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Shoppers often look for “after Christmas” and “after New Year’s” sales.  So home business owners can utilize this as a shopping promotion, too.  The manager of a mall store told me shoppers are always coming into her store looking for special sales after Christmas and for new sales to start out the new year.  So her store regularly plans specials
1. Do you have Christmas or seasonal items you don’t want to hold over for another year?  Put these out at reduced prices in your shop and online…while supplies last.
2.  Plan a New Year’s special or beginning of the …read more

So often your customers are rushed and stressed this time of year as they finish their shopping, attend school holiday programs, do extra baking, wrap up year-end reports at work and often deal with stormy weather.
How can you make them smile and feel less stressed when they shop with you or visit your online store?
1. Smile of course. Often a smile will bring one in return.
2. Put smiley faces or cheery design on e-mail correspondence with them.
3. Tuck little cards, no larger than a business card, into their packages with an uplifting saying. This works for online …read more

The question posed by a reader at Grow Your Writing Business impelled me to write a post in answer her query and for Yvonne Russell to seek answers, too.   Yvonne has set up a “Just Ask” feature at Grow Your Writing Business and asked me to be one of her “experts” in answering questions.
I consider this an honor and hope I can be of help to her readers and mine in answering questions about operating a business at or from home, as well as work one can do at home for another business.   In today’s world, with jobs being uncertain at traditional businesses, …read more