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

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This Deja Vu post is the one I personally refer consignment, resale, and thrift consultees when discussing how to build traffic through their doors. Often, they don’t realize what a great opportunity (more…)

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TGtbT.com makes it easy to be a professional consignment, resale, or thrift shopkeeperYou’re chatting with a customer,

or looking for some tips to put in your newsletter, or wondering what added value you can give to your clientele in your blog.

So you need some information that will make you look like the professional resale expert you are? There’s plenty on the Internet. Here’s a few:

  • Spot removal’s always a useful topic! Find some “insider tips” to share with your clientele at FabricLink  The Educational Resource for Fabrics, Home Apparel, Furnishings and Care
  • Or maybe refining your understanding of fabrics would be helpful. The site’s angled towards fabrics as used in menswear, but hey, camel’s-hair is unisex, isn’t it? ExecStyle
  • Find more tips throughout the Internet, or save time and sifting through unhelpful hints by ordering…

 Tips for your Customers
Over 215 resale-focused family, kids, beauty, household decor, kitchen, seasonal & holiday tips. Use in your newsletter, as stuffers and handouts, on your computer-generated receipts and clothes lists, in your consignor check letter. Put a tip in each dressing room each week. Post your favorites on your community bulletin board. Use them in conversation.
The possibilities are endless!
Give customers something extra to get increased word-of-mouth!

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Great point from one of my favorite sites, gaspedal.com. They wrote:

3 great moments to create word of mouth

Some moments are just naturally better opportunities to create conversations than others. If you can improve your timing, you’ll get a lot more word of mouth for the same effort. Moments to focus on:

1.         After the sale
2.         After the support
3.         After the check-in

1. After the sale
The moment of purchase can be an exciting experience — and it can make for a great opportunity to get people talking. You can help them do it …A new, happy customer has great talking potential, but only if you put the tools in their hands to do it. (Kate adds: It’s a heck of a lot easier to get (more…)

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Is your shop the FB Place to be?SnapRetail has some good videos, and here’s one most consignment, (more…)

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Word of mouth is everything, right? You do everything you can to get it: spectacular customer service, memorable Your helpers are your best word-of-mouth vehicles for your consignment or resale shop.display windows, imaginative and effective promotional events, awesome ads. You Facebook and tweet and blog until (more…)

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