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Jason Solarek @ Bridge July 15, 2023 • 11:51 AM • 257 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge July 15, 2023 • 11:51 AM • 257 days ago
On Thursday morning we helped our brands and retailers see how the platform operates first-hand.  We helped retailers sign up and Sync with member brands. 

A special thank you to Jonathan Pearson (Kitchen 2 Table), Brooks Terry (Babcock Gifts), Neil Peters (Carmel Ceramica), Sonny Melder, Greg Candler (Cuisinart), our friends at Sara & Beth Gifts, Inside Irwin’s, and Vineyard’s Gifts, and many others ☺️
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Jim Flattum @ Bridge May 11, 2023 • 5:31 PM • 322 days ago
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Jim Flattum @ Bridge May 11, 2023 • 5:31 PM • 322 days ago
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
For Retailers: Get your Shop Local Store Ready to Sizzle for the Summer

We invite you to join us for a new Retailer 101 training. In this webinar, we’ll show you how to increase sales and save time.

Webinar dates from which to pick:
  • COMPLETE: Tuesday, May 23 at 10 am EST, or
  • Tuesday, June 6 at 9 am EST

In this seminar, you will learn how to:
  • Setup and update your Shop Local Store.  
    Make the most of your e-commerce
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Winnie Marvel @ Bridge April 3, 2023 • 12:11 PM • 360 days ago
RSVP to our live seminar to learn how Shop Local can help sales reps.
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Winnie Marvel @ Bridge April 3, 2023 • 12:11 PM • 360 days ago
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
For Sales Reps:

We’re hosting a live seminar for sales reps.  You’re invited to join us and reps from the industry: 

Tuesday, May 2nd at 9:00 EST
Please RSVP to: coach@bridge.org 

Once you RSVP, we’ll email you a link to the seminar.

You’ll learn:
  • How does the Shop Local e-commerce platform work?
  • What stores use the platform?
  • Which brands use the platform?
  • How do indie retailers and brands use it?
  • How does
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge July 28, 2022 • 1:18 PM • 609 days ago
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge July 28, 2022 • 1:18 PM • 609 days ago
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, a motivational speaker played by Alec Baldwin addresses a group of salesmen. He writes three letters vertically on the chalkboard, “A B C.” He explains that the acronym means "Always Be Closing."  

The way that Baldwin's character thinks about sales, I may think about reading. I think of: "ABR,” Always Be Reading. Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I try to get in a page or two of...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge June 17, 2021 • 8:36 AM • 1,015 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge June 17, 2021 • 8:36 AM • 1,015 days ago
I enjoyed today’s WSJ article about stores teaming up to take on Amazon. Since Bridge has collectivized 800 indie shops to push back against Amazon, we can relate to efforts to help stores team up and boost their communities.  

The article mentions Shopify and its popularity among indie shops. Shopify, along with BigComerce, Big Cartel, Wix, and Magento, are platforms that have helped indies to grow online independent of Amazon.

While we appreciate any ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge April 7, 2021 • 8:38 AM • 1,086 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge April 7, 2021 • 8:38 AM • 1,086 days ago
Today’s WSJ shares that independent stores, including hardware stores, book shops, and pharmacies, have teamed up to stop Amazon’s bad practices. The group, called Small Business Rising, seeks to use anti-trust laws to prevent Amazon marketplace from selling its own goods—which compete with retailers using the platform. Amazon has been shown to use a retailer’s customer and sales data and bypass the retailer (it’s own customer) in order to ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge April 2, 2021 • 12:28 PM • 1,091 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge April 2, 2021 • 12:28 PM • 1,091 days ago
We're happy to share that Forty One Madison, home of The New York Tabletop Show, has joined Bridge.

This news is especially meaningful to me because I hosted my first Bridge seminar in 2007 at Forty One Madison :)

On Forty One Madison's Bridge account, businesses can search more than 25,000 products from 30 brands including: ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 21, 2020 • 10:57 AM • 1,528 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 21, 2020 • 10:57 AM • 1,528 days ago
Atlanta Seminar Offers Selling Strategies for Independent Stores
Casafina and Vietri will host Bridge’s Jason Solarek in their respective showrooms
Allison Zisko // Editor in Chief
January 15, 2020

Jason Solarek, Bridge CEO, and Matt Hullfish, Casafina’s national sales manager, at a seminar last year.

ATLANTA—Tabletop brands Casafina and Vietri are collaborating with e-commerce platform provider Bridge on two training sessions at the ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 17, 2020 • 8:43 PM • 1,532 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 17, 2020 • 8:43 PM • 1,532 days ago

Saturday, January 18, 2020
Tomorrow night :)
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 15, 2020 • 9:38 PM • 1,534 days ago
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge Jan. 15, 2020 • 9:38 PM • 1,534 days ago

Get ready Atlanta :)

We’re hosting two seminars:
+ Friday at 5 pm at Casafina
+ Saturday at 5 pm at Vietri

Shown above: Casafina showroom with Bridge seminar poster. 

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