I’ve watched for weeks, itching to tell my consignment, resale, and thrifts friends this little nugget.
More people come to my site and my blog via referrals at my Pinterest boards than from my Facebook site (and site.)
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It’s official. Pinterest outdraws Facebook.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, success, web, word of mouth on November 9, 2012| 5 Comments »
Even 20-to-30 year olds don’t like math.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged markdowns, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, success on October 3, 2012| 11 Comments »
Express, the 600-store chain that caters to 20-to-30 year old men and women, had a dismal showing in this past quarter, financial news reports.
Why is that of interest (more…)
Back-to-school time applies to TGtbT Manual too!
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, Products for the Professional Resaler, starting a consignment shop, success on September 17, 2012|
Fear of Networking
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, success on September 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
Whether NARTS Conference or your local Chamber of Commerce, we all need to network. If not with our resale peers, then with other business people in our community, a social group at our place of worship, a family reunion… and it can be intimidating. This article was one of my Grow Your Biz columns in the NARTS newsletter. We now have a collection of the best of those columns, available in the TGtbT.com Build your Shop Products Collection
Networking. Notice how “working” (more…)
If you want my opinion (and you do)…
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, customers, mailing list, success on August 12, 2012|
Looking to find out what your customers… and perhaps even their friends… think about your shop, or would like to see you offer or change?
A properly-written, disseminated, and interpreted online (and/or in-store!) survey (more…)
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