Imagine you worked for 3 days straight and made $56? That's what happened to this business owner. This article on Shopify shows you hard it is for other online store owners to operate an online store and make a profile.
While the headline suggests success, any business person will see that that this article speaks more to the challenges than the opportunities.
I did like how Richard used his iPhone to do the photography, explored social media, and hit up his friends and family to make sales. He ...
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July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017
To all of our customers that are traveling this holiday weekend, Happy 4th! BUT for all of us that are right here at home and looking for a fun way to spend a little time today........drop by Brown's and check out "What's Upstairs?". We've added lots of new items up to 90% off!
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Thanks to HFN and Allison Zisko for covering our Bridge Brand Conference ;)
Please find the article below:
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Bridge Gives Indie Retailers Tools to Compete with E-Commerce Giants Brand-supplied product info can boost Google search results
Always wonderful when an accomplished musician stops in. Should have stalled our watch technician in order to get a longer concert!! (Just kidding) Thank you Mr Bob Waldrop for making our day more special!
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May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017
Tired of getting shaken down by Dropbox? Me, too. Today I got an email from Dropbox that they'd like me to pay $100.
What if there was a free, better alternative to Dropbox? Bridge helps you share products and organizes the data as it was intended--vs. making the recipient reassemble it.
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017
Thank you for joining us last Thursday for the first annual brand conference. Here is our press release on the event. And thanks to Diane Seidle for helping. ;)
Bridge Creates a Stronger Community in First-Time Conference
New York, NY β On May 18th, 2017 Bridge hosted its first annual Bridge Brand Conference at the 41 Madison Merchandise Mart in New York City. Bridge, an e-commerce platform connecting 100's of brands, ...
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May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
MacKenzie-Childs Gift W/ Purchase (Thru May) for Mother's Day & Last Days For Retired Ceramics! Receive a Courtly Check Enamel Small Compote (a $78 value) with the purchase of $250 of MacKenzie-Childs! Stop by either location to pick out a last minute gift for Mother's Day.
Attention MacKenzie-Childs collectors: all retired Taylor ceramic patterns are back for a limited time (orders must be placed with us by 4:30 on May 15th). You can finally replace that retired broken ceramic piece that you miss...
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April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017
Treat every Friday like itβs a holiday with Drop Drinkware
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April 1, 2017
April 1, 2017
How can your business get more engagement on social media? Below are a few 'dos and don'ts'.
As a starting point, let's look at a recent Chalk by a retailer in Texas. (Shown on the left). First, what a great sale! The issue: the text is appearing small, a bit hard to read, and wouldn't it be nice to see the gift item mentioned.
Let's fix this. On the right, you can see our version. We updated this Chalk to perform better in social media:
1. We made the image square. This allows it to appear ...
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February 21, 2017
February 21, 2017
How products βbreakβ when shared digitally between suppliers and retailers
1. These vases represent a supplierβs original product data. The supplier has products images matched up to product descriptions with dimensions, care & usage, etc. These pieces of data are all embedded with each other and give an accurate, complete view of the products.
2. The supplier prepares to share its product with stores. To do this, the supplier has to break the data up into Excel and Dropbox files.
How is your site ranking in Google? Bridge has a new feature to help you find out.
Bridge's new SEO tracker helps you enter 10 terms that you wish to be found for in Google. The goal is itemize what you want to be found for, then see how you're ranking. Here is how to use it:
1. Login to your Bridge. 2. At the top of your account, roll over "Management" and from the drop down click on "Your Account Profile" 3. On the Your Account Profile page, there are four links: Home Staff Email Subscriptions SEO
Curious how you're going to compete with Amazon? You're going to need to match or beat it in three areas: 1. Aggressive pricing 2. Wide selection 3. Speedy shipping
Bridge can help you beat amazon with selection. You'll need to offer speedier shipping by either shipping what you have in stock more quickly or by having quicker drop shipping from vendors. In terms of aggressive pricing, you'll have to get used to thinner margins and offering more sales.
What you have that Amazon doesn't is your warm ...
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January 31, 2017
We'll be at NY Now this week. Please contact us to make an appointment.
For suppliers, we'll also be dropping off flyers at your booth and showroom. Please check out the attached idea from Kelly Wenzel at Beatriz Ball. Kelly staples a Bridge flyer to purchase orders. This helps the retailer sell the product that it just bought from Beatriz Ball.
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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December 2, 2016
December 2, 2016
Let our rich surface of polished wood be the backdrop to your holiday feast with our beautiful collection of wood serveware. This Western Antler Cutting Board is sure to make a fabulous presentation.
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November 28, 2016
November 28, 2016
Today is Cyber Monday: that means that customers are expecting deals from you :) There is a new Cyber Monday department in the departments area.
Below are the steps to place an item in your Cyber Monday gift department:
1. Add the item to your online store. Note: an item must exist in your online store to add it to the Cyber department. 2. Edit the item. 3. You will be updating the departments that the item is in. When you place an item in the Cyber Monday department, you are placing it in two ...
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November 22, 2016
November 22, 2016
MARK YOUR CALENDARS IVY CUSTOMERS!!
Friday November 25: Dew Drop in for some famous HOT DOGS from Mobile's own Dew Drop Inn. We all know that's is better than leftover turkey!! Not to mention BLACK FRIDAY DEALS all day long!!!
Saturday November 26: SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY!! Come celebrate one of your favorite local businesses and support your local community. We will have a ton of specials, stay tuned!!
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