Current Pedorthics | November-December 2016 | Vol.48 Issue 6 | Page 44

Vendors have the marketing resources, and their addition to your marketing can drive folks into your store. In this case mailers were to existing customers from our files for that vendor, but people will share coupons with friends. There is also the possibility to use social media outreach to drive existing customers to brick−and−mortar stores. Online outreach to meet the demand of a wider range of potential customers who view for product information mostly. This is how things go: they first look at manufacturer sites, second, they look at the more popular online sites then find a store third…at his point we need to get them in to our store. —Ben Nebroski, C.Ped. So there it is: three seasoned retail professionals with some helpful hints to help your bottom line, help your vendors, help build a co