The Resilient Retail Game Plan Episode 147

7 Vital Ways To Avoid Giving Up On Slow Sales Days

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7 Vital Ways To Avoid Giving Up On Slow Sales Days

It’s a fact of running a small product business that some sales days are better than others. When you spend so much time and put so much passion into creating or curating your line of products, it can feel deeply demoralising when your sales numbers suddenly drop or fail to materialise for that item you had such high hopes for. This is often when the ‘cycle of doom’ starts to spin and whir and where in some extreme cases people end up shutting up shop due to low confidence and inaction.

That’s why I want to spend episode 147 of The Resilient Retail Game Plan, giving you a little pep talk and to share with you seven vital ways to help you avoid giving up on your business during those slow sales days.

In today’s podcast, we’ll talk about looking at the bigger picture and not focusing on the daily, we’ll revisit cultivating a ‘CROP’ mindset and discuss looking for the ‘green shoots’ in your business, as well as talking about the importance of not forgetting our existing customers in the drive for increased sales. We’ll also discuss implementing low-risk, low-cost shake-ups in an effort to help refresh your business, seeking out complimentary, non-competitive collaborations and finding the right support to help you push on through and innovate.

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If you enjoyed this episode have a listen to episode 133 ‘5 Crucial Figures That You Need To Know To Boost Your Small Business In 2023‘ and take al look at my Forbes article ‘Shopping, Selling And Shipping – Shopify Shares Vision Of Future Of E-Commerce‘.

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