﻿{"id":1226,"date":"2012-10-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=aced86914fd6b93d32c1e63e4a555ec4"},"modified":"2012-10-06T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T16:00:09","slug":"mjsa-confab-profit-lessons-for-jewelry-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2012\/10\/06\/mjsa-confab-profit-lessons-for-jewelry-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"MJSA conFab &#8211; Profit Lessons for Jewelry Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;\">SERIOUSLY &#8211; if it is being presented by MJSA &#8211; it is always worth the time&#8230;and Members get some pretty great perks! &nbsp;\ud83d\ude09<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2CRraDDpgL4\/UG-m04nZSAI\/AAAAAAAAYB4\/82GiY6lf7Yk\/s1600\/mjsa1246.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"140\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2CRraDDpgL4\/UG-m04nZSAI\/AAAAAAAAYB4\/82GiY6lf7Yk\/s640\/mjsa1246.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755672\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16pt; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\"><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755674\">Only 9 Days Left until MJSA conFab&#8211;Have You Registered?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755670\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755666\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755668\">This is your chance to make a better living doing what you love! Thanks to some conFabulous presenters (see list at left), you&#8217;ll get to the heart of what it takes to create a successful business:<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755666\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LH7FeC9wMeQ\/UG-nCZnjzBI\/AAAAAAAAYCA\/9fS0TYx33A0\/s1600\/mjsa1205.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LH7FeC9wMeQ\/UG-nCZnjzBI\/AAAAAAAAYCA\/9fS0TYx33A0\/s320\/mjsa1205.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755666\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755664\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755661\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #330033; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755660\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755659\" style=\"color: #1a0049;\">*&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"102\" hspace=\"5\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755658\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1258\" src=\"http:\/\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs006\/1102365209497\/img\/1258.gif\" style=\"border: 0px;\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"103\" \/>Sit in as Andrea Hill leads Cindy Edelstein, Malak Atut, and Bree Richey on a freewheeling discussion about strategic<span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755677\">planning, marketing, branding, and other business topics in&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755680\" style=\"color: #1a0049;\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755679\"><strong>The Business of Design<\/strong>. After this session<\/span>, you&#8217;ll find that making a profit just got a whole lot easier.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755683\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755687\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755686\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755685\">* Watch as Arthur Skuratowicz and Gary Dawson ad<\/span>dress the crucial issues of pricing jewelry, game-show style, in&nbsp;<strong>The Price Is Right.<\/strong>&nbsp;Plus, as an added bonus, you&#8217;ll receive the<strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755690\">conFab Pricing Checklist<\/strong>&#8211;formulas, factors, and other considerations that you can apply when pricing your own work!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755694\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755693\">* Play along as Andrea Hill conducts&nbsp;<strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755696\">From INventory to OUTventory: The Game<\/strong>, in which the winners will be able to better control their inventory and speed stock turns. The best part: Everyone who attends this session will be a winner.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\">* Listen as Lee Krombholz describes how you can&nbsp;<strong>Put the &#8220;Custom&#8221; in &#8220;Customer&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and deliver personalized designs that not only meet but surpass customer expectations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\">* See Gary Dawson and Eugene Brill critique some of the many&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"75\" hspace=\"5\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1262\" src=\"http:\/\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs006\/1102365209497\/img\/1262.gif\" style=\"border: 0px;\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"70\" \/>websites submitted by fellow conFabbers, in their&nbsp;<strong>Websites That&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Work for You<\/strong>&nbsp;session. Discover what you can do to make&nbsp;your site more effective.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>The Best Part&#8211;Every Day Can be a conFab Day, All Year Long<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\">Thanks to our conFab Online Extras, which we&#8217;ll keep adding&nbsp; to all year long, you&#8217;ll be able to continue the conFab<img loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Ideas and Passion\" border=\"0\" height=\"107\" hspace=\"5\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1232\" src=\"http:\/\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs006\/1102365209497\/img\/1232.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"138\" \/>experience. The conFab ID and passcode you receive upon registering will enable you to view articles, interviews, web apps (such as our Inventory Analysis Aide), and<strong>even videos of all the 2012 conFab sessions<\/strong>, whenever you want.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>New Online Extra: The Designer as Entrepreneur<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\">An&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001LAezL7OFu13X8HBSUn90_gnePMKWar8kmPl3EArGzHIyOrRtffsJJqinyQq0fAEGLWxzBiy2fjj3zgbSd__idbghC7bwzYpOVdp6G0KQJvh80u7gtWnbW0e-2CHcqUjHfxF-CMjwiYsdT1ecc4D7kBqk9K61RcUDtTQs0YBPm4cpJcqb0WD7fMHxmEzFBAdf4SCToOUSL4Mn505Aa9ZS4w==\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755464\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; outline: 0px;\" ><span class=\"\" id=\"lw_1349493458_11\">interview with designer Bree Richey<\/span><\/a>, winner of the 2012 Future of Design competition, on what it takes to get a jewelry design business to the next level.&nbsp;(You&#8217;ll need to be a registered conFabber to access this article; if you&#8217;re not,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001LAezL7OFu102HlhdNki6L1GYqC663fUV4kLPUB-98kjQce1OA89jodqIqcD8PYaoABIqDpVf1zkU4dLaDgxBTYyHe3Is6TLOdMCklv0qA9zGAvz-Iflm55_Wws4P6VDW2oYRG0rWiELMunYvxtLOriP63HxdwSe6\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; outline: 0px;\" >click here to register<\/a>&nbsp;and receive your conFab login and passcode.)<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755709\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755704\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"conFab Register Banner\" border=\"0\" height=\"37\" hspace=\"5\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755706\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1257\" src=\"http:\/\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs006\/1102365209497\/img\/1257.gif\" style=\"border: 0px;\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"373\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755704\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZPBUGFISfz4\/UG-nExCSYtI\/AAAAAAAAYCI\/NF37si5SPJY\/s1600\/mjsaconfab.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"208\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZPBUGFISfz4\/UG-nExCSYtI\/AAAAAAAAYCI\/NF37si5SPJY\/s640\/mjsaconfab.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZPBUGFISfz4\/UG-nExCSYtI\/AAAAAAAAYCI\/NF37si5SPJY\/s1600\/mjsaconfab.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZPBUGFISfz4\/UG-nExCSYtI\/AAAAAAAAYCI\/NF37si5SPJY\/s1600\/mjsaconfab.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\">Source: &nbsp;MJSA Email Reminder&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" id=\"yui_3_2_0_359_1349473981755704\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1a0049; font-family: cambria, georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4698837677539896356-9170838014760856994?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIOUSLY &#8211; if it is being presented by MJSA &#8211; it is always worth the time&#8230;and Members get some pretty great perks! &nbsp;;)Only 9 Days Left until MJSA conFab&#8211;Have You Registered?This is your chance to make a better living doing what you love! 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