Most home jewelers live close to at least one country club and with little effort could book one or two private showings at the club. From my personal experience, I can definitely tell you that the country club circuit is a very lucrative market. Scheduling a private jewelry show takes a little more sales expertise but that effort can really pay off–big time with some lifetime customers with very deep pockets. OK, you have just learned another secret for marketing your jewelry.

Now go out and make that first call right now before someone beats you to it!

Create a portable office. Keep a small briefcase containing: forms, contracts for the show, directions to the show, pens, scotch tape, rubber bands, invoices or receipt book, price tags, magic marker, small calculator, order forms, sales tax chart, and cellular telephone. Always bring more invoices and credit card slips than you anticipate needing for the show. Do not forget your packing supplies such as paper bags and plastic bags. Bring a clipboard for easy writing on your sales slips.

My career as a wire sculptor started with making and selling jewelry “on the road.” Not on the sidewalk or in a booth, literally on the road. My life in “street corner selling” evolved out of necessity. When I first started, I didn’t have money for a sales booth? I didn’t even have money for gold, silver wire, or very many tools. But I learned…

IF YOU MAKE IT THEY WILL BUY

People all over this great land are genuinely interested and excited about jewelry of almost any kind. And when they see it, they want it. Learn to create under pressure: make jewelry in front of people while they wait and talk to them during the process. Do that a few times and you’ll have earned your “Masters Degree” in Street Jewelry Selling.

Micro Mini Motor homes are great for your jewelry business because:

Park it anywhere: It’s small and almost unnoticeable–you could visit America and stay in Wal-Mart parking lots for free or even use street parking for a good nights sleep. Wal-Mart allows parking across the U.S. for free and their safe.

The engines are extremely durable: You can go as much as 250,000 miles before you replace them. These Motor Home’s motors are almost indestructible.

They have everything you need: shower, toilet, air, stove, fridge and two separate bunks that could actually sleep 4. I used the little 2×3 foot aluminum box on the back for show supplies and the bunk over the cab for extra storage inside.