1. Exciting New Markets for Your Handcrafted Jewelry

2. New Jewelry Business Tips and Techniques:
   Five great new articles

3. Submit Your Article, Project, Tip, or Photo -
   and Get a Valuable Link to Your Website

4. Your Profitable Jewelry Business:
   Consumers Reveal How They'll Christmas Shop in 2007

5. Neat Jewelry-Related Website:
   Richard Salley

6. Get Ready to Profit from Your Fall Art & Craft Shows

7. Looking for Good Places to Sell Your Jewelry?

Don't miss out on these prime opportunities to sell your jewelry to customers who are VERY willing to buy from you – again and again. It's the main way I sell my own jewelry now.

You'll find everything you need to get started selling your own jewelry this way, in my new ebook Secrets of a Handcrafted Jewelry Shopping Service.

A reader named Charlie says,

"This is really the handbook to making money with your jewelry anywhere in the world! All the examples you give are fantastic. Every time I read through it I get more ideas."

Invest in this 115-page, easy-to-read guide now, and be prepared to sell more of your jewelry this Fall and Holiday shopping season:

1. A Versatile Background for Photographing Jewelry
   Need a different background for photographing jewelry? Use this neat idea when photographing jewelry indoors, outdoors, or on a scanner. By MaryLou Holvenstot.




2. Joint Ventures - A Way to Grow Your Jewelry Business
   Joint ventures are when two businesses collaborate to help each other succeed. Enjoy Carolina Gonzalez' uplifting story of the joint venture she and her husband have forged with another local business. By Carolina Gonzalez.




3. Clementine Jewelry Booth
   Beautiful photos of Cassie Gray's elegant, unique jewelry booth. By Cassie Gray.




4. Inexpensive Jewelry Display Risers
   When Kathi Ader first began doing craft shows, she needed an economical way of adding height to her jewelry display. See what she uses that also keeps supplies organized at her booth! By Kathi Ader.




5. Does Your Jewelry Website Have These Sale-Boosting Features?
   Studies show that websites with these features tend to make more sales. Adding even a few of them to your site can help you sell more jewelry online. By Rena Klingenberg.

Share your own jewelry business story, tip, project, or advice - and build traffic to your website at the same time. You can also include any photos you have that illustrate your contribution.

When I publish your contribution, you'll receive a free permanent link to your website from my site - and your content will be read by thousands of people in the jewelry industry. My guest authors report a significant flow of traffic coming from their links on my sites!

In an October 2007 Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll, 23% of Americans said they intend to spend less on Christmas this year than they did last year.

And here's when they actually do their shopping:

• 22% said they will likely finish their holiday shopping during Thanksgiving weekend.

• 45% anticipate that they'll finish their shopping during the second week of December.

• 20% plan to finish on Christmas Eve.

• The remainder say they'll probably finish their shopping after Christmas!

Further interesting results from this poll:

• 65% of the respondents plan to do some of their holiday shopping online.

• Re-gifting (giving someone else a gift that was given to you) is a growing trend; 24% say they gave some "re-gifts" last year.

• Gift certificates are the second-most common gift the poll respondents plan to give this year. (See how to easily make and sell your own professional-looking jewelry gift certificates.)

Keep these poll results in mind as you prepare your jewelry business for these last seven weeks before Christmas!

Our neat site this week is Richard Salley's mixed media. Under Mr. Salley's skillful touch, found objects transform into vintage art.

At the left side of his site, be sure to click on "Jewelry" to see his fascinating wearable creations.

Then, for a real treat, click on "Tutorial" to see a step-by-step slideshow of the creation of one of his pieces!

Got jewelry shows this Fall? It's the best, most profitable time of year for selling jewelry.

Sell more of your jewelry with the secrets you'll learn in my downloadable ebook, Ultimate Guide to Your Profitable Jewelry Booth.

Don't wait to discover hundreds of things you can do to sell your jewelry like crazy at shows, fairs, and festivals. Invest in this 176-page, step-by-step resource before your next show:

Check the U.S. Fairs and Festivals Calendar, a comprehensive listing of shows, fairs, and festivals with detailed lists of events.

Or see the Canada Fairs and Festivals Calendar.

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