To blog or not to blog. You’re the experts.

Okay, it’s time for me to condense 562 pages of notes about why consignment, resale, and (yes even) thrift shops should have a blog. Yes I really do have reams of info, graphics, links and resources that will help shopkeepers build their businesses with a shop blog. My opening session workshop, Who, ME Have a [...]

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2 Word of Mouth Stories that are super-useful for resale

Andy Sernovitz, the Word-Of-Mouth guy, tells this story about an amazing event that you might remember: In 1999, 60,000 people drove their plain Saturn sedans to Spring Hill, Tennessee to meet the people who made them. Why? They felt taken care of by the company’s no-haggle concept. They were amazed when they got a friendly [...]

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What will your customers buy for Mother’s Day gifts?

I’ll bet a lot of your current, potential, and future customers will not think about your store this week, as Mother’s Day gets nearer and nearer. Maybe you’d like a little hand? Glad to oblige: we’ve crafted

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Picnik alternatives for consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers.

Picnik is bundling up the checkered tablecloth. Time to find another way to fix your shop photos… before April 19. (If you have a feeling

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What If… you could get some free publicity?

What If… you thought of your consignment, resale, or thrift shop just a little differently in 2012? Would your shop be more successful? More fun to run? Would you find unexpected supporters and fervid fans if you just approached things a tiny bit differently? This week we’ll present a few What Ifs for you to [...]

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May your week-after-Christmas be merry & bright.

Okay, you’re busy right now. But here’s several email subject lines, blog entries, FB status updates, or even just tweets if that’s all you can manage at this point, that will make your consignment, resale, or thrift shop a STAR next week. Just click the star, below. Oh, and merry merry, all. See ya after [...]

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Give ‘em a photo op!

If you’re having a special event, why not provide your attendees with a photo opportunity? With everyone having a camera in their phone, and everyone having a Facebook page to post their photos on, it’s a natural way to get more

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Poetry for consignment, resale and thrift shops

…did you see ReFab’s reduced-price event’s slogan:

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Look like the Professional Resaler you are.

You’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 [...]

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Tired of being a Mystery Man? Or a Man at all?

Take a look at the right column here. See the “Readers Comment” section? A lot of consignment, resale and thrift shopkeeper viewers appear to be, well, rather

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How to get noticed in your town.

Whether you maintain a store blog or not, you probably can imagine how thrilled a blogger would be to

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Blogs Useful for Consignment, Resale, & Thrift Shops

As a resale industry insider, there’s a lot for you to know. And a lot for you to share with

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So simple. So effective. So perfect for your consignment or resale shop.

I love, love, love

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SNOOZE ALARM 3: Over-modest, self-limiting… & rodent-infested.

More of our mini-series SNOOZE ALARM: Really really boring ways to say things There comes a time (with luck!) in every consignment, resale, thrift shop, when you are simply over-stocked in something and you need to let your clientele know it to drive sales in this particular area. Could be toddler clothes, sofas… or as [...]

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Social Media for Resale

NARTS recently asked me: “What social media do you use?” It’s the first in a series of questions they are posing to the workshop presenters for Conference 2011, to introduce the speakers to association members. That’s an easy question to answer. But the bigger question I’d like to ponder is: How do you, as a [...]

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