AGTA Spectrum Design Competition Winners Announced -- JRB Inner Circle Members Lauded

Introducing the JRB Designer Jewelry Marketing Academy

Everyone Should Send an Image for the Next Lark 500 Jewelry Book -- Great Publicity for Jewelry Desi

Call for Entries: 500 Silver Jewelry Designs by Lark Books
Lark Books is publishing in a juried collection of international studio jewelry. 500 Silver Jewelry Designs, juried by Talya Baharal, is a 420-page, full color survey of contemporary jewelers prominently featuring silver in their designs. This international collection will be beautifully presented and widely distributed throughout the world.All jewelry forms, such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and brooches are welcome. Materials other than silver, such as stones, other metals, or alternative materials, may be included, but silver must be the focus and should occupy roughly 80% of the piece. All design styles are welcome. Jewelers whose work is selected for inclus

"iMakeJewelry" for the Apple iPhone - a designer app!
We read today on the Business of Craft blog that Crafthaus member Victoria Lansford announces the release of "iMakeJewelry" for the Apple iPhone !Product description:iMakeJewelry is the ultimate app for jewelers and metalsmiths. Use it to check precious metal prices, calculate sheet, wire and wax weights, ring blank lengths, find alloy recipes and information on stones. Use it to calculate weight conversions from wax to metal or silver to gold and convert weight and area measurements

Twitip.com – Twitter Tips By Seasoned Twitter Users To Help You Get Started
Tim Lenahan of Makeuseof.com points out some great content on a favorite website of  mine, too, Twitip.com. Where you can learn all things twitter."I remember when I started learning how to Twitter.  My first reaction was “What in the world is the use of this waste of time?”  Twitter was confusing, a waste of time, and without a point.  It wasn’t until I decided I was going to finally sit down and figure it out that I actually began to “

Retailers and Customer Engagement Through Twitter
Macala Wright (fashionablymarketing.me) , Crosby Noricks (PRCouture.com), Maria Ogneva (fashionablymarketing.me) presented a panel at the 140Conf in Los Angeles called “Retailers and Customer Engagement Through Twitter.”Here's some great video from their presentation that will give you a great look at online tools for fashion brands and retailers. Heard of Polyvore? Who does great job? They recommend following:

Ranking the digital competency of luxury brands -- report by LuxuryLab
Created by Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor of marketing, and a team of experts, the Digital IQ Index scores 109 luxury brands in 11 categories including fashion, beauty and skincare, watches, and automobiles. The study, the first and largest of its kind, measures brands on the effectiveness of their digital competence based on criteria including search engine optimization, brand translation, ability to leverage technology, and use of social media. “2009 represented a tipping point concerning the importance of digital competence in the luxury industry,” says Scott Galloway. “While