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During this uncertain time I wanted to share some ideas to help makers in our community stay busy and also stay positive! Emily of @emilymarquisdesigns brainstormed with me to create a list of ideas/activities if you are socially distancing/quarantined during this COVID-19 outbreak.
*Please note the links for books/Flodesk are affiliate and help support the page.
Staying well:
- FaceTime with friends, loved ones and jewelry friends! Check in with people and let them know how you are doing! We are all in this together!
- Make a gratitude list and share it with others.
- Now is a great time to do some spring cleaning, organize and tackle home projects that you've been putting off.
- Tend to your houseplants and yards.
- Get outside.
- Find ways to get some exercise, it will help alleviate stress!
- Read “The Cartiers” and “Stoned.”
For your business:
- Practice taking videos of your process and editing them.
- Go LIVE on IG.
- Host an online trunk show on video.
- Invest time in a web presence you may be slacking in; Pinterest, Reddit, TikTok, your own website!
- Teach one of your favorite techniques to your followers.
- Research the best local hashtags for your brand.
- Do a complete inventory of your business.
- Organize your stone collection into design or de-stash.
- Reach out to a friend or favorite designer about a design collaboration.
- Bring cohesion to your branding, packaging, and marketing.
- Work through Alan Revere's Professional Jewelry Making.
- Ask another artist to do a trade for a piece you envy.
- Design forms to organize your process. A custom order form, invoice, to-do list.
- Read a friend's back history of IG posts and leave thoughtful comments.
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Practice script and drawing if you're interested in engraving.
- Pour ingots from your scrap and mill into your favorite stock wire and sheet.
- Clean your studio and collect all the “dirty” stuff to send to the refiner.
- Shoot a tip or tutorial for Metalsmith Society :)
- Work on your email marketing, think of ways to collect emails and write content! Check out Flodesk, they make beautiful emails and have easy automations.
- If you have pieces that have been sitting in inventory, consider taking new pictures with them and then post to your feed, instagram stories or shoot out an email.
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Please share ideas with us, we are all in this together!
x
Corkie + Emily