Tag: Eugene Brill
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Jewelry Union between Rio Grande and Richline, a Berkshire Hathaway Company
The Richline Group, Inc. has the pleasure to announce the acquisition of Rio Grande, including Rio Grande’s Neutec branded equipment, from The Bell Group, Inc. Rio Grande Jewelry Supplies is a leading jewelry-industry brand, well-known for its unique culture, vast product offering and a special brand of customer service. With its president, Hugh Bell, retiring…
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Rethinking Motivation: It’s time for a change
The new science of motivation has revolutionized thinking about what does—and does not—motivate high levels of performance. But the message hasn’t made its way into general business practices. Managers continue to beat the “results and accountability drum,” which is focused on setting goals and expecting people to perform, and employees continue to work hard toward…
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Henry Ford and the Model T
Henry Ford and the Model T. On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line. Henry Ford invented neither the automobile nor the assembly line, but recast each to dominate a new era. Indeed, no other individual in this country so completely transformed the nation’s way…
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Building a Better Website
Tips for Making a Good Impression, Building Traffic, and Driving Sales Every business wants a great-looking website. More important, though, is to have an effective website—one that can be easily found through search engines, presents a vivid portrait of the business and what it offers. And offer a compelling “call to action.” To help you…
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J.P. Morgan saves the country
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892 Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. After financing the creation of the Federal Steel…
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John D. Rockefeller and the modern corporation
Had the Forbes 400 existed at the turn of the twentieth century, John Davison Rockefeller would have reigned at the top of the list. Living for nearly a century, and surviving decades of competition in the Darwinian oil industry he helped to create, Rockefeller amassed a fortune of $900 million in 1913 and provided the…
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Cyrus McCormick – the industrialization of farming
Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (1809–1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. It became part of International Harvester Company in 1902. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of his family became prominent residents of Chicago. McCormick proved an emancipator of a different sort. The reaper,…
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Top Nine Reasons Why MJSA Expo Was So Much Fun!
Well, the most important reason was #3! Reason 3: Great Advice on Building a Better Website! Rio Grande’s own Eugene Brill, who works so hard on the Rio website as online marketing manager, graciously agreed to moderate a panel on which he and several other experts, demonstrated what makes a good website tick. Best advice?…
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Looking to hire a Social Media Marketer
Rio Grande Jewelry Supplies is looking for a creative writer and marketer with a passion for social media! Join our Content Team and leverage multiple social media platforms to grow our business. You’ll also write copy for email campaigns, landing pages and web ads. You should be enthusiastic about customer interaction, highly collaborative and have…
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Rio Grande Web Site Evolution
2011 was a huge year for riogrande.com, and 2012 promises to be just as big. We rebuilt our site into the best place to shop online for jewelry-making tools and supplies AND the best place to learn how to overcome any tricky bench technique you might encounter. As we were reworking pretty much every online…
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