﻿{"id":850,"date":"2011-07-19T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=545eb332279e08fa20d5de265c478a19"},"modified":"2011-07-19T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T11:55:00","slug":"latest-from-mjsa-handbook-on-effective-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2011\/07\/19\/latest-from-mjsa-handbook-on-effective-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest From MJSA!  Handbook on Effective Pricing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-m2wFoJCQV7U\/TiStGdUd-DI\/AAAAAAAALcQ\/fk1tzC1PGXc\/s1600\/mjsabook.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-m2wFoJCQV7U\/TiStGdUd-DI\/AAAAAAAALcQ\/fk1tzC1PGXc\/s1600\/mjsabook.gif\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><i>WOW &#8211; the timing couldn&#8217;t be better &#8211; with all the Trade Shows &#8211; Art and Holiday Fairs just around the corner&#8230;MJSA &#8211; the leader in information for the Trade has announced the latest addition to the Members Bookshelf!<\/i><\/span><\/b><br \/><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/b><br \/><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><i>From the MJSA Press Release:<\/i><\/span><\/b><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\">MJSA, the U.S. trade association dedicated to professional excellence in jewelry making and design, has published&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\"><i>The MJSA Handbook on Effective Pricing: Determining Expenses, Selling Value, and Maximizing Profits.<\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;The PDF publication contains the best of past<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\"><i>MJSA Journal<\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\"><i>MJSA Custom Jeweler<\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;articles on this perennially popular subject, offering strategies for pricing both finished jewelry and repair work.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: serif;\">The&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;includes best practices for cost accounting (including a step-by-step guide to factoring in overhead costs, one of the most-overlooked areas in pricing); pricing uniqueness in a design, including custom work; and turning a repair operation into a profit center. It also provides successful strategies developed by working designers and jewelers, such as Susan Helmich, Mark Morrell, and David Geller.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: serif;\"><i>The MJSA Handbook on Effective Pricing<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: serif;\">&nbsp;is free to MJSA members, can be downloaded from the MJSA website,&nbsp;<i><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=z7mmbvcab&amp;et=1106539058056&amp;s=20465&amp;e=001MEUi4NDUqa9k5wV0p2TBBVzgbljSD379_WzCRbTi5MekXTLdoJe1AxhpczdhND9KR0jwycw6kLf-9o33MpjaLpUnw_svaGDFirpP0CailZjm7qjJ8owWYw5u1CQcoB_kQBBCykKIJq2Ik3LeisaQ97Pz-Z_0UAB23N26D7vsMAc=\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;\" >mjsa.org&nbsp;<\/a><\/i>. Non-members can order the&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;through the online MJSA Bookstore for $9.95.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bmMnlN7xV5Q\/TiSvTIqETJI\/AAAAAAAALcU\/JNXtc_eDTM8\/s1600\/grLogo+%25281%2529.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bmMnlN7xV5Q\/TiSvTIqETJI\/AAAAAAAALcU\/JNXtc_eDTM8\/s1600\/grLogo+%25281%2529.gif\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #003366; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">About MJSA<\/strong><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_13110225321682096\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_13110225321682095\"><span id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_13110225321682094\" style=\"color: black; font-family: serif;\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_13110225321682093\" style=\"display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">MJSA is the U.S. trade association for jewelry makers, designers, and related suppliers. It provides the resources to achieve professional excellence and maintain a competitive edge. For more information, call MJSA at 1-800-444-6572 or visit&nbsp;<span style=\"color: black; font-family: serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=z7mmbvcab&amp;et=1106539058056&amp;s=20465&amp;e=001MEUi4NDUqa96zl4caq6MFd8PWog72DXcfG7fXtR_NfMPMGBKbE5fwkHgyXgyUqDT-t_NJ-lerHJRDWTUuqnJEyI5vfx-Jw8zAVuuiVvldQw=\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;\" >www.mjsa.org<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4698837677539896356-975230886976354943?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOW &#8211; the timing couldn&#8217;t be better &#8211; with all the Trade Shows &#8211; Art and Holiday Fairs just around the corner&#8230;MJSA &#8211; the leader in information for the Trade has announced the latest addition to the Members Bookshelf!From the MJSA Press Release:MJSA, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,8,243,247,246,115,54,244,248,245],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}