Gift cards allow your customers to purchase store credits and give it away to friends and family as a gift.

Sometimes customers also purchase gift card credits to use on later purchases for themselves.

Smart business owners use gift cards to boost revenue and improve cash flow.

Some businesses even discount their store gift cards during times of natural disasters and crisis situations, so they can collect more upfront cash to sustain their business in tough times.

Whether you have a restaurant, coffee shop, spa salon, or digital products like membership sites and online courses, you can sell gift cards to increase sales even during economic downturns.

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I’ll give you 3 choices for selling gift cards:

1. WordPress shopping cart plugin (Woo Commerce),
2. WordPress gift card purchase form and accept payments
3. a gift card platform that works on any website including WordPress (they’re waiving their 3.49% fee on your first $5,000 of gift card sales).

Yes you read that right…$50

Pay today and begin selling gift cards RIGHT AWAY!

🚑GREAT reading and information for any small business. (Article link: https://loom.ly/XdNRKMM) It’s all about finding NEW ways to do business.
This is all going to happen again, somehow, whether it’s a pandemic, power outage, shortage, environmental catastrophe…NOW is the time to think and rethink your Emergency/Catastrophe Plan. Do you have one?
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You’ll find some great information and topics in the 3-part series of conversations with my fellow businesswomen, Gina Cinardo (https://loom.ly/HVHdlVE) & Liz Christoffersen (https://loom.ly/JCEXci4). And YES, we’ll be talking about crafting your “all hands on deck” emergency plan.😷
Sign up here for the series: https://loom.ly/GmZODYY

Join me on Wednesday, March 25th at 10am PST, Noon CST for the first of a 3-part webinar FREE series titled “Shift Happens!” ⠀
==>Myself and my fellow businesswomen, Gina Cinardo (https://loom.ly/HVHdlVE) & Liz Christoffersen (https://loom.ly/JCEXci4) hope to help you through all the “shifts” and changes we are experiencing now. Instead of worrying about what we can’t do. ⠀
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==>We’ll each be sharing tips you can do right away to improve your visibility, bolster your resilience and prepare for better times ahead. We’ll have a question and answer period to help us know what you need now so we can connect you to resources and solutions. ⠀
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Here’s the link to find out more and sign-up: https://loom.ly/GmZODYY ⠀
Looking forward to meeting everyone!

😷𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ‘𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦’, please think about the small businesses, either retailers, brick n’ mortar, or virtual/at home, that are suffering. And will continue to suffer over the next few months. Most will not receive assistance from the government. 𝗡𝗢𝗪 is the perfect time to: ⠀
🎁purchase a 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲⠀
📦a 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 (ask about a payment plan)⠀
🛍️order/delivery of 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀⠀
❤️𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘/𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 (you can always turn off notifications in FB for that post)
👍𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in some nice way on social media⠀
And finally, check-in on your friends & neighbors, make sure they’re fine during this crisis.⠀

Here’s an online marketing tip: GoDaddy is having a SALE on their entry level Managed WordPress hosting. You MUST purchase the hosting for one year AND it has to be a NEW hosting account. You also get a FREE domain name ($34.99/yr value).⠀
🌟$12.00 for hosting your website for one year!⠀
🌟Free email account for one year!⠀
🌟Website backup & daily malware scan!⠀
🌟Automatically updates the WordPress platform!⠀
I recommend Managed WordPress for my website clients. So if you want to keep it cheap for your entry level website THIS is perfect! Here’s more information: https://buff.ly/2W8rnwB⠀

☘️I’m LUCKY…I’ve had my home based business since 2000, but during this crisis if you’re allowed to work from home, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, and are making their services more accessible to small businesses and organizations:⠀
=>Microsoft⠀
=>Google⠀
=>LogMeIn⠀
=>CiscoWebex⠀
=>Zoom⠀
Get more of the details from this Inc. article: https://buff.ly/2VKmrhf⠀
Thank me later 🥰⠀

What is the Instagram Explore page: it is made up of photos, videos, Stories-and, of course, products-tailored for each user based on “the people you follow or the posts you like,” according to Instagram. In other words, it is an endless scroll of accounts you might want to follow, posts you might want to like, and products you might want to buy.
Where is Explore located on phone app: Click on the ‘spyglass’ or search icon. Once there you’ll see a navigation bar at the top of the screen, which features filter shortcuts
Where is Explore located on desktop app: Click the ‘compass’ icon between the home/house icon and heart/favorite icon.
Why you want to be on the Explore page: landing a post on the Instagram Explore page means more people will see your content. Which means new followers, wider audience sees your content, new followers means continuing new engagement from their followers, and more conversions to more business!

How to get on the Instagram Explore page:

1. Post when your followers are online
2. Learn from high-performing posts that you see on the Explore page
3. Pay attention to analytics
4. Post visually compelling Stories that are representative of your brand
5. Try long-form video, a.k.a. IGTV
6. Make your shoppable posts stand out
7. Buy an ad on Explore