Monthly Archives: December 2012

What are you saying?

A nicely dressed man stops you on the way out of the cafe and says that he recognizes you as the owner of the jewelry store. He asks “Why should I come to your jewelry store?” Do you immediately have a good answer for him? One that won’t sound like a ho-hum, pc response? Great…

This year’s Christmas winners (the preliminary results)

George Prout lives in the sweet spot for picking out jewelry that will sell like crazy. He’s a head honcho at Gems One and they’ve been extremely successful with their Christmas and Black Friday flyers. So this morning I asked him what the hot items are for this Christmas. Here’s his report copied directly from…

Emotion Emotion Emotion!

Get away from emotion in both your marketing and your sales presentations and you’re now dealing with metal, rocks and a price. This morning I woke up to this wonderful ad during Good Morning America and had to share it with you. It’s a beautiful ad that I wish I had written myself, but it…