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YOU! tell your readers about who you are…where you come from what your goals are…if someone were standing in front of you and asked you what you do – what would you say?<\/span><\/li>\n
Things that inspire you – sunsets, the still evening ocean, the frenzy of a lightening filled sky…you get the picture! Oh and that is very important – remember to add photos to your blog – we are a very visually stimulated culture!<\/span><\/li>\n
Do you occasionally do local shows – trunk show in a local gallery? your blog can also be a newsletter.<\/li>\n
Is your work taking a new direction? talk to your readers about the new look – what inspired it – you get the idea…<\/li>\n
Are you taking classes to learn a new technique – share your successes and failures with your readers (failure isn’t a bad word – especially if you explained what you learn through failing).<\/li>\n
A personal favorite of mine is to “romance a stone” – do you use gemstones in your jewelry? are you a lapidarist (lapidary) ? Take the time to study the chemical, physical and optical properties of a gem that is new to you. Follow it up with the history of the gem and some of the metaphysical properties. Now you have enough information to “romance” the story a little…easy to do as most stones have history.<\/li>\n
Take them through you creative process – nothing says “handmade” like seeing it! …from sketch to completion.<\/li>\n
Talk about related things you do that further your expertize – do you go to Gem Shows? Tucson Gem Show? give them the experience.<\/li>\n
Ask questions…so important – this is a two way conversation…just because you don’t have comments on your blog posts doesn’t mean stop blogging. Are people commenting, liking and asking questions when you post your blog on Facebook & Twitter? then they are commenting.<\/li>\n
What stones would they like to see? Do they like this piece better with a ruby or a rhodocrosite? Show them a selection of stones and ask them to chose a 3 stone grouping for a new piece…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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OK – that is ten things you can get started with…<\/div>\n
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I am going to close this first section on blogging by paraphrasing a note that Sam Patania<\/a> (third generation<\/a> Arizona Silversmith) sent out with his blog…<\/a><\/div>\n
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I use my blog to write the kind of things that I wish my grandfather had written down for me.<\/i><\/div>\n

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