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What Does it Take to Work With an Influencer?

What is it like to work with an influencer? How can your boutique benefit from this type of relationship?

Jessie Jarvis, Projects Manager at The Boutique Hub and a western fashion influencer, talks about how she became an influencer as a rancher through authenticity and engagement. Jessie offers up effective tips on how to evaluate influencers and what to include when drawing up contracts for influencers you hire. As a mother and a wife, Jessie balances her lifestyle with her business, and you can too with her social media and boutique-representing advice.

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Why Boutiques Fail

Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub and host of the Boutique Chat Podcast, sets off this second season with a solo episode addressing ways to avoid strategies that are counter-productive for your boutique. Ashley will guide you away from common mistakes and pull you towards reasons boutique

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Travel Essentials: Wholesale boutique accessories

Ya’ll—Here I sit, staring out the window while typing this blog and all I see is the wind blowing 5-foot drifts of snow into my front yard.  So naturally, I’m dreaming of a beach somewhere with a drink in my hand. These are the travel essentials: wholesale boutique accessories. I’m assuming I’m not alone in this, so we reached out to our Boutique Hub vendors to get some of their

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6 Reasons Businesses Fail

Hindsight is 20/20! From the outside looking in, we can see many reasons why businesses fail.    Forbes says 8 out of 10 businesses fail, yet every day a 1000’s of new businesses are started.    Here is a quick list of 6 reasons why businesses fail. Learning from these failures is step one to a successful long-lasting, business 1.Leadership Failure Let’s be real… there are parts of life that

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Hottest Color Trends for 2019

Boutique Hub Guest Blog It’s December! The magical time of the year where we anticipate the color experts at Pantone to gift to us–the inside scoop on color trends for the next year. These are shades you will see repeated in fashion over the next year. I love color (like hoard paint swatches kind of love color) so I find this news thrilling. Pastels and earth tones are on hiatus

Read More

11 New Years Resolutions for the Boutique Owner

Can you believe we are already approaching the end of 2018?  I don’t know about you, but I feel like this year completely flew!  Now with the hustle and bustle of year-end, along with clearing out inventory, buying gifts for my family & planning for 2019—I am exhausted!   So naturally, we have put together a list of 10 new years resolutions for you, the owner, to focus on in

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5 Tips for a Comfortable & Cute Christmas

Boutique Hub Guest Blog The holidays are upon us and the stress to impress is growing by the minute. Putting together that perfect outfit while still feeling comfortable seems like an impossible task. But don’t worry lady boss! Huntress Shopping Parties has you covered with these tips to make sure you feel confident and comfortable this holiday season. Definitely check out my full video on a Comfortable & Cute Christmas

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Episode #26: Boutique Hub Birthday: Ask Ashley Anything (Part 2)

Hang with us in this episode we had some technical difficulties, don’t worry you’ll get a good laugh! If you didn’t listen to part 1, The Boutique Hub turns 5 years old this month and to celebrate we’re asking Ashley, the founder, anything and everything from business tips, to how she built the Hub, and the dirty secrets about her obsession with tacos and Will Ferrell.  This is part 2

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Boutique Business Tips | The Boutique Hub

4 Ways to Build and Maintain Strong Relationships Through E-Commerce

Boutique Hub Guest Post We live in a world where the ability to start and run an online boutique is becoming more and more accessible, which is allowing thousands of women to pursue their dreams. This is amazing, but a common concern for many of my clients is that most of their sales are coming from friends and family members and they are having a hard time building their frequent

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BoutiqueChat Ep #01 - 3 Keys to Success in Retail Today + Show Intro, Meet Ashley Alderson

Boutique Chat Episode #1: 3 Keys to Success In Fashion Retail & Meet The Hostess

It is finally here! We have been so excited to finally share the big news, welcome to the #BoutiqueChat Podcast!! Join us each week, Tuesdays as we dive into actionable strategies, proven business and marketing plans, juicy details and interviews with the leaders of the boutique fashion and retail communities. We’ll be hearing from leading brands, boutiques, influencers, tech leaders, industry insiders and experts, as well as from our Founder

Read More

What Does it Take to Work With an Influencer?

What is it like to work with an influencer? How can your boutique benefit from this type of relationship?

Jessie Jarvis, Projects Manager at The Boutique Hub and a western fashion influencer, talks about how she became an influencer as a rancher through authenticity and engagement. Jessie offers up effective tips on how to evaluate influencers and what to include when drawing up contracts for influencers you hire. As a mother and a wife, Jessie balances her lifestyle with her business, and you can too with her social media and boutique-representing advice.

Read More

Why Boutiques Fail

Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub and host of the Boutique Chat Podcast, sets off this second season with a solo episode addressing ways to avoid strategies that are counter-productive for your boutique. Ashley will guide you away from common mistakes and pull you towards reasons boutique

Read More

Travel Essentials: Wholesale boutique accessories

Ya’ll—Here I sit, staring out the window while typing this blog and all I see is the wind blowing 5-foot drifts of snow into my front yard.  So naturally, I’m dreaming of a beach somewhere with a drink in my hand. These are the travel essentials: wholesale boutique accessories. I’m assuming I’m not alone in this, so we reached out to our Boutique Hub vendors to get some of their

Read More

6 Reasons Businesses Fail

Hindsight is 20/20! From the outside looking in, we can see many reasons why businesses fail.    Forbes says 8 out of 10 businesses fail, yet every day a 1000’s of new businesses are started.    Here is a quick list of 6 reasons why businesses fail. Learning from these failures is step one to a successful long-lasting, business 1.Leadership Failure Let’s be real… there are parts of life that

Read More

Hottest Color Trends for 2019

Boutique Hub Guest Blog It’s December! The magical time of the year where we anticipate the color experts at Pantone to gift to us–the inside scoop on color trends for the next year. These are shades you will see repeated in fashion over the next year. I love color (like hoard paint swatches kind of love color) so I find this news thrilling. Pastels and earth tones are on hiatus

Read More

11 New Years Resolutions for the Boutique Owner

Can you believe we are already approaching the end of 2018?  I don’t know about you, but I feel like this year completely flew!  Now with the hustle and bustle of year-end, along with clearing out inventory, buying gifts for my family & planning for 2019—I am exhausted!   So naturally, we have put together a list of 10 new years resolutions for you, the owner, to focus on in

Read More

5 Tips for a Comfortable & Cute Christmas

Boutique Hub Guest Blog The holidays are upon us and the stress to impress is growing by the minute. Putting together that perfect outfit while still feeling comfortable seems like an impossible task. But don’t worry lady boss! Huntress Shopping Parties has you covered with these tips to make sure you feel confident and comfortable this holiday season. Definitely check out my full video on a Comfortable & Cute Christmas

Read More

Episode #26: Boutique Hub Birthday: Ask Ashley Anything (Part 2)

Hang with us in this episode we had some technical difficulties, don’t worry you’ll get a good laugh! If you didn’t listen to part 1, The Boutique Hub turns 5 years old this month and to celebrate we’re asking Ashley, the founder, anything and everything from business tips, to how she built the Hub, and the dirty secrets about her obsession with tacos and Will Ferrell.  This is part 2

Read More
Boutique Business Tips | The Boutique Hub

4 Ways to Build and Maintain Strong Relationships Through E-Commerce

Boutique Hub Guest Post We live in a world where the ability to start and run an online boutique is becoming more and more accessible, which is allowing thousands of women to pursue their dreams. This is amazing, but a common concern for many of my clients is that most of their sales are coming from friends and family members and they are having a hard time building their frequent

Read More
BoutiqueChat Ep #01 - 3 Keys to Success in Retail Today + Show Intro, Meet Ashley Alderson

Boutique Chat Episode #1: 3 Keys to Success In Fashion Retail & Meet The Hostess

It is finally here! We have been so excited to finally share the big news, welcome to the #BoutiqueChat Podcast!! Join us each week, Tuesdays as we dive into actionable strategies, proven business and marketing plans, juicy details and interviews with the leaders of the boutique fashion and retail communities. We’ll be hearing from leading brands, boutiques, influencers, tech leaders, industry insiders and experts, as well as from our Founder

Read More
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