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Advertise
Advertising is key to a successful yard sale. Advertising doesn’t cost much, and it can help you draw eager customers looking for those hidden treasures.
Run an ad. in your local paper to appear the day before your sale. Stick to the basics: any special items of interest, the address, date, and time. Leave out the word “Miscellaneous” because all yard sales have these items!
Print or draw a colorful flyer for your sale. Be creative! Check around town for public bulletin boards where you could place this invitation to the community.
Post large, clear, weatherproof road signs. To help draw attention to the sale, tie a couple of balloons to the signs.
Merchandise
When planning your sale, think about the ways storekeepers make their goods look appealing to customers. You can borrow those same merchandising methods to help make your items most attractive.
Use tables. You will need to have enough tables to place most items on, and tables tall enough to put large items underneath. Borrow card tables, picnic tables or folding tables from friends and relatives.
Large items can be merchandised below tables, but make sure you don’t tuck them so far back that they aren’t visible.
Organize your items into themes. Put children’s items on one table and place kitchen items on another.
If you are able to run a clothesline from tree to tree do so and hang up most of your clothes. Clothing such as baby
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