Tracy Matthews

#147 What it really takes to make a $50K salary as a jewelry designer

By Tracy Matthews / May 1, 2018

It’s possible to earn a salary as a business owner. You don’t have to settle for leftovers. In fact, I highly recommend this strategy and I teach designers how to do this in our signature program, Laying the…

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#146 How to Become the Exclusive Jewelry Designer for a Blockbuster Film with Black Panther’s Douriean Fletcher

By Tracy Matthews / April 24, 2018

It’s moments like this I’m reminded JUST how much I love what I do. We started remixing our podcast episodes into YouTube videos last year (we figured we should up our YouTube game). So you can imagine my…

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#145 How to Create a Real Connection on Your Website with Your Dream Clients

By Tracy Matthews / April 17, 2018

Your website is just one piece of the digital marketing puzzle. If you want to really see results from your website, you gotta focus on other areas of the online world. No matter how wonderfully optimized your website…

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#144 The 5 Best Places You Must Use Video on Your Website

By Tracy Matthews / April 10, 2018

Getting consistent jewelry sales starts with people getting to know you as a brand and designer. One way to do this is by sharing a brand video that tells your story in a compelling way. Thanks to the…

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#143 How to Rock “Instastories” to Attract Awesome DREAM Clients

By Tracy Matthews / April 3, 2018

Instagram stories are more than circles on top of your feed! You might be confused on how to use Instastories for your jewelry brand, but it’s actually quite simple and powerful when done right! Getting people engaged with…

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#142 How to Overcome Terrible Etsy Sales

By Tracy Matthews / March 27, 2018

Getting started with your jewelry brand on Etsy is simple. But attracting repeat customers can be really tricky! Usually the reason people don’t buy consistently is because there’s no way for you to keep the conversation going after…

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#141 5 Tweaks You Can Make to Your Emails to Improve Conversions

By Tracy Matthews / March 20, 2018

Email marketing is all about experimenting and adjusting to improve conversions. It’s not just a one and done trick! That’s why so many jewelry designers and makers get frustrated when they try to improve conversions in their email…

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#140 PR for Jewelry Designers with Sabina Hitchen

By Tracy Matthews / March 13, 2018

What’s the best way to get more exposure for your jewelry business? Getting featured by the media! You might be thinking, “easier said than done!” but it’s actually not as mystifying as you think to get PR for…

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Too Much Jewelry Inventory? Try These 14 Reduction Strategies for Every Jewelry Business

By Tracy Matthews / March 7, 2018

Inventory collecting dust on the shelves is like cash in the bank! Are you a victim of bright shiny object syndrome? Do you buy loads of materials that inspire you without really thinking about how you are going…

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#139 How to Create a Brand Video on a Budget

By Tracy Matthews / March 6, 2018

Creating a connection with your future customer is so easy when you create a brand video. The most common myth I hear is “it’s too expensive!” Absolutely not, m’dear! I actually found a great deal on my brand…

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