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Forget Postcards … This Jeweler’s 2-Page Letter Brought $80K in Business

It might be time to ditch the postcards.

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6 years ago

February 5, 2018

Jim Ackerman

If you’re holding private sales and they’re not working as well as you’d like, marketing specialist Jim Ackerman says its time to change up your marketing.

Most jewelers promote these events via Facebook, email and postcards. But you might want to ditch the postcards, he says.

In the video below, Ackerman shows how one jeweler achieved a superb 12 percent response rate using a well-crafted two-page letter. As a result, the store did $80,000 of business in two days.

Forget Postcards … This Jeweler’s 2-Page Letter Brought $80K in Business

Jim Ackerman

Jim Ackerman, “Marketing Coach to the Jewelry Industry,” is president of Ascend Marketing. Reach him at jimack@ascendmarketing.com.

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