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Centurion’s JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! Conference Dazzles With 17 Digital Marketing and Ecommerce Sessions November 01, 2018 (0 comments)
Miami Beach, FL—Relevant!
This was the overwhelming attendee view of CENTURION’S just completed JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! Conference. It was held Monday, October 22, 2018 in Miami Beach, immediately following CENTURION SOUTH BEACH.
“Today, we in the jewelry business all have an ongoing need to learn and keep up with changing technology and understand the solutions that will keep moving us forward,” said Howard Hauben, CEO of Centurion. “The industry’s embrace of the JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! Conference and its sister educational web site JewelryEcomm.com are clear evidence that more and more jewelry professionals totally get it and want to be part of that exciting learning process.”
20 Speakers, 17 Sessions Offered
The Full Day conference featured more than 20 speakers and 17 sessions on everything from Winning in the Local (Digital) Market to Understanding Your Customer’s Online Journey and Resulting Analytics to Selling Diamonds With Technology to the Latest on Social Media, Inbound Marketing, Connecting with Millennials, Pay Per Click Strategies, The Retailer’s Perspective, Reviews, and much more.
A list of all the sessions with Speakers and Bios is available here, and if you missed the conference and would like to access all the content, there will soon be a Video and Slides Package available to the industry at a modest fee.
A special Lunch provided all attendees with a chance to understand the professional offerings of all 12 of the sponsors of the JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! Conference, including: American Gem Society, Bottom Line Marketing, GemFind, GN Diamond, iShowcase, Podium, Red Rocket Marketing, Sapphire Collaborative, Smart Age Solutions, Technology Therapy Group, The Edge and Thinkspace.
In addition to the lunch and classes, there was a great deal of positive networking cited by attendees, who included better jewelry store owners as well as designers and manufacturers looking for an edge in their digital efforts. During breaks, attendees were not only visiting with solution providers but also sharing with one another.
Attendee Comments
“JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! was a hearty dose of current trends for digital, social, and website must do’s. All in a comfortable Centurion style. Great job, Centurion!”--Brent Meade, Gruno’s, Rockford, IL
“I really felt like my time was well spent at JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! Great speakers and important content. So glad I was there.”--Ronda Daily, Bremer Jewelry, Peoria, IL
“The JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! event was great and definitely something that is more needed in our industry that is still operating the same as we did 10 years ago while every other industry is evolving and getting more tech savvy.”--Gal Hayat, INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND CENTER, Clearwater, FL
“The JEWELRY ECOMM LIVE! was the most relative you have done. Very much worth the time and effort to be part of sharing with vendors who are relative to my business today…thanks!”--Lucian Lee, Hales Jewelers, Greenville, SC