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TODAY'S TIP IS SPONSORED BY NEW YORK ANTIQUE JEWELRY AND WATCH SHOW
 
YOUR TIP FOR JULY 9, 2012
 


"If you have to swallow a frog, it is best not to look at it too long."

WHAT? Immortal words from Mark Twain, a writer who just seems to keep getting smarter every year (even though he's been dead for more than a century).

WHY? Remember these words whenever you have to do something difficult. Like sharply cut prices on stale inventory.

SOURCE: INSTORE


 
   
 


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  596. Don't hold the product when quoting the price...
  597. Use the grandma test...
  598. Dogs, cats, hamsters... Welcome them with open arms.
  599. Scrap that No Food and Drink policy...
  600. If your customer rubs his or her nose, beware!
  601. Get on the fast track to a customer's heart...
  602. Write envelopes by hand...
  603. Take a break once in a while...
  604. Teach customers the right way to handle gemstones...
  605. Start to exercise...
  606. Now's the time to stock up on Christmas decorations...
  607. Speak softly and carry a big discipline manual...
  608. This year, give resolution making a break...
  609. Now's the time to start working on your ad budget...
  610. Set up an "Extreme Value" showcase...
  611. List the price, not a percentage markdown in your sale signs ...
  612. Ask your parents to tell you a story you haven't heard yet...
  613. Force yourself to get up after nine or so hours...
  614. Offload low price-point items by the bunch...
  615. Make it seem less like a ring...
  616. Banish these four words from your store...
  617. Set a daily quota for handing out praise to your staff...
  618. Let gift-buying customers know that you'll be calling...
  619. Say hello to everyone who comes in the store...
  620. Be constantly changing your displays...
  621. Ask, so who else is on your list?
  622. Add some holiday season decoration to your website...
  623. Bring in a choir to sing in your store...
  624. Make your store smell like Christmas...
  625. Put a photo of smiling staff near the door...
  626. Simplify the choice for your customer...
  627. Keep detailed notes on job candidates...
  628. Subject lines are your friends...
  629. Don't think your super customers can be sated...
  630. Design "help wanted" ads to attract customers...
  631. Play up your community involvement...
  632. Establish a "preferred customer" program...
  633. Go the extra mile for the man in the "doghouse."...
  634. Go environmentally friendly with your catalog...
  635. Set up an appointment with your bank's lending officer...
  636. Give your staff a "splurge" gift to say thanks for their hard work...
  637. Got a hot new line? Stick it to the right of your current best seller ...
  638. Make good on that resolution to turn repair into a profit center...
  639. Put a portion of your ad budget into your website...
  640. Abandon the idea you can successfully multi-task ...
  641. Send a nifty holiday-season gift to your best customers...
  642. Get advice from a mentor with decades of big business experience for free...
  643. Give your most expensive merchandise lots of space ...
  644. Don't send birthday cards to your customers. Send them to their rings...
  645. Display gift items how they'd look in your customer's home
  646. Add face-value to the gift certificates you sell...
  647. Have entry-level price points across all categories...
  648. Display customer report cards in the back room...
  649. Offer discount goods to your best customers first...
  650. Follow up with job candidates at different times of the day...
  651. Holding a sale? Discount just a few items aggressively...
  652. Make your word as good as gold...
  653. Set out your store to reflect customers' right-handed bias
  654. Don't promise everything you plan to deliver...
  655. Always offer two choices on watch batteries...
  656. A complimentary gift to get a working mother really excited?
  657. Sell a "secret" item that customers have to specifically ask for...
  658. Could you offer customers pre-opening trading hours?
  659. Get serious about making your store a fun place to work...
  660. Aim for a higher margin when dealing with small vendors...
  661. Reduce the number of vendors you buy from...
  662. Keep showroom conversations on track...
  663. Overhaul your bill-paying system...
  664. When doing ring sizings, offer a melee guarantee for an extra $20...
  665. Don't let the potential big sale blind you to where the real margins are...
  666. Ensure you're focusing on what's important in your life and business...
  667. Remember to pitch the trend not the product promotion...
  668. Never forget the real cost of outdated inventory...
  669. Try the "gold tag" dog disposal technique ...
  670. Talk to customers and staff as if they were six-year-olds ...
  671. Don't allow staff to use store discounts ...
  672. When pricing custom work, use two columns ...
  673. Wrap all meeting with a set of action steps for staff to carry out
  674. Ensure every bride to-be signs up for a yearly cleaning ...
  675. Arm yourself with prepared questions
  676. Got a credit card that won't work?
  677. If the best saleperson always wins your sales contests, shake things up ...
  678. Create a secret ceremony to celebrate big sales ...
  679. Get faster results by paying quicker commissions ...
  680. Celebrate your past.
  681. Put chairs in your store.
  682. The correct answer to "Thank you"
  683. One benefit
  684. Keep on pushing for those add-ons
  685. Create your own terminology in your store.
  686. Build trust in your repair service.
  687. Get better at remembering customer's names
  688. Take the tried and tested
  689. Promote your repair speed
  690. Of the three golden rules in advertising
  691. Got a Birthday Coming Up?
  692. Celebrate your store's anniversary with a party or sale ...
  693. I would have written a shorter letter
  694. Still Relying on Keystone
  695. Target your words
  696. Take your best customer out to lunch.
  697. Place the odd price sign
  698. Get out a tape measure
  699. Jewelers are sadly closing their doors
  700. Can't commit to doing the things
  701. Looking for an interior designer? Call ASID
  702. If you can't give a surprise day off, how about a surprise hour off?
  703. Security guards should be welcoming, too
  704. Got an alarm keypad?
  705. Here's the magic formula for making diamond sales ...
  706. Looking for a new jewelry salesperson?
  707. When a customer comes in
  708. Got teens loitering around
  709. Take your best customer out to lunch ... it's a great way to build your relationship.
  710. Still relying on "keystone"? Instead, shoot for "turn and earn".
  711. The magic formula for bridal sales
  712. Celebrate your past with a party or contest
  713. SKU your customers
  714. Don't have at least one chair
  715. For flexibility
  716. Write an "Oath of Office"
  717. Make a commitment to get more business cards out into the public
  718. Remember, gifts-with-purchase don't have to be more jewelry.
  719. Always ask three times as many questions as you think you should ...
  720. Praise People Immediately