Engagement marketing, also known as “experiential marketing” or “event marketing”, can engage consumers with a jewelry brand and its products. The importance of engagement marketing is hard to deny. According to the recent study conducted by Event Track, “70% of users become regular customers after an experiential marketing event”. Are [...]
More clients have been inquiring about influencer marketing lately, and I don’t blame them. If you read any popular digital marketing advice, you’ll hear about the “magic” of influencers – get your jewelry on just the right celebrity or style blogger, and you’ll “make it” in the marketplace. For example, [...]
Do you feel like you’re struggling to stand out in a sea of sparkle? While it’s true Instagram is the platform where jewelry brands can hope for engagement, the number of total interactions is decreasing. However, not all hope is lost, and some jewelry brands are thriving on Instagram. If [...]
Today, JCK published an editorial titled “3 Predictions for the Jewelry Business in 2019 and Beyond“. At the 2018 GIA Symposium, Scott Galloway – marketing professor and founder of market research platform Gartner L2 – shared his thoughts about the future of jewelry. He predicts that in 2019, 1) lab-grown [...]
Have you ever heard of a term called “marketing myopia“? You may have seen the word “myopia,” which is a fancy way to say nearsightedness. In relation to marketing, myopia means a brand has lost sight of the big picture and is focusing too closely on small details that [...]
If your jewelry brand currently has a social media marketing strategy that involves Facebook and/or Instagram, you’ve probably seen notifications like: “People are boosting posts like…to reach more people. Try boosting this post.” “This post is performing better than 90% of other posts…” Have you tried boosting a post to see if [...]
If you were given a random lineup of Instagram profiles for jewelry brands – with the usernames hidden – would you be able to determine which ones are corporate jewelry brands and which ones are mom-and-pop jewelry shops? You’d likely analyze the quality of the images, the caliber of models, [...]
Especially at the beginning of their journey, many jewelry designers and stores are so excited to share their products with the world that they fail to identify their “dream” customer. You’re probably thinking: but wouldn’t choosing a dream customer and only marketing to him/her limit my sales? Identifying your ideal [...]
In his book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, marketing expert Seth Godin writes, “An individual artist needs only a thousand true fans in her tribe. It’s enough.” That’s right: a jewelry store or jewelry designer needs only 1,000 tried and true fans to help inspire success. How is that possible? Consider [...]
Jewelry can be so easy to copy; some swindling entrepreneurs attend trade shows just to peep other designers’ works. Then, they decide how they can manufacture the designs with cheaper materials. Ultimately, they try to sell their knock-off pieces at lower prices. Even worse, many consumers don’t understand the true value of diamonds, [...]
