Congratulations On Starting Your Bead Jewelry Business!

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Day 31 of 30

Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end of the Bead Jewelry Profits Challenge. If you followed each step, every day, you either educated yourself about a new concept, or implemented that concept into your bead jewelry business.

Starting a beading business isn’t rocket science. Once you have a step by step blueprint to follow, you put your systems in place and you keep testing and improving on what works, you have the path to success in front of you. I’m glad to have been part of your journey to success.

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Why Focus Is Important In Your Bead Jewelry Business

Day 30 of 30

The essentials of selling your bead jewelry online are constant. Do your research, find your target market, give them what they want, and keep engaging with your audience are the cornerstones to any successful business.

But the techniques used to spread your message online change all the time. For example, in the last few years we have seen an explosion in the number of networking sites that have come online which are good avenues for developing relationships and selling more of your jewelry.

So how do you keep up?

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What’s Stopping You From Starting Your Bead Jewelry Business?

Day 29 of 30

So you have all the strategies for how you can make money selling your bead jewelry online.

Having the information is great, but now you need to take action.

Deep down if you don’t have the belief that you can do it you won’t, so it’s time to think about and smash all the excuses you have for why you won’t be successful.

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Join A Bead Jewelry Community

Day 28 of 30

In a previous post I talked about the benefits of having a support group – a group of likeminded people that are travelling on the same road, that you can celebrate your successes with, and who will offer advice and support when things aren’t going so well.

I thought it might be useful to give you some resources where you can join a community of bead jewelry artists, and create a community of support around you.

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Can You Profit From Bead Jewelry In 30 Days-Quick Recap

It’s Day 27 of 30. I thought it might be useful to recap on what we have covered over the past few weeks.

Do you know why you want to start a bead jewelry business, do you have the self confidence that you can do it and have you determined what strengths you bring to the business?

Do you know how to find people to support you while you are starting your business and the types of people you should avoid like the plague?

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How Would A $6000 Grant Help Your Bead Jewelry Business?

Halstead Beads are looking for submissions to their annual Jewelry Business Development Grant competition.

The competition is open to jewelry designers who focus on bridge jewelry – the bridge between costume and fine jewelry.

The focus of the competition is not just on artistic flair – as an applicant you need to demonstrate you have good business skills as well.

The competition runs from April 15th to June 9th, 2010.

Even if you decide not to enter it is worth downloading the application form and running through the list of questions. It’s a great exercise in business planning.

Visit the site for more information: http://www.halsteadbead.com/Grant/

How Will You Take Online Payments For Your Bead Jewelry?

Day 19 of 30

Assuming you want to sell your bead jewelry from your own website, you’ll need to have a way for your customers to pay online.

The quickest and easiest way to accept payments is using PayPal. You can create a “buy it now” button and place it underneath the bead jewelry item you want to sell. This is fairly straightforward if you know how to cut and paste HTML code.

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Learn To Take Good Photographs Of Your Bead Jewelry

Day 17 of 30

Before you can start selling your bead jewelry, you need to know how to take good photographs. Taking good photographs is important because when you are selling online, people can’t touch or feel your bead jewelry until they purchase it. So you need to make sure that your photographs are capturing the beauty of your creations.

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Even More Ways To Profit From Bead Jewelry – Jewelry Home Parties

Day 15 of 30

If the idea of hanging out with a group of nice people while showcasing your jewelry appeals to you, you may want to consider selling your creations through home jewelry parties.

What could be better, a group of highly targeted buyers with no-one else to purchase from except you.

And if you are looking for a guide that will help you to grow your business then consider reading Lorri Ely’s book, “How to Run a Home Based Jewelry Party Business for Fun and Profit”.

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More Ways To Profit From Bead Jewelry – Jewelry Booth

Day 14 of 30

Are you a people person? Do you feel comfortable talking to potential clients and actively promoting your handcrafted bead jewelry? Then you may want to consider selling your creations through a jewelry booth.

When you think about setting up a jewelry booth, it is easy to get intimidated by the cost of the show and the thought of not being able to recoup that investment if you don’t make many sales.

To give yourself the best chance of success, you might want to consider purchasing a copy of Rena Klingenberg’s book, The “Ultimate Guide to Your Profitable Jewelry Booth”.

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