StartupNation Blogs

ABC News Now Appearance: Maximizing Your Holiday Sales

Written by: Rich Sloan November 11th, 2009

Doing our best for you StartupNation folks, here’s our latest advice regarding making the most of your retail holiday selling season. Hope you find it helpful. Please add in your own tips as comments below, too! We could all use the wisdom!

Click on the image to view…

Next: Are You Promoting Yourself?

Comments

Jason Aiken Says:
November 19th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Rich,

Good tips…particularly on margins and discounts - tricky waters for sure.

Cheers,
Jason
99designs.com

Blog Categories
- (+)Running a Business (696)
  - Growth Strategies (62)
  - Getting Organized (58)
  - Staying Inspired (44)
  - Employees (30)
  - Measuring Success (28)
  - Doing Green Business (27)
  - Accounting and Financial Management (19)
  - Business Ethics (17)
  - Business Partners (16)
  - Outsourcing (16)
  - Healthcare & Insurance (13)
  - Manufacture a Product (10)
  - Business Taxes (9)
  - Business Travel (9)
  - Inventory Management (9)
  - Minority Businesses (6)
  - Foreign Markets (5)
  - Business Insurance (4)
  - Real Estate (3)
  - Shipping (1)
- (+)Marketing (1082)
  - Public Relations (PR) (146)
  - Online Marketing (145)
  - Advertising and Promotion (130)
  - Email Marketing (107)
  - Grassroots Marketing (62)
  - Marketing Plan (54)
  - Branding Strategy (52)
  - Niche Marketing (51)
  - Business Blogging (47)
  - Networking (35)
  - Direct Marketing (29)
  - Affiliate Marketing (16)
- (+)Home-Based Business (563)
  - Strategies & Smarts (157)
  - Marketing (125)
  - Business Ideas (64)
  - Home Office (57)
  - Finance (19)
  - Taxes (5)
- (+)Business Planning (420)
  - Choosing a Business Idea (105)
  - Writing a Business Plan (39)
  - Market Research and Analysis (37)
  - Business Structure (35)
  - Strategic Partnerships (27)
  - Mentors and Advisory Boards (19)
  - Business Startup Costs (18)
  - Legal (18)
  - Exit Strategy (5)
- (+)Web-Based Business (235)
  - Building a Web Site (41)
  - Web Site Promotion (41)
  - eCommerce (25)
  - Search Optimization (20)
  - Smart Web Solutions (17)
  - Search Advertising (5)
  - Site Analytics (5)
- (+)Life Planning (602)
  - Work-Life Balance (132)
  - Inspiration to Start Up (83)
  - Dealing with Stress (52)
  - Social Entrepreneurship (52)
  - Young Entrepreneurs (51)
  - Write a Life Plan (46)
  - Starting a Business after Retirement (38)
  - Taking Time Off (30)
  - Hate My Job (25)
  - Business Failure (18)
  - Personal Finances (13)
- (+)Business Financing (154)
  - Bootstrapping (49)
  - Finding Funding (18)
  - Angel Investors / Venture Capital (13)
  - Bank Financing (11)
  - Growth Capital (9)
  - Business Grants (3)
- (+)Business Models (431)
  - Social Entrepreneurship (69)
  - eBay Business (66)
  - Online Business (65)
  - Franchise Business (44)
  - Family Business (38)
  - Part-Time Business (37)
  - Choosing a Business Model (36)
  - Brick-and-Mortar Business (14)
  - Multi-Level Marketing (11)
- (+)Sales (136)
  - Customer Service (43)
  - Sales Strategy (41)
  - Sales Proposals (4)
- (+)Business Technology (106)
  - Software (25)
  - Mobile Communications (16)
  - Hardware (10)
  - Integrated Systems (8)
  - Security (7)
  - Networks (4)
- (+)Inventing (162)
  - Market Your Invention (75)
  - Patents and Trademarks (23)
  - Protect an Idea (22)
  - Prototyping (14)
- Uncategorized (1)
- (+)StartupNation Insider Information (2)
  - Website Development (1)
Authors
- Andrew Field (44)
- Betsy Brottlund (11)
- Brian Cleveland (1)
- Cheryl Tallman (12)
- Chris Hansico (14)
- Christine Haskell (92)
- Corey Kossack (39)
- Heather Nolte (36)
- Jack Burris (47)
- Jeff Williams (13)
- Jessica Eaves Mathews (9)
- Joan Isabella (73)
- Joe Manna (1)
- Joel Welsh (203)
- Jonathan Hudson (39)
- Kevin Harmon (35)
- Kim Babjak (33)
- Kristin Potenti (28)
- Lorne Zalesin (18)
- Melanie Rembrandt (113)
- Nikole Gipps (11)
- Rich Sloan (239)
- Ryan Allis (98)
- Sam Carpenter (27)
- StartupStella (47)
- Tina Aldatz Norris (2)
- Tom Now (41)
- VerticalResponse (28)
Archives
- (+) 2009 (288)
  - November 2009 (7)
  - October 2009 (12)
  - September 2009 (16)
  - August 2009 (17)
  - July 2009 (22)
  - June 2009 (24)
  - May 2009 (48)
  - April 2009 (49)
  - March 2009 (37)
  - February 2009 (26)
  - January 2009 (30)
- (+) 2008 (424)
  - December 2008 (20)
  - November 2008 (29)
  - October 2008 (60)
  - September 2008 (67)
  - August 2008 (65)
  - July 2008 (64)
  - June 2008 (50)
  - May 2008 (26)
  - April 2008 (10)
  - March 2008 (13)
  - February 2008 (18)
  - January 2008 (2)
- (+) 2007 (280)
  - December 2007 (8)
  - November 2007 (11)
  - October 2007 (9)
  - September 2007 (14)
  - August 2007 (24)
  - July 2007 (33)
  - June 2007 (32)
  - May 2007 (45)
  - April 2007 (43)
  - March 2007 (27)
  - February 2007 (18)
  - January 2007 (16)
- (+) 2006 (220)
  - December 2006 (5)
  - November 2006 (8)
  - October 2006 (9)
  - September 2006 (16)
  - August 2006 (13)
  - July 2006 (16)
  - June 2006 (22)
  - May 2006 (19)
  - April 2006 (27)
  - March 2006 (38)
  - February 2006 (30)
  - January 2006 (17)
- (+) 2005 (142)
  - December 2005 (13)
  - November 2005 (17)
  - October 2005 (11)
  - September 2005 (11)
  - August 2005 (16)
  - July 2005 (16)
  - June 2005 (18)
  - May 2005 (25)
  - April 2005 (6)
  - March 2005 (9)
Meta

StartupNation Blogs

ABC News Now Appearance: Maximizing Your Holiday Sales

Comments

Leave a Comment

Blog Categories

Authors

Archives

Meta