Brainstorms

Why Alliteration Could Jazz Up Your Jingle

When you need a phrase to stick in the mind, try this trick of sound.

Published

5 years ago

March 28, 2019

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“Alliterate or die!” That was a poster a former colleague saw pasted to a newsroom wall. Alliteration’s power to make words stick owes itself to the repetition of sounds. It’s something a lot of jewelers already know, hence “Wine Wednesdays” at Erik Runyan Jewelers in Vancouver, WA, or “Free Cleaning Friday” and “Saturday Style” at Fakier Jewelers in Houma, LA. Manic Mondays, Too Good to be True Tuesdays, Fried Food Fridays … once you get started using alliteration to jazz up your work week, it’s really hard to stop.

Looking for a Seamless Sale? Call Wilkerson

After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”