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Present it to them when they can USE it.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on June 24, 2012| 2 Comments »

Great thought from Andy Sernovitz:

“A lot of usability simply comes down to timing. If it’s not convenient for them, people just won’t do it. QR codes are a great example. It seems like they’re always (more…)

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Is your consignment or resale or thrift shop prepared for the end of Facebook?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 22, 2012| 4 Comments »

Yes,  it’s possible. Remember when every consignment, resale, and thrift store wanted (more…)

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Creative Customers? Or maybe even you? Great social media ploy…

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged , , on June 18, 2012| 1 Comment »

Collected objects, AKA junk drawer contents, recycled!Remember my post about making cute little “treasures” jars of bits-n-pieces you accumulate around your consignment, resale, or thrift shop?

Lot of viewers loved this idea but wrote to me saying they didn’t have enough.

Well, if you just have a few baubles around, and you are of a crafty nature, here’s a great tutorial on Cloth Paper Scissors that might inspire some relaxing, creative time for you.

And here’s where you can get a free e-book with 5 projects, including a hat to die for!

Make a steampunk bracelet with your consignment shop junk!Not crafty yourself? Print out the ideas, and post them next to the treasure stashes you have for sale! Even if these jars don’t amount to much income-wise… it’s

a great way to show the public you truly believe in recycling, re-creating, re-imagining.

And what word-of-mouth… especially if you encourage the artsy purchaser to send you a digital photo of her creation to show on your blog!

Bragging about customer creativity is a fabulous way to build community for your business.

Another way to use bits-n-pieces.

You could turn this idea (and so many others) into a fund-raiser as well, whether you’re a NFP thrift or a for-profit….

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♥ to spice up your messages with cute little symbols and smilies?

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged , on June 17, 2012| 1 Comment »

I ran across this treasure lode of symbols, entities, and smilies recently and thought you might enjoy them. They work on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter (if you’ve seen them today on my social media, you know I tested them for you!)

All you have to do is copy and paste them into your own blog, or a Facebook message, or a tweet.

✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ Should old acquaintance be forgot, ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ And never brought to mind? ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ Should old acquaintance be forgot, ❉ ❈ ❇ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
♩ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♫ ♩ ♬ And old long since! ♬ ♩ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♬ ♩❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❈And there’s a hand my trusty friend!❈ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ And give us a hand o’ thine! ❉ ❈ ❇ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ And we’ll take a right good-will draught, ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ for auld lang syne. ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
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❹
❸
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☮ Happy New Year! ☮

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Thanks to 1tess for compiling these. 

 And here’s a few more I found, and lots of Q&A’s. For example, you could use the scissors for “clip our web coupon” or the umbrella for “Rainy day? Good day to clean your closets! We have customers longing for [whatever]”
♥  ► ◄ ♀ ♂ ✄ ➊ ➨☂ ½ ☟
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Do any of you have other symbols etc that we can copy and paste? Add them in the comments below!

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Not a mosquito. Quite potentially, an alligator.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on June 9, 2012| 6 Comments »

Chances are, you missed this round-up of helpful links that I posted on Facebook last month. So I’m repeating it here, in hopes that more consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners, managers, and PR people can take advantage of it.

First read this, (more…)

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