I've been making and selling jewelry and other artwork for over a decade, so I've had plenty of experience in running a small business to that end. I was interested in reading this book primarily to see what I could learn, as well as determine whether this would be a good how-to guide to recommend to would-be jewelry artisans wanting to break into sales.
I am pleased to report that the book was excellent on both accounts! For the beginner, the author offers up a wealth of information. She covers everything from deciding what sorts of designs to create, to figuring out who your target audience is, to what the best way to display your creations may be. Rather than being formulaic and *telling* you how to do things, she asks some very important questions to get you to think about things on your own terms.
For those who have been in jewelry sales a while, it's still worth a look. She covers a lot of territory in the book, and I even managed to pick up some ideas I hadn't thought about before. She doesn't waste any words, and even if you don't run across anything here that's precisely new, it's a great tool for periodically re-evaluating your current setup.
This isn't a "how to make jewelry" book, nor is it a complete guide to running a small business. What it is, is a perfect guidebook to fill in all the blanks that more generalized texts can't tell you about selling and marketing your jewelry. There are plenty of missing pieces in these pages, and while it's a slim volume, it has plenty of value!
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