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Valentine’s at the Restaurant: Business super tonight but…
Try to go out to dinner tonight on Valentine’s Day. Chances are, it’ll be impossible. But tomorrow night? You’ll have your pick of restaurants, best tables, and attention from the wait staff....
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Poking one’s nose in other people’s business
One of the great advantages of running a retail resale, consignment, or thrift shop is that you get to nose around in other shops disguised as a customer. We don’t often appreciate this. I mean, rocket...
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Last-minute Holiday Email Subject Lines for Resale & Consignment Shopkeepers
Just a handful of possible broadcast email lines for my resale industry friends to use… I’m compiling a brand new Product for the Professional Resaler that will be out soon, full of Email subject...
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Here’s something to Twitter, Facebook or blog about, or send your email list….
Need a quick “why-shop-with-us” message? To Twitter, put on Facebook, to blog about or send your email list? Here’s one. Use the whole concept, or just the red quote at the end of the entry. Don’t...
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Wacky Wednesday: Your Favorite Consignment or Resale Phrase
Today’s Wacky Wednesday Giveaway is sponsored by Once Again Consignment in Roswell New Mexico. Why? MollyB says HowToConsign.com has brought Once Again Consignment to the top of Google. With a common...
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Another way to extend your business reach.
Clothing swaps. How could you use THESE to build your business, increase awareness, and…perhaps the most important use of all…signify community acceptance of “wearing someone else’s hand-me-downs”?...
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BackAgain Bucks, Come Back Coupons, and the like: July’s the Time!
One of the most generous coupons or discounts you can offer in your consignment or resale shop is the Slow-Time-Before-The-Season-Change coupon, commonly called BeBack Bucks, BackAgain Bucks, Come...
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The ReEvent: Learning by Surfing
One thing about the Internet…you can tap into some of the most brilliant minds in the world from the comfort of your keyboard. And it’s especially rewarding when you look at a business which has some...
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It’s a Classic.
Yes, I know that you’ve heard that statement too many times. Most often voiced by consignors or suppliers who want you to accept the moth-eaten Villager wool suit from 1979, or non-profit volunteer...
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If you want my opinion (and you do)…
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...
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Getting the New Season’s Goods in, IN Good Time!
An excerpt from How to Switch Seasons Easily & Profitably, a Too Good to be Threw Product for the Professional Resaler, available in the TGtbT.com Shop: Getting the New Season’s Goods in, IN Good...
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Tearing your hair out over something to email them with?
I know, sometimes the resale muse is just asleep (under the coat rack, we suspect). If it’s time (maybe even high time?) for your consignment, resale or thrift shop to send out an email to your list,...
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If you can read this, thank a….
One of my favorite bumper stickers is “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” So true! And most of us don’t get the opportunity to thank teachers nearly enough. Well, enough of that. Here’s a quick,...
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