this is the biggest work week we have and the biggest money week....the yardsale is sunday....ive been keeping 6 or 7 people working on many projects all week....very very exhausting....we have moved so much merchandise to its right place for the sale..... kind of scary, investing this much effort....paid effort....but our customers have come thru every time....i know this whole year has been different tho....and locally our school starts tomorrow!!! poor kids....so our date might be all wrong./...the sale has been so good in the past i just cant risk changing much about it.... last year was over 800 people...
last night i let 2 women in after hours..i was way too tired!! and almost said no to the person on the phone...........i cant let retail come in after hours....it takes a long time to see everything.... .after she let me know she had spent plenty with me in the past and if i didnt want to bother with her she wouldnt stop, i came to my senses and realized they were dealers in an 18 ft trailer so said yes!!!! thank heavens!!! 5 nice pieces of furniture sold...and i got to meet 2 fun women with wads of cash and heading to the 127 yardsale...i asked how far they would go....i think it goes hundreds of miles...they had no restrictions except the 18 ft of space i guess....those lucky dogs....i let them use their credit cards so they could save their cash for the shopping...FACEBOOK...my dil , terrri, will be working in the store soon...shes our webmistress and im trying to make some web goals for us.....
facebook is a total mystery to me....but i know its a possible tool and used by lots and lots of my customers....so im going to try to get up to speed and try some ways for our store to use it....... some good talk here http://ricksegel.com/blog/
i dont get it at all ....yet...if they already go to my store blog why would they go to facebook? whats the difference? why do both?...... ANY HINTS FOR ME??
gad...i heard 2 twitter plots yesterday....im not going to be twittering!!! one was a fancy resturant on wheels in santa monica that used twitter to tell customers where the truck is....and another is a michigan shopkeeper who lets her customers know her schedule...
im not going personal....altho i do have some college friends i would love to find..
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Hi Ann! Thanks for the nice note on our post! Was in the store Monday with a friend, but you were busy, so I didn't get to say hi. Another time! All the best with the yardsale; I know it will be packed.
darn....i want to meet you...im always busy....just come get me....ann
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