Are you still not sure about having a website for your retail business, and what Facebook, Twitter and blogging are all about? Can they really make a difference in your sales? Watch this 30-minute workshop and we'll bet you'll come away a believer! Greg Gould, Maine SBDC business counselor, makes the subject very easy to understand. And Rich Brooks, another favorite expert of ours, chimes in to offer his words of wisdom on the subject. Need more advice after that? Just contact the Maine SBDC at 780-4949.

Are you new to the retail business, just opened a shop or looking for some easy ideas on how to entice customers and boost your sales?

Take a half hour of your time and catch some words of wisdom from Maine SBDC's Lee Cheever and great tips from Bruce Baker, expert on retailing. 

And for more of Bruce's advice and retailing strategies Click here to start Master Merchandising

Adapted for Maine from Iowa by Jim McConnon, Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist. 

You're thinking about starting a retail business in Maine but aren't sure if there's a market for it and don't know how to determine that. Well this article will help you analyze your market in two ways: estimating market threshold and estimating sales potential.

 http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/3006.htm

Rick Segel, a seasoned retailer, and nationally known author and speaker, takes a look at three types of sales associates: weak, average and the superstar. Which ones do you employ, what are their strengths and weaknesses and how can you improve on their behavior, attitude and ultimately make any one of the three the kind of sales associates that customers and employers want to have around.

http://www.ricksegel.com/blog/bid/38977/TheThreeTypes-of-Sales-Associates/Default.aspx?&utm_campaign=email