t do what you want them to do, to make a new rule they must obey in order to patronize your business?
If so you have a Napoleon complex.
You know: Submit (more…)
5-Minute Fix: Use your email to better your business
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged email, small business, web on September 12, 2011| 3 Comments »
Today, we begin our latest one-week series on The Internet: It’s free, but do you get FULL VALUE? with the top 3 points (more…)
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