AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON approaches, let me put on my coach’s whistle for a quick pep talk.
Do you love your customers?
TWEET! That was sad. What are you – a jewelry store, or the Department of Motor Vehicles? I don’t think you love your customers at all. And I bet they don’t think you love them either.
Let’s try again. Do you love your customers?
TWEET! Better. But only a bit. What I’m feeling is the kind of love where you might think for a second before adding “xoxo” to the bottom of a letter you’ve written. What I’m looking for is real love, true love, holding-a-boombox-at-dawn-outside-your-customer’s-bedroom-window-love.1
Like this:
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So give it to us one more time …
DO YOU LOOOOOOVE YOUR CUSTOMERS?
That’s more like it. It sounds like you’re just about ready to offer some seriously extreme service in your store this holiday season. TWEET! Now get out there and just love the whiskers off of everybody who walks through your door.
1 Are we actually recommending that you go full John Cusack outside the bedroom windows of your customers? Naw. We were using the former teen icon as an example more for the intensity of his feeling than the means he used to express it. Though wearing a trenchcoat and holding a boombox in your store’s parking lot to promote your big sale or party isn’t a bad idea!
Family Legacy, New Chapter: How Wilkerson Turns 89 Years of History Into Future Success
After 89 years of serving the Albany community, Harold Finkle Your Jeweler faced a pivotal decision. For third-generation owner Justin Finkle, the demanding hours of running a small business were taking precious time away from his young family. "After 23 years, I decided this was the time for me," Finkle explains. But closing a business with nearly nine decades of inventory and customer relationships isn't something easily managed alone.
Wilkerson's comprehensive approach transformed this challenging transition into a remarkable success story. Their strategic planning handled everything from advertising and social media to inventory management and staffing — elements that would overwhelm most jewelers attempting to navigate a closing sale independently.
The results speak volumes. "Wilkerson gave us three different tiers of potential goals," Finkle notes. "We've reached that third tier, that highest goal already, and we still have two weeks left of the sale." The partnership didn't just meet financial objectives—it exceeded them ahead of schedule.
