Ep. 7 Five Fun Ways For Retailers To Get More Engagement On Social Media

As small, independent shop owners, it can be incredibly difficult to step away from our businesses.  For some of us, we’re the only ones running our businesses. Others have small teams, but we still have to prepare our team and anticipate problems that could come up before we take time off.  Shopkeepers, though, are some…

Safety and health concerns for the upcoming holiday shopping season are on the minds of many consumers. If you’re taking measures to keep yourself and your customers safe, those customers will genuinely support your efforts and will come back to shop with you.  Here are some guidelines to keep everyone safe while they shop at…

As we head into the last few weeks of 2021, it’s normal to start thinking about the upcoming year. And there’s a lot of advice out there for bigger businesses! But what can smaller indie retailers expect in 2022? Read on for ten of my predictions. 1. Omnichannel Retail Will Continue to Expand Because retail…

The decision to add something to our businesses often feels fun, exciting, and exploratory. Yes, adding something new can require hard work and an initial load of tasks on our to-do lists.  But how different does it feel when you CUT something out of your business, like when you remove a revenue stream or eliminate…

This is the final installment in my four-part series on Operations Manuals for brick and mortar store owners! Read parts one, two, and three. Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared why an operations manual is beneficial, five systems you should document for your retail store, and a free resource to give you a head…

The people you surround yourself with constantly influence everything you do, from the clothing you wear to how you run your business to what beliefs you hold!  And while you can counteract some of this subconscious conditioning with your thoughts, it’s hard to do that if you don’t recognize the types of people you surround…