Resources
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Why Money Mindset Doesn’t Work For Everyone
and when it does What I love and what I don’t love about money mindset Sure, you didn’t ask for my opinion, but here it is anyway! I’ve never liked the abundance vs. scarcity part of money mindset – binary thinking is extremely not my jam. Also, I’m rooted in numbers and facts. That said, at…
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Why Amazon’s “Buy for Me” is Bad for Small Business Owners
And what you can do to opt out. What is Amazon “Buy for Me” and why it is terrible for small businesses Amazon’s Buy for Me is a system hosted on the Amazon site, and appears to be like normal shopping on Amazon, but really it is scraped listings from independent small business sites. It’s…
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The top pick for small business payroll software
This post contains an affiliate link – when you sign up using my link, we both get a bonus. So you decided you need a simple payroll solution I don’t love all software. In fact, I am the most critical, the most skeptical of all new tech – I feel like I have seen so…
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Web accessibility helps everyone use your site
An accessible website is a beautiful website As designers, you likely spent a lot of time thinking about the visual nature of your website – how does it look? Does it reflect your brand? Do the images stand out? Does your brand blend together seamlessly? Do people “get” what you do? Accessibility was likely an…
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What parts of your business need to have a plan and strategy? Hint – it’s all of them
Getting support to create a business plan At the starting point of owning my jewelry business, I and 9 other makers started meeting monthly for focused* discussions. We shared tips, sources, strategies, and dinners. Through this group, I started thinking differently about how I ran my business. Or maybe I should say, this group helped…
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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…