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How to get interaction on social media: Ask a simple question!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged , , , on March 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

want mote interaction on social media? TGtbT.com tells you how

There’s 2 keys to getting your social media followers involved in your posts. (And no, giving

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How to gain over 4000 Closed Facebook Group members in 11 months.

Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on February 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’m a member of a closed group that had some incredible customer testimonials and photos of their purchases… so I looked into what was going on. Contest? Not exactly...

The shop has 161,000 likes on its business page.

And over 4000 members in its closed group.

Here, I think, is why. On (more…)

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8 Tips to Make Networking WORK

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on February 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The benefits of “knowing people” are very real, in personal and business settings. And that, really, is all that networking is: putting yourself out there, making contacts, working with others who have something in common with you. If you’re not comfortable reaching out to make strangers part of your network, here are eight ways to get started:

1- Keep this first and foremost in mind: you’re 

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Tell me what you sell.

Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , , , on February 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Seriously. If you were meeting someone for the first time, or describing your business to a stranger,

Tell me what you sell.

Take a scrap of paper and tell me, in 25 words or less what you sell. Cool. Now add a WIIFM*.

Keeping to that 25 words. Preferably less, a lot less. Can you?

Is it mesmerizing, motivating, and melodic?

If not, keep trying. Then memorize it. You’ll need it. It’ll drive your business, whether spoken, as a slogan or tagline, or as a hashtag. Heck, get a rubber stamp, letter it onto your windows, put it on a T shirt!

Too Good to be Threw at TGtbT.com

 

* What’s a WIIFM?

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Deja Vuesday: No one reads anymore.

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.com

Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Love your social media followers? Wish they’d actually STOP and READ your message? You can get your message across without driving yourself crazy writing.

Give your fans a break. “NO one reads anymore” can be combated!

But you will have to read to find out how 🙂 

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