Make it Your Business
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Creating systems for your jewelry business
How making systems for your jewelry business is so freakin’ cool! At almost every point that I have decided to take the time to organize something in my business, I get this itchy feeling that I am NOT DOING ANYTHING. Later, I am always thrilled that I took the time to organize it. I’ll marvel…
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Wax Carving for Jewelry classes online!
This post contains affiliate codes – if you purchase something using this code, I may receive compensation. Learn wax carving for jewelry The jewelry industry in the United States is full of creatives, visionaries and hard workers. Many get their start in a beginning metalsmithing class, but others start off beading, or in wax carving…
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How planning and systems help your business
Systems and Planning Help Your Business Manage Itself Last week in my newsletter*, I was talking about how to manage yourself and what process and systems can help you. Personally, I love the project management system Asana** – it has the right blend of practical and fun, with a visual layout that makes sense to my…
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How to make your website sell for you
Be your own customer on your website Confession time: I like to do consumer research on Reddit. The jewelry-making and general jewelry subreddits especially. Each of these smaller forums have been incredible places to do market research and get a glimpse into how consumers think. I highly recommend doing research this way – there are…
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How to plan for your business in case shit happens
Planning and strategizing in your business You read that right. Yes. It is true that “shit happens”, and that thought can bring on it’s own sense of fatalism, a sense that it’s OK to let things go because shit is going to happen anyway. But fatalism has never been my strong suit. Identify what you…
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Grants and Scholarships – alternative ways to fund your business
Let’s talk about a couple of upcoming funding opportunities! Setting aside my deep personal feelings about how there isn’t nearly enough funding for small businesses. Setting aside that I think many of us should be able to get grants that aren’t onerous to apply for. Setting aside that I recognize that we don’t have nearly…
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Debt is Morally Neutral
So why is it framed as shameful?
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What skills should you build for your business?
Adding more skills to your business toolkit I am not an Excel or Google Sheets genius, I just like using both for my business. A lot. Spreadsheets are fun and I like using them to organize. I didn’t start out loving it. Matter of fact I was thrust into using spreadsheets at a restaurant job…
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What you need at different stages of your jewelry business
Starting off the year with simple checklists and a heap of planning. Every jewelry designer and maker I know starts their business with a few ideas in common: Make things all the time. Make the best, most creative things that they are capable of making. Some enter into it with an idea of how to…
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How to accurately label your jewelry, and how NOT to do it
Step 1 – call your jewelry materials by their name A while ago, I was paging through the jewelry that was served to me by a Pinterest ad. I liked the jewelry, and also noticed that this company* had a nice post about environmentalism and sustainability. They also took a strong stance against gold plating,…