{"id":50,"date":"2009-03-10T07:39:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T12:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/03\/10\/a-little-social-link-love\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T07:39:27","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T12:39:27","slug":"a-little-social-link-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2009\/03\/10\/a-little-social-link-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Social Link Love!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some of my favorite Social Networks:<\/em><\/strong>
Eons (for baby boomers): http:\/\/eons.com\/<\/a>
Facebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/<\/a>
Flickr: http:\/\/flickr.com\/<\/a>
Friend Feed: http:\/\/friendfeed.com\/<\/a>
Linked In: http:\/\/linkedin.com\/<\/a>
MySpace: http:\/\/myspace.com\/<\/a>
Plaxo: http:\/\/plaxo.com\/<\/a>
Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/<\/a>
Vox: http:\/\/vox.com\/<\/a>
Xanga: http:\/\/xanga.com\/<\/a>
Yelp: http:\/\/yelp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Fashion (it is important to keep up with current fashion trends if you are a jewelry designer):<\/em><\/strong>
StyleFeeder: http:\/\/www.stylefeeder.com\/<\/a>
StyleHive: http:\/\/www.stylehive.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Networks\/Forums for Jewelers:<\/em><\/strong>
Yahoo Groups has a multitude of Jewelry oriented groups… from Beadingaholics (http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Beadingaholics<\/a>) which covers all media to Unique Wire Artists (http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/UniqueWireArtists<\/a>) which specializes in wire wrapping to your local metalsmith guilds (here is my local Metal Arts Society – http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/MetalArtsSociety\/<\/a>). So take a minute to search Yahoo Groups for topics of interest to you!<\/p>\n

ArtMetal: http:\/\/www.artmetal.com\/<\/a>
Crafster: http:\/\/www.craftster.org\/<\/a>
Deviant Art: http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/<\/a>
IndiePublic: http:\/\/www.indiepublic.com\/<\/a>
Jewelry Artist Network: http:\/\/snipurl.com\/dgr44<\/a> [www_doxallo_com]
Jewelry Geeks (formerly MetalChasers) http:\/\/www.jewelrygeeks.com\/<\/a>
Lapidary\/Gemstone Forum from TaoGems: http:\/\/gemstone.smfforfree4.com\/<\/a>
My Handmade Registry: http:\/\/www.myhandmaderegistry.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ning – is a network of social networks – you can search their networks or start your own…like Jewelry Artist Network: http:\/\/jewelryartistnetwork.ning.com\/<\/a>
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Most sales sites have a forum:<\/em><\/strong>
Etsy http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/<\/a>
Artfire http:\/\/www.artfire.com\/<\/a>
1000Markets http:\/\/www.1000markets.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Your favorite magazines also have Forums and other “Community” resources like ArtJewelry: http:\/\/cs.artjewelrymag.com\/artcs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

…and last but not least – the “mother” of all jeweler’s forums – the Orchid Forum at Ganoksin http:\/\/www.userblogs.ganoksin.com\/orchid\/orchid.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"