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    Ideas for marketing a small shopping arcade

    I'm one of a small parade of shops inside a covered arcade which is in the Town Centre, but one street away from the "main" shopping street. Footfall is an issue for us, and from talking to customers a big part of it seems to be that people just don't realise that we are here. Obviously our...
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    How to write a sales letter, when you want to give something away?

    It's happened successfully with the couple we've trialled it with. These were schools I already had contacts with though, so I didn't need to approach them with a letter. I don't know whether it vary's with different local authorities, but primary schools in this area tend to send relevant...
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    How to write a sales letter, when you want to give something away?

    As somebody who's good with words but awful at sales (I tend to waffle!), I've had a go and come up with this - please feel free to pull it to pieces, tell me how I should give up and look for a job stacking shelves etc. Haha
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    How to write a sales letter, when you want to give something away?

    Ok, so we want the recipient of the letter to do something for us, but in return we want to provide everything required to do what we want and we want to pay them as well. We're a toy/children's shop, and we've launched a "support your local school/nursery" scheme with a couple of local schools...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    Evening sweetie guru's! As my name suggests, I actually run a toy shop these days, although many years ago I used to earn my crust selling sweets via outdoor markets, a mixture of traditional jars and kiddies novelty stuff. I'm actually in the process of expanding my toy business, moving into...
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    Well Done Hi-Hosting

    Just wanted to throw my own experiences with Dan and Hi Hosting into the mix. :) Absolutely fantastic!! Super smooth transition onto their servers with no downtime, lightening fast response to support queries even over the weekend and late at night and great value pricing to boot. Thanks Dan...
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    Offline & online inventory management

    It's an off the shelf package, but with a few tweaks to suit us. :) We went with Freedom POS in the end, quite a small company but crucially the developer has a retail background, so really understands what is important in a shop environment. The costs are a little higher than some of the...
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    Offline & online inventory management

    We tried to cut corners when we first opened earlier this year, hoping to "wing it" with manual stock management and no cross reference between online and instore - what a headache. :( So, now that we are relocating to larger premises, it seemed the ideal time to roll out a proper solution...
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    Well Done Hi-Hosting

    Apologies for the delay with this Dan, a premises move got in the way! We're ready to get the ball rolling with moving our site and domain over, and I'm just on your website placing the order - I've selected to transfer our existing domain to you and renew for a year, however it's quoting a...
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    Separating out businesses within a company - 2nd company

    Great, thank you. And it would be the exact reverse in Company 2? CR Company 1 CR Directors Loan DR Assets DR Stock DR Cash Cheers,
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    Separating out businesses within a company - 2nd company

    Evening All, Just looking for some advice on the best way to achieve what I want to do. I formed a limited company a while ago, with the intention of carrying out some consultancy work. As it happens, I do carry out consultancy work through the company but have also branched out into a...
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    Well Done Hi-Hosting

    That's perfect, thanks Dan. More than happy to go with the above transferring the domain to you etc. I'll get the ball rolling tomorrow when I'm back in the shop, and no doubt give you a shout then. :) Thanks again.
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    Well Done Hi-Hosting

    Hi Dan, Some fantastic recommendations here - well done! I'm looking at moving our hosting over to you, as part of a bit of a re-config of our online presence - integrating the ecommerce side with EPOS etc. Are you able to help with migrating a Wordpress/WooComerce site over if we go with...
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    The Toy Shop Thread!

    I've noticed there are a few of us on here who are involved with toys in one way or another, whether via a B&M shop or online, so thought I'd start off a thread for us to exchange ideas, feedback on products (good/bad) and also a place to bemoan how bad things are for us (for 10 months of the...
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    Overcoming the "Pound Shop" mentality

    I'm not saying this is just a St Helens problem, because I know it's not, however the "Pound Shop" mentality that so many people have deeply ingrained into them today is so very dangerous for small local businesses. :( In the space of 10 minutes this morning, I have heard 3 different shoppers...
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