IN THIS EPISODE of Marketing Gems, Jim Ackerman shares “a low-tech secret to getting maximum customers through the door in minimum time.”

It’s an idea you can apply to all of your advertising, including Facebook, email, direct mail, billboards, television, radio and every other medium.

It starts with thinking like a customer.

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EVERY JEWELER LOVES referrals, but many do nothing to make them happen.

In today’s video, marketing expert Jim Ackerman explains how to apply a systematic approach to generating referrals.

IN THIS EPISODE of Marketing Gems, Jim Ackerman shows us a jewelry marketing effort that worked.

It included a high-end direct-mail piece, complete with two-page sales letter on card stock. The envelope also had five cards with photos and descriptions of jewelry.

Ackerman explains that it costs more to market this way, but the extra cost can be well worth it.

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