Comments on: Start conversations…about your craft jewelry http://www.rings-things.com/blog/2009/08/13/start-conversations-about-your-craft-jewelry/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:53:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dave Robertson http://www.rings-things.com/blog/2009/08/13/start-conversations-about-your-craft-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Dave Robertson Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:17:47 +0000 http://www.rings-things.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-695 The personal stories both of you shared are the best craft business tips possible, so let me thank you profusely and encourage you to visit here often :) The personal stories both of you shared are the best craft business tips possible, so let me thank you profusely and encourage you to visit here often :)

]]> By: Erin Prais-Hntz http://www.rings-things.com/blog/2009/08/13/start-conversations-about-your-craft-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Erin Prais-Hntz Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:28:07 +0000 http://www.rings-things.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-694 Great tips Dave! I especially like what Tish had to say about approaching women in a retail jewelry store! Very courageous. I think that handing out business cards is essential. I am all about networking and that would be one of the first rules. I love it when I am with someone who has worn my jewelry and they are complimented. They then give me the greatest testimonial and in with a potential client. And my blog...it is not necessarily about jewelry, but more about finding creativity in everything. But because I strive to make one of a kind and not mass produced and tell the unique story of my clients through wearable works of art, I have actually had people commission jewelry just from reading what I write. They know that I will take great care and create something special just for them! Thanks for the timely tips, Dave! Rings & Things rocks! Enjoy the day! Erin Great tips Dave! I especially like what Tish had to say about approaching women in a retail jewelry store! Very courageous. I think that handing out business cards is essential. I am all about networking and that would be one of the first rules. I love it when I am with someone who has worn my jewelry and they are complimented. They then give me the greatest testimonial and in with a potential client. And my blog…it is not necessarily about jewelry, but more about finding creativity in everything. But because I strive to make one of a kind and not mass produced and tell the unique story of my clients through wearable works of art, I have actually had people commission jewelry just from reading what I write. They know that I will take great care and create something special just for them! Thanks for the timely tips, Dave! Rings & Things rocks! Enjoy the day! Erin

]]> By: Tish http://www.rings-things.com/blog/2009/08/13/start-conversations-about-your-craft-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Tish Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:13:38 +0000 http://www.rings-things.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-693 I am always on the look out for a potential customer and the only way I can get that potential customer is to have an opportunity to tell them about what I do, and invite them to see what I do by giving them my card. I have been complimented on my jewelry, and I thank them and wait for the question - 'Where did you get it'. That is when I tell them a little about what I do. I offer them a card, and I hand write on the back a discount code I have for my site for 10% off and tell them it is my way of saying thank you for liking what I do enuff to approach me about it. I also approach women who wear the type of jewelry I make. I compliment their piece, ask where they got it, and allow the converstation to lead me to give them a card, and a discount again. My boldest move that lead to a sale - I saw two women browsing the jewelry section at a local retail chain. I walked up and gave them a card, and told them they deserved something original, not mass produced. Why look like everyone else in the crowd? I got an email and a sale from that! I am always on the look out for a potential customer and the only way I can get that potential customer is to have an opportunity to tell them about what I do, and invite them to see what I do by giving them my card.

I have been complimented on my jewelry, and I thank them and wait for the question – ‘Where did you get it’. That is when I tell them a little about what I do. I offer them a card, and I hand write on the back a discount code I have for my site for 10% off and tell them it is my way of saying thank you for liking what I do enuff to approach me about it.

I also approach women who wear the type of jewelry I make. I compliment their piece, ask where they got it, and allow the converstation to lead me to give them a card, and a discount again.

My boldest move that lead to a sale – I saw two women browsing the jewelry section at a local retail chain. I walked up and gave them a card, and told them they deserved something original, not mass produced. Why look like everyone else in the crowd? I got an email and a sale from that!

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