THE GOLDDUST BLOG
Welcome to the GoldDust Blog: Jewellery business tips and ideas for your jewellery brand
How Pinterest can increase your brand awareness and sales
Find out how you can use Pinterest to grow your jewellery brand - improving traffic to your website, increasing sales and growing jewellery brand awareness. It’s one of the BEST social media platforms for jewellery designers, and our Guest Speaker will explain why.
Spring Clean your website and increase traffic
Worried about low traffic to your website? This Masterclass offers simple tips and hacks to increase visitors and convert sales. Learn what all the best selling jewellery brands do to optimise their website and get their customers to check-out and buy.
How to source the best packaging for your jewellery brand
A masterclass for jewellery designers on how to source the best packaging for your jewellery business
The networking event for independent jewellers
A networking event for independent jewellery designers and jewellery brands. Meet other independent jewellers at our in-person Spring Social in London.
How to grow an independent jewellery brand
Join our masterclass on How to Build an Independent Jewellery Brand with expert guest speaker Katie Rowland, hosted by GoldDust founder Kate Baxter
The GoldDust Collective: 6 Months in…
We’re six months into the The GoldDust Collective, a monthly membership for ambitious independent jewellery designers. Read on to hear how it’s been going….
What is The GoldDust Collective?
The GoldDust Collective September Agenda: Branding for Jewellery Businesses
The Rules of contacting the jewellery Press & PR
A quick guide on how to contact jewellery journalists and editors.
How I plan a jewellery photoshoot
How I plan a jewellery photoshoot. I'm planning two photoshoots for next month; so I've shared my step-by-step process leading up to shoot day.
Why starting a jewellery brand is so hard in 2023
Starting a jewellery brand in 2023 is tough for so many reasons. Firstly, the expense. Selling a luxury product like jewellery demands luxury surroundings: packaging materials, jewellery boxes, website design, insurance, photography, models…and this is before we even consider the sky-high price of the materials.
Meet Jewellery photographer Daniela Dahur
London based jewellery photographer Daniela Dahur is a true GoldDust find: an incredible eye for the dream jewellery shot (no mean feat) a razor sharp eye for detail, and full of simple yet impactful ideas for shoots.
How to grow your bespoke engagement ring sales
Finding customers who love your work is not always the easiest part of running an independent jewellery brand. GoldDust course founder Kate Baxter talks through her top tips for finding (and keeping) new bespoke clients.
When is the best time to go from workbench to a showroom or studio?
Many independent jewellers work from unconventional spaces before taking the plunge and opening a showroom or retail space. From kitchen tables and bedroom benches to shared studios and communal workspaces, a jeweller doesn’t need much physical space in order to work and manufacture designs.
How to grow your Instagram following as an independent jewellery brand
Jewellery is aspirational, which means that people will often have a saved Wishlist, an idea of their ‘dream’ engagement ring, or a Pinterest board of wedding inspiration long before they’ve even got an occasion to buy for (or the budget). Create an aspirational feed that inspires your audience, including not just images of the gemstones and diamonds you use and designs that you make, but also showing related inspiration associated with your brand values that might resonate with your ideal customer.