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Top of Mind: September 26, 2013
September 26th, 2013
by Bill Boyajian

Don’t Forget the Magic!

It’s easy to take jewelry for granted when you work in a jewelry store or around gems and jewelry every day. We take the goods out every morning and put them away every evening. We sometimes forget that people walk into a jewelry store to see beautiful pieces for those they love for special occasions in life.

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As a jewelry salesperson, it’s important to leave our personal issues at home and be “up” every day when we walk in the store. Customers are looking to us for advice and knowledge about the precious pieces we sell. So it is vital that we give them a magical experience, one they will remember for years to come.

Salespeople must sell themselves before they can sell jewelry. They need to be well-groomed, creative, open-minded, and focused on what they are doing. They need to give individual attention to their customers and exude friendliness, sincerity, and confidence to each person they meet in the store.

So think long and hard about how you look and feel when you come to work and get behind that critical 18 inches of countertop. Your customers will feel the difference and you will see the difference in your sales.

Most of all, don’t forget the magic!

Exercising Discipline

There is almost no substitute for hard work. The harder you work, the luckier you seem to get. Likewise, the more you put into something, the more you’ll get out of it…. [click to read more]

 

Here are a few Business and Life tips to think about….

Business Tips:

  • If you sell a product or provide a service, keep it consistent. Nothing warrants repeat business like something people can depend on.
  • When you simply must succeed at something, adopt a “failure is not an option” mentality. Put your contingency plans away.
  • If all you do is look for problems at work, that’s what you’ll find. If instead, you look for successes at work, you will find them.

Life Tips:

  • Information is at our fingertips, so we should be using it every day. There is hardly any excuse for being uninformed.
  • Life is short, but pacing yourself for a marathon is more intelligent than racing like it’s a sprint. Slow down, and enjoy life.
  • If different people close to you keep telling you the same thing about your strengths, it’s time you start believing them.


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–Charles Denaburg,
Managing Partner,
Levy’s Fine Jewelry
Birmingham, AL

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Leitzel Fine Jewelry
Hershey & Myerstown, PA

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Kizer-Cummings Jewelers
Lawrence, KS