“Every single guest teaches me something, and more importantly, inspires me!”

Maggie Scivicque joined arc Thrift Stores as the marketing director in 2012 from Papa John’s Pizza of Colorado/Minnesota. As vice president of marketing for arc Thrift Store, she is responsible for the marketing efforts that help drive the success of the nonprofit. She and her team manage the social media, coordinate the television buys, and conceive and deploy the creative that supports the 31 arc Thrift Stores and 15 donation stations across the Front Range and Western Slope of Colorado. She is a strategic thinker, devoted to driving customer traffic to the stores and to increasing the transactions and sales that financially support the noble mission of arc Thrift Stores. Maggie is also the host of Get Thrifty, a fun and informative podcast that was named in the Top 20 of podcasts about thrift in the U.S. She is dedicated to the arc mission and brings infectious energy and enthusiasm to the work she does.

Lisa Metzger is the PR director at Avocet Communications. She is an award-winning senior-level marketing/public relations professional and writer. She has a particularly keen eye and ear for storytelling and for knowing what’s news (and what isn’t!!). She has spent her 30+ year career cultivating relationships with local to national media and developing and managing strategic and integrated communications programs designed to build awareness, drive demand, build community, position clients as thought leaders, and to directly impact her clients’ bottom lines and business goals. With a heavy emphasis on media relations, content development, and copywriting, Lisa’s areas of specialization include social justice, civil rights, food and consumer goods, healthcare, retail, children’s and women’s issues, education, LOHAS/natural and organic industry, business-to-business and business-to-consumer product launches.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

  • LAWREN COOPE of @themoreismorestore all about cause marketing.
  • DOUG SMITH of @snoop.dougie and @listperfectlyinc about having the confidence to put yourself out there to grow your reselling business.
  • VALERIE MAOUT of @allthatisnotgiven about running a charity shop in Ireland.
  • ANDI JENKINS of @allputtogether and her “how tos” for creating viral videos and engaging content.
  • MISTY PATE of @thrifterjunkervintagehunter and her love of Dolly Parton AND Liberace.
  • HOBBY BOBBINS of @hobbybobbins and her love of restoring thrifted wedding dresses and the stories behind them.
  • STACEY JONES of @ethelannredvan and the thrifting tips she learned from her grandmother.
  • ROCHELLE ANVIK of @uniquelyrochelles and her all-in commitment to living her brand and a secondhand lifestyle.