257. Spring Cleaning for Your Retail Business: Refresh Your Mind, Shop, and Sales
With host retail coach Wendy Batten
https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/
LAST CALL! Are you ready to simplify your marketing strategy and boost your retail sales? Join me and a small group of driven retail business owners for my 6-week, hands-on program: The Sales and Marketing Accelerator! Each week, you’ll receive a short video with an actionable tip followed by a live, interactive strategy group coaching session. We’ll work together to create a simple, repeatable marketing plan tailored to your business. No fluff, no wasted time—just practical strategies you can implement right now. Spots are limited, and we start on April 23rd. Join us!
In This Episode:
Ready to spruce up your shop and boost your business? Spring (or Autumn, depending on where in the world you are!) is the perfect time to clean out the old and bring in the new. In this episode, I’m giving independent retailers easy tips to refresh their mindset, clean up their shop, and make more money.
Key Takeaways:
- Mindset Refresh: Get rid of negative thoughts and focus on new opportunities. Remember why you started your business and get that excitement back!
- Money Moves:
- Inventory Check: Look at old stock and have a spring cleaning sale to clear it out. Don’t let money sit on your storage shelves!
- Expense Review: Cut unnecessary spending by checking your credit card and bank statements.
- Pricing Check: Make sure your prices make you a profit, and don’t just copy your competitors.
- Shop Spruce-Up: Clean your shop, including dusting and fixing anything that looks worn out. Update uniforms, aprons, and how your staff presents themselves.
- Marketing Boost: Refresh your marketing plans to get customers excited. Remember: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm!”
- Plan for Success: Having a plan is key to making good things happen!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Need more?
Join me and our supportive community of retailers in my Retailer’s Inner Circle! There is so much to love about the Inner Circle: access to countless masterclasses on everything from inventory management to money matters, a supportive community of likeminded retailers to bounce ideas off of, a monthly playbook to track your progress and help you plan your events and promotions, and so much more. Check it out HERE.
Not ready to join but want to purchase the stand-alone Foot Traffic Made Simple masterclass? You can purchase it on demand HERE.
Most impactful: Join the small group 6-Week Sales and Marketing Accelerator course.
We start in April! More information HERE.
Related podcasts we think you’ll like:
Episode 104: Tight on Cash Flow? Let’s Turn Your Old Inventory Into Cash for You!
Episode 109: Money Mindset, Abundance, and Bad Ideas with Guest Expert Emily King
Episode 194: Feeling Stuck? 20 Prompts to Help Flip Your Mindset
About your host, Wendy Batten
In case we haven’t met yet, I’m Wendy, a small business coach and founder of the Retailer’s Inner Circle, where I help other independent shop owners learn how to gain the right business skillsets to see more profits, paychecks, and joy as they navigate running their retail business.
Through online classes, business coaching programs, speaking, and a top-ranked podcast, I’ve helped hundreds of retailers around the globe reclaim their dream and see the success they want from their beautiful shops. My signature private coaching community, The Retailer’s Inner Circle, has helped retailers around the world build their retail business skill sets and confidence.
I am proud to have been featured in several major publications, including my own business column in What Women Create magazine. I have been privileged to be a guest on top-ranked podcasts and sought-after as a guest speaker and teacher for several brands, associations, and communities that are passionate about the success of independent retailers.
When I’m not coaching, you will find me either DIYing and renovating my very imperfect old crooked cottage by the sea in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg, NS, or blogging about our travel and RVing adventures and the weird fun things we get up to in our coastal village. I’d love to invite you to check out one of my free resources for real retailers at https://wendybatten.com/free-resources/
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All of Wendy’s programs and services for shop owners can be found HERE.
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