In this new webinar for sales reps, I share why your retailers are struggling online and underselling your lines. I share how you can help them and boost your commissions by 18%.
Jim Collins, in his book BE 2.0, explains how purpose and mission are important to companies. To help explain this, he uses the metaphor of crossing a mountain range and seeing a star on the horizon. Your purpose is to reach the spot on the horizon below the star. The current mission is climbing up the mountain you’re on. The next mission is climbing up the next mountain and so forth in order to get closer to the spot on the horizon. You will have many missions, and may never ...
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I am sending the Ivystone sales rep Laura Zanone two $200 checks. Bridge gives sales reps a finder's fee when they sign up a retailer for a Bridge Store. The rep promotes Bridge Store because it helps the store sell more--which is good for the store and the rep.
Laura helped her stores save thousands of dollars and weeks of time. In total, she saved her stores over $6,000 and 10 weeks in labor.
Pizazz, a bridal and gift shop in Columbus, MS, signed up for a Bridge Store yesterday. It instantly received from Bridge an online store and an online gift registry for free. Within one day, it also offered 23,000+ products online. The store was able to quickly offer so many products using Bridge's Smart Products service. The service crowdsources product maintenance and allows each respective brand to manage its items behind the scenes.
Join Skyros Designs and Jason Solarek for drinks and 7 steps to build your online registry business. Jason will show you 7 free techniques to grow your online gift registry business.
Why attend? + Bridge retailers sell 13% more than those that don't use Bridge. + The average gift registry is worth more than $1,000 in sales. The average gift purchase is ...
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June 16, 2019
June 16, 2019
Business lunch: how retail is changing :)
Old retail is 80% analog. This consists of: the physical store, staff, customer service training, etc. What you’d expect walking into a Saks or Macy's. And it's about 20% tech: computers, cash registers (POS systems), mobile shopping, Google ranking, apps, hiring social influencers, Instagram, etc.
Today, the retailers that are well positioned, growing, and 'hot' carry the opposite equation: they're 20% analog and 80% tech.
Friday, July 12, 2019
Location: Skyros Showroom / AmericasMart
Wish to grow your gift registry business?
Join Skyros Designs and Jason Solarek for drinks and a free seminar. Jason Solarek will show you 7 free steps to grow your registry business.
Friday, July 12th 5 - 6 pm Skyros Designs Showroom Building 2 / 9th Floor / Suite 919 (next to the escalators) AmericasMart Drinks and lights snacks will be served Cost: Free
Why attend? • Retailers with gift registry services report selling 13% more. • Two million weddings will occur in the U.S this year. • The average ...
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Join Skyros Designs and Jason Solarek for drinks and 7 steps to build your online registry business. Jason will show you 7 free techniques to grow your online gift registry business.
Why attend? + Bridge retailers sell 13% more than those that don't use Bridge. + The average gift registry is worth more than $1,000 in sales. The average gift purchase is $142. +...
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Location: Dallas Market Center
You're Invited...
Join us to learn the 7 secrets to growing your gift registry business.
Why Attend? • Sell 13% more ~ Retailers offering a gift registry service report selling more. • Two million weddings will occur in the U.S this year. • The average gift ...
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February 5, 2019
February 5, 2019
For Retailers: Good news: the wedding registry season is here! Consider these facts:
1. This year 2.5 million weddings will occur in the U.S. That's 2.5 million potential gift registries for your store. :)
2. Amazon, Zola, and Crate & Barrel make millions from gift registry purchases. You will, too.
3. The average gift registry purchase is $142, and the average registry receives over $1,000 in gifts.
4. The online gift registry business is the one spot where indie stores are winning online.
How can your store succeed in 2018? Here are 4 questions to ask your business:
1. How many items does your online store offer from each brand that you sell? You'll want to make a list with 3 columns: one with the brand and one with the approximate number of items on your site. In the third column, enter in the total number of items offered by the brand. Shoppers often seek the website with the greatest selection.
For which brands are you missing the most items?
You'll most likely want to sync with ...
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December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017
Dayna Winter penned a nice column on Shopify about how indie retailers can succeed.
Her tips: 1. Get community/local gov't support.
2. Band together with other businesses.
3. Have an online store/presence.
4. Promote each other/pool resources.
5. Promote what separates you from the other choices/communities.
We agree with Dayna's tips. We encourage retailers--and ...
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January 15, 2017
January 15, 2017
Main Street vs. Wall Street How a 4-person web design firm united 200 indie stores against a $40m competitor
What if someone said that they're spending $40 million to beat up your small business? That's what new online gift registry retailer Zola plans to do. (Please see attached NY Times picture.) Gift registries are the last refuge of small, Main Street businesses and Zola has borrowed (in the banking world they call it "raised") $40m to swipe this registry business. Zola is backed by the same ...
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Jade, a lovely interior design and retail store led by Jennifer Rabalais in Louisiana, is joining Bridge. Welcome.
We're mailing sales representative Denise Rotenberry $50 for helping a retailer sign up for Bridge. Denise knew that Bridge would be the easiest way for the retailer to manage an online gift registry.
Send us three sales leads and we'll email you sample Bridge sites for the retailers. We let you be the hero.
If the retailer signs up, you'll benefit twofold: 1. You'll get a finders fee, and 2. You'll get more commission.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
You’ll learn:
• How does a customer make a purchase from your retail Bridge Store? Most stores assume they know...but do they? • How do you best process this order? • What tricks exist to better manage your online orders? • What is the best way to manage online gift registry purchases? • For your brides, learn how to create digital copies of orders that occur in your physical store.
Are you curious about how customers make a purchase on your site? Do you want to know how to save time in processing online orders?
Join us next Tuesday:
April 5, 2016 / Tuesday @ 2 pm EST Processing Orders: Tips to manage online and in-store purchases Audience: for retailers Topics: + How does a customer make a purchase from your retail Bridge Store? + How do you best process this order? + What tricks exist to better manage your online orders? + What is the best way to manage online gift registry ...
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