Handmade Bracelets, Unique Handcrafted Jewelry, Horse Jewelry Bracelets

1. Touch the surface of metal jewelry as little as possible. Silver and copper jewelry will quickly discolor from the oils, sweat and other impurities on your hands,

2. Do not wear handmade jewelry to wash the dishes, while washing your hands or showering. The detergents that we use everyday will harm your favorite handmade bracelets and handcrafted rings.

3. Avoid using hand sanitizers while wearing handmade rings. Even the best protective finishes cannot withstand repeated use of hand sanitizers.

4. Whenever possible buy handcrafted jewelry that has protective coatings. It is easier to prevent tarnishing than to remove tarnish.

5. Store your silver and copper handmade jewelry in a tarnish-free cloth or in an airtight plastic bag. Exposure to air and humidity will increase the chances of tarnishing.

6. Avoid the build up of hairspray on handmade earrings and handcrafted barrettes or hair clips. Put your earrings and hair clips on last.

7. Do not wear handmade jewelry when participating in sports, sunbathing or swimming. Water and excessive sun can discolor your handmade jewelry.

8. Take care not to scratch, bend or damage your jewelry. Choose your jewelry wisely for the occasion. If you are gardening or cleaning where you will be in contact with water or chemicals try to pick jewelry that will not be damaged.

Keep in mind that handmade jewelry is fragile and not usually meant to endure the beating that it sometimes receives. Taking special steps to prevent damage to your handcrafted jewelry pieces will ensure that you always look great wearing your favorite handmade earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

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With over 25 years of experience selling handcrafted jewelry at craft fairs there are many important marketing techniques that many people overlook. These are simple ways to increase your sales of handmade earrings and unique bracelets that are only learned from years of participating in shows. When displaying your handmade jewelry pay special attention to what catches the eye of your customers, where they enter the booth and when they leave your booth. Use these clues to know which areas need improvement.

The set up of your booth should be welcoming and open. Many exhibitors make the mistake of putting a table at the front of their booth. Try setting up tables in a u-shape so that people can come into your booth. Booth space is small so you must use every inch wisely.

Always welcome people into your booth, being friendly and sincere will increase your sales. People come to craft shows to meet the artist so each handmade jewelry piece has special meaning when they have talked to the artist.

Lighting is very important. Craft shows are known for poor lighting so you must use extra lights to make sure your booth stands out from the crowd. Well placed lighting can make an incredible difference in your sales.

Group your items so people looking for certain designs will easily find the matching handmade bracelets and handcrafted necklaces for the handmade earrings they have chosen.

 Make sure to have a mirror close at hand. Ladies love to hold up the handmade earrings close to their ears to see how they will look when worn.

 Along the same lines, wear your own handmade jewelry. People love to see how the handmade earrings and handmade bracelets look like on. Many times sales are made of the same items you are wearing at the craft show.

 If there is a break in the traffic, have some work ready. Nothing attracts people to your booth then seeing you making the handcrafted jewelry right there. Carry a box with some tools, supplies as well as handmade earrings and handmade bracelets pieces. People who stop to watch will soon become customers.

 This tip goes without saying but it is included only to be complete. Do not ever read a book or newspaper at a craft show. There is nothing worse or will make a customer run away faster than reading a book.

Every little detail counts when displaying handmade jewelry at craft shows. Have your handcrafted jewelry sales been less than you hoped? Try a few of these tips and see the dramatic effects small details can have on handcrafted jewelry and handmade gifts sales.

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Handmade Jewelry by Copper Reflections is pleased to announce that their new lines of handmade earrings and handmade bracelets have been very well received by their wholesale jewelry customers. The order rate has been tremendous and with many new designs of handmade earrings and bracelets the wholesale jewelry and gift shows have been a great success.

The artisans of Copper Reflections will also be introducing new handcrafted necklaces and unique rings to compliment their new handmade earrings and handmade bracelets lines. These additions will create more multiple sales at the retail level, thus increasing profits for their wholesale handmade jewelry customers.

Copper Reflections has created the most unique handmade earrings. Inspired by the beauty of wildlife, nature and Native Peoples of North America, each piece is carefully designed and handcrafted especially for you. Their unique handmade jewelry is unusual as they are the only ones making this type of handcrafted jewelry using techniques and designs that they have developed over the years.

All of their wholesale handcrafted jewelry and unique gift ideas are silver plated and individually diamond cut on copper jewelry and copper gifts. This handcrafted artisan jewelry was originated from an exclusive ancient copper craft. Each piece of the handmade jewelry and unique gifts has an acrylic coating to prevent copper from tarnishing, so no polishing or special care is required. Handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, handcrafted necklaces, unique rings, chokers, pins, brooches, hair clips and lockets can all be made into matching sets. Many new designs and styles are planned for the upcoming months.

The artisans of Copper Reflections have revolutionized the handmade jewelry market yet again with their innovative new handmade jewelry designs and techniques. See all their new lines at their website to review all their unique handcrafted wholesale jewelry.

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Copper Reflections is looking for handmade jewelry and unique gifts distributors in Germany and Europe. We will be in Frankfurt and Munich this week and are looking forward to meeting with German and European wholesale jewelry and gift distributors. Please contact us to arrange a meeting and see samples of our unique work.

We have an extensive line of unique handmade jewelry and unique handmade gifts. The artisans of Copper Reflections have been specialized in handmade jewelry, unique jewelry, handcrafted jewelry and wholesale jewelry since 1985. With unique jewelry designs, unusual techniques, high quality craftsmanship, reasonable prices and over 25 years of experience Copper Reflections is a great source for handmade jewelry and wholesale jewelry. 

We are the only ones making this type of handmade jewelry using techniques and designs that we have developed over the years. Inspired by the beauty of wildlife, nature and the Native Peoples of North America, each piece is carefully designed and handcrafted by our skilled artisans. We can make custom designs that will represent the country, and also designs that people are looking for and will enjoy more. This way we believe we can be more successful in our venture into the German market. 

Copper Reflections, we are family owned company specialized in the designing and manufacturing of unique copper gift items and handmade jewelry. We have been working on our craft since 1985 and we believe that we are the only ones doing this type of work. The designs and the techniques that we have come up with over the years are unique to us. 

We have been established in wholesale in Canada and the United States for over 20 years. We have distributors in the US and Canada. We can be contacted online at www.copperreflections.com . Please visit our website to see all of our handmade jewelry and unique gift ideas. 

The artisans of Copper Reflections have been providing unique handcrafted jewelry and unique gift ideas using an exclusive ancient copper craft for over 23 years. All of our handmade jewelry and unique gift ideas are silver plated and individually diamond cut on copper. Each piece of our handcrafted copper jewelry and unique gift idea has a protective acrylic coating to prevent tarnishing so no polishing is required. We have been designing and producing our handmade jewelry and unique gift ideas since 1985. 

We have many animal jewelry and gifts designs, northwest and southwest Native American jewelry and gift designs as well as flower jewelry and gift designs on our handcrafted unique jewelry and unique gift ideas: 

*Animal designs include hummingbird, cat, butterfly, dolphin, whales, turtles, wolf, eagle, bear, polar bear, horse, loon, elk, moose, coyote, roadrunner, unicorn, dragonfly, owl, elephant and puffin. We have a wide selection of dolphin jewelry, as well as western and horse jewelry. 

*Southwest designs include end of the trail, four elements, desert scene, cactus, roadrunner, sunburst, star, geometrical, cloud, kokopelli, turtle, feathers, hummingbird, butterfly, frog, thunderbird and bear. 

*Northwest designs include hands of creation, killer whale / orca, bear, sun, eagle, salmon, wolf, otter, moon, hummingbird, butterfly, raven, lovebirds, beaver, totem poles, totemic, frog, thunderbird and owl. 

*We also have a wide range of handcrafted artisan jewelry and gift designs including inukshuk, maple leaf, angel, cross, geometrical, art deco, art nouveau, medieval and celtic. 

*North American western designs include cowboy boots, cowboy hat, horseshoe, team ropers, bull rider, guitar and horse jewelry & gifts. 

*We have many styles of unique handcrafted jewelry and unique gift ideas with flower designs including daisy, iris and lilies. 

The artisans of Copper Reflections can also make your custom designs in our handcrafted artisan jewelry including handcrafted necklaces, handmade earrings and unique bracelets. All of our wholesale jewelry and gifts can be handmade using your unique gift idea.

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Well, it’s that time of year again, the wholesale jewelry and gift shows for 2010 have started! It seems as though we just started preparing for the new season and now it’s here. Our wholesale show preparations are finished, new designs and lines of our unique handmade jewelry including new handmade earrings and handmade bracelets are now available for review at our website.

For Buyers the preparations are just beginning. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your buying season:

1. Review your sales records for last year. This will give you a good idea of what sells and what hasn’t sold well in your area. Sometimes this review will surprise you.

2. Eliminate slow sellers, discount them and sell through remaining stock to make room for new products.

3. Go through the buyers guides for the wholesale jewelry and gift shows that you will be attending. Mark your suppliers booths on the show map to ensure you place your orders with your existing suppliers. Some shows have expanded in recent years, the CGTA show in Toronto for example, a lot of your wholesale jewelry suppliers have moved into larger booths because of the expansion of the Toronto Congress Centre, make sure you know where they are so you don’t miss out on seeing their new handmade jewelry and unique gifts for 2010.

4. Make a budget and stick to it! Make allowances for new products from existing wholesale suppliers and well as new suppliers minimum order requirements. Leave yourself room for some last minute additions.

5. Research new products online. Go through the buyers’ guide and visit the websites of suppliers you are interested in. You can find out about their products and services, minimum orders, shipping costs, etc. without walking that extra mile to see their booth.

6. Make a list of questions for suppliers. During the hustle and bustle of shows important questions sometimes get overlooked.

7. Take advantage of “Show Specials”. Many suppliers will offer free shipping or free point of purchase displays. Displays, especially for handmade jewelry, will greatly increase your sales. Most of our customers who have taken advantage of our jewelry display packages have seen dramatic increases in sales of our handcrafted jewelry, sometimes 200-300% increases.

8. Make sure to offer your customers a variety of unique gift ideas. Focus on your best selling price points, but also offer some high-end as well as low-end alternatives.

9. Keep in mind your customers! If you are a local retailer you will want to freshen up your existing unique handmade jewelry lines for your existing customer base. If you are in a resort or tourist centre you can stick will proven sellers as your customers are always changing.

10. Wear comfortable shoes!

Making the right preparations will ensure your buying success. Research is key, these days everyone is online and trying to provide you all the information you need to make the correct buying decisions for your stores. We hope these tips will help you with your Wholesale Jewelry and Gift Show preparations.

Handmade Earrings, Stud Earrings, Handcrafted Jewelry, Dragonfly Jewelry

The artisans of Handmade Jewelry by Copper Reflections will be displaying new lines of handcrafted jewelry including many new designs and styles of handmade earrings, handmade bracelets and handcrafted necklaces. Copper Reflections has been providing unique handcrafted jewelry and handmade gifts for 25 years. They specialize in animal jewelry, wildlife jewelry, nature jewelry and Native American jewelry designs. These designs are available in many styles of unique jewelry and gifts.

Copper Reflections handmade jewelry and unique gift ideas are silver plated and individually diamond cut on copper jewelry and gifts. Each piece of handcrafted copper jewelry and unique gift idea has a protective acrylic coating to prevent tarnishing so no polishing is required. They have been designing and producing artisan handmade jewelry and unique gift ideas since 1985.

The artisans of Handmade Jewelry by Copper Reflections are looking forward to seeing all their established wholesale jewelry customers as well as meeting new handcrafted jewelry  and unique gifts buyers from throughout the US and Canada. Please stop by and see their displays at the spring wholesale jewelry and gift shows to review our newest styles and designs of handcrafted jewelry including handmade earrings and handmade bracelets for the 2010 season!

Wishing Everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Handmade Earrings, Handcrafted Jewelry, Hummingbird Jewelry, Unique Earrings

Search engine optimization is essential for handmade jewelry internet marketing. The handcrafted jewelry business is very competitive with millions of websites clamoring for top ranking in the search engine result pages. Using the right techniques can be challenging for handmade jewelry marketers. Creating handcrafted jewelry is in itself a full time job so many people can not devote a great deal of time to their websites. It is important to use search engine optimization correctly to achieve the best results in the least amount of time.

Search engine optimization begins with the website. In order to make the handmade jewelry website optimized effectively, it is important to keep in mind that each web page is separate and should have its own keywords. This means that not only the homepage needs to be optimized, but each page should also be optimized using the most appropriate keywords and long-tailed keyword phrases. 

When employing search engine optimization techniques to the web pages, you must identify the main concept a page talk about and base the main keywords and phrases from that. For handmade jewelry websites most have pages for handmade earrings, handmade bracelets and handcrafted necklaces so focus on those keywords and related keywords. It is best to have only two or three phrases per page.

The title tag, meta description and meta keywords tags of each page should also be optimized with the chosen keywords and phrases. It is crucial to make the title tag and meta description attractive to your customers as well as the search engines. Most major search engines will use the title tag and description on the search engine results pages which means that this is what people will be reading once they search for a query relevant to your content. The meta keywords tag is not used by most search engines anymore but it is worth including just in case.

The keyword density is also important and your keywords should be efficiently used throughout the content of the page. Search engines index websites and pages depending on the keywords and phrases within the content. The secret is to entice your visitors to buy your handmade jewelry or wholesale jewelry while giving the search engines enough clues what your web page is about. Try not to go overboard on the keywords as this is frowned upon by most search engines. 

Good use of the image attribute tags is vital as search engines can not see the picture. Use your keywords to describe what is shown in the picture. Again, do not over do it on the keywords as keyword stuffing can get you banned from the search engines. 

Of course, effectively using search engine optimization can greatly improve your handmade jewelry website search engine rankings. There are many other techniques that can be used along with search engine optimization for better rankings but good optimization will continue to benefit your handcrafted jewelry website for long term results.

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Handmade jewelry internet marketing is like any other kind of marketing.  You are trying to reach a niche market so you must plan accordingly. You have to start by identifying your target market and the keywords they use to find your products. You have to learn what your customers are looking for in order to develop content that your target niche will respond to and take action.

In order to identify your target market start with what you already know about your customers. Some people talk about geo-targeting, demographics and value proposition. What these big words boil down to is know who buys your products, where they buy your products, when they buy your products and why they buy your products. Google webmaster tools are great for analyzing your target keywords but you are the one who knows your products and customers the best. When selling handmade jewelry participating at craft shows is one of the best ways to reach that niche market. When marketing online finding handmade craft sites would then be the natural choice as they cater to the same niche market.

How you want to be perceived by your target market will define your approach.  Identify what your customers want and write your website content to fill that need. There are important principles of traffic generation you need to understand in order to be successful at bringing visitors into your website. Those visitors need to be targeted to your niche and the search engine organic searches are generally your best source of targeted visitors.

Search engine optimization is the best strategy to rank higher in the search engines organic searches. Your website needs content that appeals to your customers while at the same time gives the search engines information about your website. Essentially you are trading your time for traffic. Creating good content, links and backlinks are great SEO and can generate traffic directly through visitor clicks. These methods take a lot of time and effort but are well worth your time.

Make sure to have great content and start asking related sites for links. A good way to get reciprocal links is to contact the webmaster of related sites. A friendly email saying that you think their website would be beneficial to your website visitors and perhaps their visitors would find your website information useful. Let them know that you will leave their link even if they don’t link back to you is a nice gesture that might get your link request more attention. These links will increase your traffic as well as getting the search engines to visit your site more often with the added benefit of ranking higher in the organic searches.

Backlinks are generated by submitting your sites to relevant directories, being involved in social networking, submitting articles, participating in forums and leaving comments at relevant websites. It is very important that your keyword or keyword phrase is hyperlinked in these backlinks. The more targeted links pointing back to you are like votes for your website. The more votes the higher you rank in the organic searches.

Most of all do not get discouraged when you do not get results overnight. There is no magic spell to website promotion just hard work. Whether you make handmade jewelry, wholesale jewelry or offer a service you will need to optimize your website for your niche market in order to get targeted traffic.

This is an original article from Jennifer Hisir of Handmade Jewelry by Copper Reflections.

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If you’re just starting out in handmade jewelry or wholesale jewelry internet marketing there are lots of free blog platforms out there. I prefer the WordPress.com, mostly because it’s easy and has lots of plug-ins to do all the SEO work for you. Blogger is also a great platform, easy to set up your template with lots of widgets and other cool stuff. There are so many free blogs check around for the best match for you. Once you are up and running you can invest more into the site but we are trying to save some money and do it all for free, for now. Another great thing about these platforms is they come up well in the search engines because they are authority sites.  All your posts about handmade earrings and unique bracelets will come up in the searches under those tags or categories.

The web is filled with great information and you can never have too much information. Every time you see something new do a search until you understand what it means. SEO is the most important part of getting good search engine rankings. Make sure to have meta title, description and keywords tags. Don’t forget image alt attributes as well. Do your keyword research and write it into your content. Wordpress has lots of free plugins that take the guesswork out of optimization.

Off-site SEO factors means links to your site. This is probably the hardest and most time consuming because you need to get related sites to link to you. Make sure your site is ready and has good content that other sites will want to link to. Stick with it and bit by bit links will come. Check other related sites link pages to get more links. Make sure you have your target keywords hyper-linked in your link information. Not only do you need back-links but they have to be specific for your keywords from related sites and authority sites.

Do all these things, then continue to read and update your site as you go. Your handmade jewelry website is a continuing process always needing to be tweaked and changed. Search engines like to see change so make sure they have the latest edition of your sitemap. Check your statistics to see what is working and what is not.

To get noticed you will need to join and participate in social networking sites, submit articles, write press releases and get listed in as many related directories as possible. Participating in handmade jewelry forums and joining handcrafted jewelry groups will add to the number of links coming to your site.

Everything takes time so try not to get frustrated when things do not happen overnight. Time is an important factor but rankings can be achieved fairly quickly if you work smartly. Patience is a necessary virtue in wholesale jewelry and handmade jewelry online marketing.

If you make handmade jewelry or have a retail store that sells handcrafted artisan jewelry you need to be online! With millions of handmade jewelry websites how do you get your product seen online? It’s not going to be easy and it takes a lot of hard work, not to mention time. If you do it yourself it will take time, effort and a lot of reading, but it will be well worth it and its kind of fun. Even though the competition is fierce, there is still room at the top if you want to play the internet marketing game. Good luck to you in all your handmade jewelry and wholesale jewelry online marketing efforts!

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Here are some tips to increase your handmade jewelry sales at craft shows. With over 25 years of experience selling handcrafted jewelry at craft fairs there are many important marketing techniques that many people overlook. 

The set up of your booth should be welcoming and open. Many exhibitors make the mistake of putting a table at the front of their booth. Try setting up tables in a u-shape so that people can come into your booth. Booth space is small so you must use every inch wisely. 

Group your items so people looking for certain designs will easily find the matching handmade bracelets and handcrafted necklaces for the handmade earrings they have chosen. 

Make sure to have a mirror close at hand. Ladies love to hold up the handmade earrings close to their ears to see how they will look when worn. 

Along the same lines, wear your own handmade jewelry. People love to see how the handmade earrings and handmade bracelets look like on. Many times sales are made of the same items you are wearing at the craft show. 

Lighting is very important. Craft shows are known for poor lighting so you must use extra lights to make sure your booth stands out from the crowd. Well placed lighting can make an incredible difference in your sales. 

Always welcome people into your booth, being friendly and sincere will increase your sales. People come to craft shows to meet the artist so each handmade jewelry piece has special meaning when they have talked to the artist. 

If there is a break in the traffic, have some work ready. Nothing attracts people to your booth then seeing you making the handcrafted jewelry right there. Carry a box with some tools, supplies as well as handmade earrings and handmade bracelets pieces. People who stop to watch will soon become customers. 

This tip goes without saying but it is included only to be complete. Do not ever read a book or newspaper at a craft show. There is nothing worse or will make a customer run away faster than reading a book. 

Every little thing counts when displaying handmade jewelry at craft shows. Have your sales been less than you hoped? Try a few of these tips and see the dramatic effects small details can have on handcrafted jewelry sales.

About: This is an original article by Jennifer Hisir of Handmade Jewelry Blog by Copper Reflections and may be reprinted as long as the hyper-links are kept intact with working links.