by Andy Calloway

Opposite to what the industry media would probably have you believe, folk have been having discussions online before the introduction of Facebook.

Just about the most common methods of interaction and one that is flourishing these days is the ‘forum’.

Forums are fundamentally discussion boards where people can begin a ‘thread’ and other people contribute to it, or simply start a massive debate regarding the topic at hand. Simply because of the huge range of topics in the world as well as the particular large number of individuals with access to the Internet, generally there is actually an almost limitless amount of boards in which you could end up being a part of, a few currently being more common than some.

Message boards can easily be exceptionally favorable to your SEO campaign due to the fact that they could achieve a couple of tasks in our mission.

Firstly, they can certainly often be a wonderful location to get hyperlinks from (and inbound links help your SEO ranking) and second of all, by using communal interaction one can doubtless find new sales opportunities in addition to fresh potential consumers.

However, attaching hyperlinks to your current forum communications is generally a big ‘no’ within many boards, therefore much not unlike social networking, you need to become a touch clever about it. Read the rest of this entry

The Jewelry Business-Owners Guide to Selling Jewelry On the Internet:

Social Networking – Selling Jewelry Online the New Way

You probably already know Rena Klingenberg if you’ve been researching jewelry business information for awhile.  She is probably the top internet expert on jewelry businesses, ans she’s really nice besides.  A stay-at-home Mom like myself, she earns her living on the internet much the same way I do.

Her E-book, Social Networking – Selling Jewelry Online the New Way, is a wonderful complement to the Handmade Results Lessons and will teach you further about marketing without selling.

Rena shares great tips and suggestions for increasing your customer base using forums, blogging, etsy, squidoo, and more.  A must have for anyone even considering selling their jewelry on the internet.

If you already sell jewelry on the internet, you KNOW “build it and they will come” is a load of crap.  I bought this book as soon as Rena released it (on March 27, 2008).  Even though the world of social networking changes almost daily in terms of the tools available and what’s “hot” today, the principles in Rena’s book are the same.  Relationships are key.  I haven’t seen anything like it out there on the internet, in bookstores, or anywhere else.

Already Know you Want it? $39 USD

Full disclaimer: Should you purchase this e-book, I will receive a commission for referring you to it.  I only endorse products I believe in and use or have tried myself.  (You wouldn’t believe how many really crappy products there are out there that I don’t recommend.)   I didn’t receive a free review copy of this book; I actually did spend $39 of my own hard-earned money and I was happy to do so because it was so worth it.

Still on the fence?  For more information view the sales page for Social Networking – Selling Jewelry Online the New Way