WE ARE ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS RIGHT NOW.....
THE BIG OPEN HOUSE IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER....
im on line with lots of other stores ~~~~and hearing all their ideas~~~~ its putting me into OVERLOAD....
HERE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS IVE HEARd ON LINE ;;;
PEACOCK TREES, lime trees, upside down treses, wall trees , ornaments on trees, theme trees
TRUNK SHOWS, yes or no...
SOME KIND OF PROMOTION THAT GETS THE HUSBANDS IN , INCLUDING BEER, how many promotions..
parties,LOTS OF IDEAS INCLUDING WINE AND SPIRITS..super food layouts, invitation only
COUPONS, BE BACK COUPONS, drawings,
DEMONSTRATIONS on decorating, flower displays,
GIFT BAGS, what to give your best customers.
every store does it different, and some have really wonderful events and some dont think it works at all.... ..
SO ITS SURE ON MY MIND TODAY... i really have to figure out the prop and furniture configurations very soon........we changeover so much of the store for christmas...
also
#TRYING TO REMEMBER....another problem is the stuff is mostly packed away and i havent seen our christmas merchandise since we packed away when it came in..ididntmake workbooks of the different displays as i ordered..
#MELDING TOGETHER all our advertising , newspapers, radio and ...
ALL THE CYBER PLACES... our site, blog and facebook...EMAIL making the most of it all and connecting witH as many fans as possible...my cyber work is so hard since i cant do any of it myself... thank heavens for my dh and dil....
last year i was good and made lots of notes....so its time to dig all that out and get a real plan going...
its been such a scary year but im going to try and make it as big and nice as ever...
I CAN HARDLY FACE THE PHYSICAL PART....WE HAVE TO MOVE A WHOLE SECTION OUT...
ALSO... just signed up and joined giftbeat.....it really seems nice....with lots of active stores talking....i love to hear from stores...so much better than the experts and female press....imho
heres our newsletter..... terri my dil....does it for us... http://www.greenoakantiques.com/oct2009.htm
8 comments:
Hi,
I'm thinking of giftbeat too- let me know if you like it,
deb
:)
I'm coming to your open house! All those ideas sound fantastic. Of course I'm a big fan of a huge food spread. :-)
I can't wait to see pictures of everything when your all done and have it set up.
Maybe one day I'll bring a bus load to you. Wouldn't that be fun?
Thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog.
Timi
How exciting and exhausting. I'm trying to plan Christmas for two booth spaces right now and I'm already going a little nutz. I have so much to price and not sure how I want to display yet. Sigh. Sea Witch
Hi Annie! Have to say I'm ready to move on to Christmas -- ready to be done with the oranges and browns for this year -- but it is a big job! Gave away lots of your etsy cards this weekend. xo
ann, what did you decide? two open house events? one in nov one in dec?
yes we did decide to do another one on the 5 of dec.....with a trunk show...with a jewelry person....and just wilth the email and in store promoting....now we just need a name for it....
im on giftbeat now....and like it.....lots of active stores .
We try to make all of your sales although we have missed a couple this year we did make it at the Open House this November.
I was soooo amazed at the difference you made in the store. It was just plain, BEAUTIFUL!!
I am planning to bring a friend and my cousin before Christmas and looking forward to Dec.5, your next open house or whatever.
We are long time customers and always enjoy shopping at Green Oaks Antiques!
Thank You for all of your hard work.
Dean and Pat Sedam
We visited your store during your open house and was so amazed at how much work you have put into it.
It is sooo beautiful. We spent a lot of time looking and of course there were some items I couldn't live without.
We are long time customers who always look forward to your sales and open houses.
We wish you lots of luck in whatever you are trying new and of course all of the old.
Thank you for such an interesting and great store.
Dean and Pat Sedam
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