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Make your podcast debut at JA NY Summer
National Jeweler is guest hosting an upcoming episode of the jeweler-targeted podcast “Inside the Jewelry Trade” and will be recording segments from retailers, manufacturers and suppliers at the upcoming JA New York Summer show. Find out how to get involved.
New York--Members of the jewelry trade who always have wanted to hear themselves on the air, now is the chance.
National Jeweler is guest hosting an upcoming episode of “Inside the Jewelry Trade,” the new podcast based jewelry marketing firm Four Grainer, and will be recording it at the upcoming JA New York Summer show.
The episode will be comprised of a number of short segments, two- to five-minute clips of different retailers, manufacturing and suppliers speaking about their experience in the jewelry industry.
Guests will have the option of addressing one of the following topics:
--What is your favorite repair question?
--What was your favorite moment behind the bridal counter?
--What are your expectations for this coming holiday season?
--What is your favorite part of coming to New York City for the JA New York show?
-- Of all you’ve achieved in your career, what makes you the proudest?
Interviews will be edited for time and clarity, and those who are interviewed will have their name and a link to their businesses’ website listed on the Inside the Jewelry Trade Show Notes page on FourGrainer.com.
http://fourgrainer.com/
National Jeweler will be recording the clips at its booth, #2639, throughout the show.
For more information or to set up a specific time to come by the booth, contact National Jeweler Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff at michelle.graff@emeraldexpo.com or 646-668-3721.
The JA New York Summer Show starts Sunday, July 27 and runs through Monday, July 29 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
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