--- title: "GemFind: Diamond Search, Web Development, JewelCloud , ring builder, stud builder, pendant builder 2014-05-13" description: "GemFind: Diamond Search, Web Development, JewelCloud , ring builder, stud builder, pendant builder 2014-05-13" --- # [GemFind: Diamond Search, Web Development, JewelCloud , ring builder, stud builder, pendant builder 2014-05-13](https://blog.gemfind.com/blog-test/gemfind-diamond-search-web-development-jewelcloud-ring-builder-stud-builder-pendant-builder-2014-05-13) Written by [Alex](https://blog.gemfind.com/blog-test/author/alex) | May 13, 2014 | | | --- | |                         Weekly Newsletter                               May 13, 2014     Home          Why Gemfind              Services             Directory               News Shows               Company Info             Contact   In This Issue Partnerships, Transparency Offer the Solution for Synthetic Diamonds Highlights from the Upcoming HK Jewelry auction - Christie's 2014 A report on grading reports New York Jeweler Pleads Guilty to Defrauding 89 People Hot Ice: The Tortuous Tale of the Pear-Shaped Diamond 100-Carat 'Graff Vivid Yellow' Could Fetch $25 Million Bonhams Brings Biggest Ruby Crystal Ever To Auction A year later, Internet sales tax bill still stalled The 4 Biggest Mobile Marketing Mistakes 10 Things Your Mother Taught You That Will Help Your Business Grow How to Address Declines in Facebook's Organic Reach Have Your Social Media Posts Become Boring? GF Applications&Services  JewelCloud™ Diamond Link® Ring Builder Pendant Builder Stud Builder Turn-Key Websites Online Marketing Data Management Mobile Apps Hosting & E-Mail Our Affiliates Quick Links    International    Gemological Institute Jewelers Vigilance comittee   KITCO American Gem Trade Association  International Colored Gemstone    Association  Gemological  Institute of  America      Even if you've missed it in the news, you've seen it on your brand's Facebook page: organic reach is dropping dramatically. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with your consumers. Strategically optimized content and smart Facebook advertising can put you ahead of the competition. Contact us to learn more about online marketing. Please call GemFind and talk to one of our Social Media Specialists @ 800-373-4373  Visit GemFind @ JCK Luxury Booth Lux 938 Partnerships, Transparency Offer the Solution for Synthetic Diamonds Ya'akov Almor                                               Diamonds.net                                             May 12 The following interview was conducted with Harry Levy, the president of the London Diamond Bourse, chairman of the International Diamond Council (IDC) and president of the Gemological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A), by veteran diamond industry consultant and spokesman Ya'akov Almor. >>>    For information about our JewelCloud technology and other online tools, please contact us at 800.373.4373.   Highlights from the Upcoming HK Jewelry auction - Christie's 2014   Noam Flint                                         Naturally Colored                                   May 12                                                                                             While all eyes are set to tomorrow's Geneva sale that will feature The Blue, The Ocean Dream and the Rajah - our eyes are already gazing to the HK sale that will occur only two weeks later - on May 27th. >>>          A report on grading reports Michelle Graff                                    National Jeweler                                 May 09                                         The main focus of the report, that color and clarity grades for diamonds vary pretty dramatically depending on which lab is used, is not news to members of the jewelry industry. >>>  New York Jeweler Pleads Guilty to Defrauding 89 People Logan Sachon                                                      JCK                                            May 12   Paul Blarr, the Williamsville, N.Y., jeweler charged with misrepresenting diamond simulants as the real thing, has pleaded guilty to defrauding 89 customers, according to the Erie County district attorney's office. >>>     Hot Ice: The Tortuous Tale of the Pear-Shaped Diamond The New York Times                                                                           May 09          On Dec. 20, 2012, a G.I.A. agent contacted Mr. Zaretsky with very bad news. The stone had been reported stolen in Manhattan nine years earlier, in 2003. The institute would not return the stone until its rightful ownership could be determined. >>>      100-Carat 'Graff Vivid Yellow' Could Fetch $25 Million  Anthony Demarco                        Jewelry News Network                            May 12   The 100.09-carat "Graff Vivid Yellow," one of the largest fancy vivid yellow diamonds in the world, is expected to fetch $15 to $25 million at Sotheby's Geneva auction of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels to be held Tuesday at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage. >>> Bonhams Brings Biggest Ruby Crystal Ever To Auction The Israeli Diamond Industry                                                                                 May 12                        The specimen weighs over 45 kilograms - a whopping 228,000 carats - and is seven times larger than the next-largest ruby crystal found at its origin near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania back in the early 1950s. >>>     From GemFind Portfolio      A year later, Internet sales tax bill still stalled Brecken Branstrator                           National Jeweler                                 May 08                                    On May 6, 2013, the Senate voted to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, which is designed to help brick-and-mortar businesses by forcing e-tailers to collect sales tax, by a 69-27 vote. However, the legislation remains stalled in the House of Representatives, where it faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled body.  >>> Internet Marketing Strategies: The 4 Biggest Mobile Marketing Mistakes   Brad Simon                                   Southern Jewelry News                          May 05      There are more mobile devices in the United States than there are people!  Mobile has a 102.4% penetration in the US.  In 2014, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones globally. Marketing on mobile devices is growing at an exponential rate and you don't want to be left behind! >>>       10 Things Your Mother Taught You That Will Help Your Business Grow Ted Devine                                                    Entrepreneur                                               May 11     It's my first since having lost my mother earlier this year. In her honor and to celebrate all the wonderful mothers out there, I'd like to revisit some of the great advice received over the years from them. Why? Because of a lot of it can guide an entrepreneur in growing a business. >>>  How to Address Declines in Facebook's Organic Reach   Kunle Campbell                              Web Marketing Today                           May 07           Because it can deliver a greater audience than any other social network, and because its format encourages a more leisurely browsing style than Twitter's short form, Facebook has been most local businesses' go-to social media channel for several years now. >>>       Have Your Social Media Posts Become Boring? Julie Bawden Davis                                   OPENForum                                   May 09       To engage with customers and start conversations that can lead to business, there's no doubt that social media is a key component. 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