by Angie Ash, EVP Know what’s great? Receiving a text message from a business that sounds genuine and specifically written to me. Know what’s not great? A canned, cut, and pasted attempt to “connect”. Getting business done during a pandemic meant jewelers HAD to turn the innovation switch on to stay alive. And retailers got in line accordingly...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing Your online presence is a vast exotic ecosystem teaming with jubilance and life. It is your honorable duty to stand at the helm of this majestic beauty and guide it to ever-increasing greatness. That is if you're not busy spending six hours trying to fix a typo on a blog...
By Ellen Fruchtman, President In a few days, Cupid’s arrow will be in full force. Valentine’s Day, with its long history, is the day we celebrate those we love. Which got me thinking. What do you love about your business or what you do for a living? Yes, all jobs and/or running a business can be frustrating...
by Shane O’Neill, Vice President It happened in a flash. COVID-19 hit the newswire, cases grew and, before we knew it, the country was on lockdown. People couldn’t leave the house, businesses were closed, and people had to decide who they were going to shelter in place with. When abrupt events like these happen, such as the...
By Angie Ash, EVP When COVID first reared its ugly head, there was no phrase I despised hearing quite as much as the “new normal”. There was nothing even remotely “normal” about what the world was going through when the pandemic hit. With almost a year of COVID under our belts, though, the phrase is finally settling...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing The internet has made marketing more accessible than ever. It has also made marketing more complicated than ever. And, in this modern age, not all marketing activity is created equal. Marketing is no longer a choice between handing off everything to an agency or doing everything in-house. In fact, success...
by Ellen Fruchtman, President By now you’ve probably read countless articles about the state of retail. There have been countless articles about its demise. There have been countless articles about what many believe to be permanent changes. To sum it up, here’s what we know: Independent guild jewelry stores thrived in 2020. Yes, there were some store closings for...
A Fruchtman Marketing Podcast
For the past decade we’ve been talking about how digital marketing and the move to online has changed how businesses market themselves…but what about how this technology should be changing the jewelry salesperson?
by Angie Ash, EVP I have great news - my daughter is officially engaged! My future son in law asked for our blessing to marry Meredith about a month ago, and Matt and I both loved that he followed this tradition of sorts. Within the conversation, I mentioned that I was in the jewelry business and told...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing At Fruchtman Marketing, we've been keeping an eye on the evolving situation with lab-grown diamonds for a while now. Because of the differences and similarities between lab-grown and natural diamonds, not all retailers, or even customers, have the same view of the product. But one thing that seems undeniable is...