Choosing a Name For Your Jewelry-Making Business
June 2, 2010 by
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The jewelry-making business is a large and competitive one, and it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. An attractive and creative name will help you differentiate yourself from your competitors and catch the attention of potential customers. If you call your business The Jewelry Box, All That Glitters or anything containing the word Midas, your work will be perceived as bland and unoriginal, just like the name.
Scrabble Jewelry is a Perfect Gift
June 2, 2010 by
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By Ela Steel 
Scrabble jewelry consists of many different types of jewelry made from upcycled scrabble game pieces. It’s a hot trend currently in fashion. There are hundreds of different styles of this kind of jewelry, anything from whimsical to inspirational to personal. These accessories are great for giving as gifts for any kind of special occasion, and to anyone from tweens to teens to women and moms. With so many choices, you can see why this is a great way to show of your personal fashion sense, and of course there’s something out there just right for you!
Resin Jewelry Making - How to Prepare Inclusions
By Michael Cluley
Resin jewelry making provides you the ability to encapsulate objects and suspend them in the resin; producing jewelry items that incorporate materials that may not otherwise be used in jewelry making. Many items may be embedded within resin jewelry including insects, plants, pictures and fabric. The most important thing to consider when embedding objects into resin is that the inclusion is completely free from moisture as the moisture can interfere with the resin curing process. The following explains how inclusions should be prepared before being embedded into resin.
Pick the Next Hot Kid’s Jewelry Item
May 1, 2010 by
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An important part of making money by selling jewelry is knowing how to pick the types of jewelry that people want. Naturally you look at what’s selling now, stock up and promote the items. But if you can get in ahead of the push, you can enjoy the position of promoting jewelry that becomes popular when every other seller out there doesn’t have a supply. It’s not always easy, but when you do it you have the ability to make a lot of sales and even become known as the place to go for those specific items.
Czech Fire Polished Beads - How They Make Your Jewelry Unique
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By Jim Hofman
For centuries, jewelers in the know and those who appreciate fine jewelry have been aware of the artistic output of rural Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Deep in the heart of the dense Czech countryside forests, skilled laborers continue the time honored tradition of glass making. From these humble surroundings, some of the most unique, beautiful, and desired jewelry accent pieces are handcrafted - Czech fire polished beads.
An Easier Way to Sell Handmade Jewelry Online
May 1, 2010 by
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If you sell handmade jewelry online through a website, you already know how hard it can be to get traffic. The challenges of constantly marketing and promoting your site, while continuing to design jewelry to sell can be daunting. There’s not enough time in a day to get it all done.
Selling Your Jewelry Designs Needs a Little Bit of Thinking
May 1, 2010 by
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By Fran Smith
One of the difficult aspects of every jewelry designer comes up against at some stage is marketing. You’ll know that it takes a lot of time to design your products as not really until you begin archiving them to sell them that you realize this is a completely different part of the business that needs lot of attention.
Ensuring Google likes your business website
May 1, 2010 by
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We have mentioned in previous articles the importance of building links and getting your website ranked by the search engines. In this article we’ll cover some essentials, do’s and don’ts for your site to ensure that Google and the other search engines will both index your site and not penalise any of the content.
Building links to your website
April 2, 2010 by
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Once you have your own jewellery website you will need to develop a link building strategy. Search engines rank websites according their perceived popularity .One of the ways you can do this is write short articles on your chosen subject and submit them to article directories. Once an article has been submitted the article directory usually allows for a biography section or a resource box about the author and this is where you can get an “on topic“ link back to your website as this allow for you to include your own personal website link.
Effectively selling jewellery online
March 2, 2010 by
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In a previous article featured in November 2009 we looked at finding your niche jewellery market and finding the right keywords for your web site. This month we are going to look at getting a domain name for your website that will help you in the search engine rankings.
Most people, when selecting a domain name for their website presence on the internet, will choose their business name. However this is not necessarily the best option, especially if you are selling in a competitive market.
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