Demo of 426 West Baltimore Street
Well this morning it was reality. Randy the demo guy came with his Bobcat and smashed through the front of our old store at 426 West Baltimore Street. It wasn’t easy to watch for me and I know it wasn’t easy for my Dad. We’ve been there since 1972, the year I was born. It’s […]
Off To Vegas For JCK
Well I’m off to Las Vegas for the JCK Jewelry Trade Show where I will be presenting with Greg Cangialosi from Blue Sky Factory on Sunday at 9:45 PST, 12:45 EST. We will be streaming live so come check it out. Then Monday is a Facebook Face to Face party at TAO. Should be a […]
Samuelson’s Diamonds in the News
The RambleOnRon PR machine is crankin’ this month! Here are a few articles that we’ve been featured in: From the Baltimore Business Journal: Ron Samuelson, CEO of Samuelson’s Diamonds in Baltimore, uses Twitter – a communication service emblazoned with a bird logo – to spur business and attributes much of his success of the year-old […]
Samuelson’s Finalist in Contest for Best Online Ad
We were honored to be chosen as a Finalist in National Jeweler’s Best Online Advertising contest: “Samuelson’s Diamonds, a Baltimore, Md.-based retail jeweler, was chosen as a finalist in the contest for its use of a viral marketing campaign. The brand created a Facebook fan page simply called “Diamonds,” so that anyone searching for that […]
My First Live TV Broadcast
So yesterday I had the pleasure of heading over to Blue Sky Factory for a live broadcast with my friend Greg Cangialosi. We had a great time and talked about business, Baltimore, Facebook, music and showed some big diamonds of course. We even had a little jam session! (about 37 minutes in) We also set […]
The Samuelson Family is Rebuilding Baltimore
Well it’s almost here. After eight long years of waiting, negotiating, and thinking about the redevelopment of our city block, the 400 block of West Baltimore Street, we are finally ready to move forward. And it all started in 1972 when my grandfather, Milton Samuelson, bought four properties on this block after our move from […]
A Brand is a Terrible Thing to Waste
I’ve recently been seeing a lot of ads from the area’s largest luxury jeweler, Smyth. But it’s not what you might think. These aren’t ads for Rolex or Tag Heuer watches. It’s not about Hearts On Fire or Martin Flyer. These are ads for buying scrap gold. Yes, just like you see from the scores […]
Is the Customer Always Right?
I was watching Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose the other day and there was one quote that really struck me. He was asked about Ebay and other competitors and he said, “Don’t obsess over your competition, obsess over your customers.” I appreciate that and thought about it for a while. The guy is brilliant – […]
I Can Status Update 250,000 People
So I wrote in a previous post that we had a crazy Facebook Fan page. That was in November when it was at 90,000 fans. Now it just hit 250,000. We started it a year ago this month, and in 3 1/2 months it’s grown by 160,000 people (almost triple). Pretty ming blowing stats. We’re […]
Credit Crisis? How About Market Opportunity!
So the Dow is getting crushed and even gold is leveling off and everybody wants to know what is going on. Well, I don’t have a crystal ball, and I’m not sure what’s going on either, but I here’s a video that my friend tweeted that explains it pretty well – a little long but […]
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