In celebration of the Halloween holiday, I'm shocking you with something spooky: the worst jewelry marketing vampires of all. They drain you of all your time and money, even when you think you're doing all the right things with your marketing. These vampires can eventually make you lose faith...
Not only have I reached a very important milestone in my podcasting journey, but I'm also officially publishing Jewelry Marketing Joy. I'm excited to celebrate 100 episodes of the Joy Joya Jewelry Marketing Podcast and the launch of my book, which is the first-of-its-kind resource for the industry. Jewelry Marketing...
In Episode #99 of the Joy Joya Jewelry Marketing Podcast, I interview Arthur Root, the co-founder and CEO of Nostra, a startup that has created an innovative new ecommerce tool for brands that want to provide their customers with more personalized shopping experiences. Nostra uses psychometric data to display...
Developed by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in the early 1900s, the Pareto principle, or "the 80-20 rule", states that approximately 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes or efforts. While observing land-ownership patterns in Italy, Pareto noticed that only about 20% of the population - the...
Given the fact that 2020 has been such a strange and difficult year for many reasons, you probably can’t even imagine the holiday season at this point. Alternatively, you may actually be looking forward to the holidays, since you feel confident that you’ll be able to make up for...
After months of anticipation, my book Jewelry Marketing Joy is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Whether you're planning to launch a new jewelry brand, or you've been running a jewelry business for decades, you'll benefit from the knowledge and wisdom contained within the 18 chapters. Inside: What is marketing, and...
If you collect email addresses on your website or sell anything from your ecommerce storefront, then you have access to sensitive data that your customers would definitely not want exposed. Jewelry businesses of every size - even the small ones - should be actively protecting customer data and addressing...
In Episode #84, we shared some tips for optimizing jewelry ecommerce product pages, like get reviews and social proof, consider color psychology, use high-quality product images and videos, and more. However, we didn't address product descriptions; we felt the topic deserved its own post. With my background in creative writing,...
One of the biggest mistakes that ecommerce jewelry entrepreneurs make is failing to consider the similarities between ecommerce and brick-and-mortar jewelry stores and then forgetting to implement important merchandising and technical best practices in their digital storefront. Even though a brick-and-mortar store requires physical space, while an ecommerce store...
In Episode #92 of the Joy Joya Jewelry Marketing Podcast, I interview Liz Kantner, a self-described marketer, content creator, jewelry brand advocate, and more. Though not a jewelry designer herself, Liz is passionate about helping independent jewelry artists - especially emerging designers - thrive in the modern marketplace. After...
