Best Practices

#72 Building a Better Brand Presence with Arianne Foulks

By Tracy Matthews / December 20, 2016

Have you DREAMED of having the kind of brand that makes you Insta-famous? Or having web traffic for days?   I bet you have.   … But how to get there?   You know that adage; flaunt it,…

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#71 Fun Financial Planning for Your Jewelry Business with Justin Krane

By Tracy Matthews / December 13, 2016

Who said financial planning has to be a chore? Stressing over a mess of paper is so last year.   Well, maybe you can’t get rid of the papers, but, it can totally be fun.   I’m serious!…

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#70 Do I Really need a business plan? With Nina Cooper

By Tracy Matthews / December 6, 2016

Oh the controversial business plan….   Have you written one yet?   … Why not?   I bet it goes a little something like this…   Taking the time to write a business plan…might feel like a time…

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#64 Practical Planning with Creative Vision with Patricia van den Akker

By Tracy Matthews / October 25, 2016

It’s time to start planning for your 2017 business year!   I know what you’re thinking…   For weeks we’ve been telling you that you’ve got to be focusing on your Holiday sales season.   And now we’re…

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#59 How 6 Designers Grew their businesses like crazy in 6 months

By Tracy Matthews / September 20, 2016

Who do you turn to when you have a question about your jewelry biz?   When I was first starting out as a designer, I turned to my friend Suzi, who was a sweater designer. She had been…

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#57 Blogging Tips for Increasing Website Traffic

By Tracy Matthews / September 6, 2016

Orlando Bloom…Felix the Cat…Lucky Magazine.   Kinda Random topics for a jewelry blog…but they were the topics I chose during my first month blogging back in 2008.   Like many of you who are new to blogging, I…

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#54 How to Overcome Your Fear of Selling

By Tracy Matthews / August 16, 2016

Do one thing every day that scares you EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.   That was a big lesson learned from my sister.   When she worked for me back in the TMD, Inc. days, she had screensaver that taunted…

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#49 Building Relationships With Social Influencers To Increase Your Sales with Lauren Zavlunov and Jeanne Verger

By Tracy Matthews / July 12, 2016

It looks like this:   You see a commercial for Product A on television, and you think that it looks interesting, so you make a mental note to try to look for it later.   You log onto…

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#47 How To Get Awesome Testimonials From Your Customers

By Tracy Matthews / June 28, 2016

Have you ever head of the 80/20 rule?   Here it is – 80% of your business comes from 20% of your audience.   Whoa.   And this is why: it’s so much easier (and cheaper) to cultivate…

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#45 Using Your Innate Talents to Run a Jewelry Business with Diana House

By Tracy Matthews / June 14, 2016

Let’s take a field trip!   Come with me real quick down the crowded aisles of a jewelry trade show. Let’s watch as the scene unfolds…   A potential customer steps into the booth of an accomplished jewelry…

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