Tracy Matthews

How Two Sisters Built a Million Dollar Handmade Jewelry Business Without a Massive Team or Investment Capital

By Tracy Matthews / June 5, 2023

Emery and Opal by Amanda and Tiffany Reis SCALING A HANDMADE JEWELRY BUSINESS TO 7- FIGURES CAN BE CHALLENGING. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT GUIDANCE, TOOLS, AND GUIDANCE, YOUR BUSINESS CAN GROW QUICKLY, EVEN WITHOUT HIRING A…

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EP406: 9 Step Process for Hiring an Awesome Team Member

By Tracy Matthews / May 4, 2023

When you’re just starting and building a business on a shoestring, you’re probably doing everything yourself. But as your business grows, it can get overwhelming to continue doing all the things. How will you know when it’s time…

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EP405: How to Focus Your Time When To Scale Your Business from 100K to 500K to 1M

By Tracy Matthews / May 3, 2023

The Big Leap author Gay Hendricks says… If you haven’t risen to the level of success you’re trying to achieve, it’s because of your limiting beliefs about yourself—truth bomb. And I’ll add, from my experience, that if you’re…

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From Shopaholic to Personal Shopping + Custom Jewelry Design with Ulka Wilson

EP398: From Shopaholic to Personal Shopping + Custom Jewelry Design with Ulka Wilson

By Tracy Matthews / March 23, 2023

Download Shownotes Here Calling all Shopahoolics and Bright Shiny Object Lovers! This podcast is for YOU! What if you could transform your LOVE of pretty things and shopping into a thriving jewelry business?  When I first met my…

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EP396: How Live Selling Transformed Her Online Jewelry Sales

By Tracy Matthews / March 16, 2023

There’s a lot that goes into growing your jewelry sales – online. One thing is for sure, Live Selling is a great way to create “community” around your brand, get more website traffic, and scale your growth. I…

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EP394: What’s Working Now: SMS Marketing For The Jewelry Industry

By Tracy Matthews / March 9, 2023

Did you know that 95% of all SMS (aka text) messages are opened, read and responded to within 3 minutes?  If you think about this when it comes to marketing your jewelry website, this is EXCITING information. You…

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How to Grow Your Custom Jewelry Business in 2023

EP392: How to Grow Your Custom Jewelry Business in 2023

By Tracy Matthews / March 2, 2023

One of the best moves I ever made as a jewelry designer was scaling down my jewelry business to focus only on fine, custom jewelry for private clients. The reason WHY I love it so much is because…

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3 Questions You Need on Your Custom Jewelry Forms to Close More Prospects

EP391: 3 Questions You Need on Your Custom Jewelry Forms to Close More Prospects

By Tracy Matthews / February 28, 2023

When I was starting out as a private jeweler, I would get so frustrated because I had people calling me with a Walmart budget who had “Harry Winston” taste. About 12.5 years ago, I really needed the moolah…

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EP390: 5 Ways to Increase Your Online Sales Conversions for Fine + Custom Jewelry

By Tracy Matthews / February 23, 2023

Do you design custom fine jewelry?  Are you a private jewelry designer who works only with private commissioned clients?  Are you thinking about adding a custom jewelry option to your fine jewelry website? If you’re designing fine jewelry…

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EP387: How Much Should I be Paying Myself as A Jewelry Designer?

By Tracy Matthews / February 9, 2023

We just wrapped up the Jewelry Brand Makeover Bootcamp and it was AMAZING! We welcomed 172 (and counting) jewelry business owners into our Laying the Foundation Program. During the bootcamp, I got this question several times… How much…

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