Handmade Results Weekly is closed just for a few days more while I revamp the order page. I thought it would just take a day or two, but it’s taking longer than I expected.

We will re-open shortly, so if you want to be notified when we do (I know some of you are chomping at the bit to get your jewelry businesses revved up!) you can add your name to the notification list and I’ll let you know when we’re open again.

Best,

Christine Gierer

P.S. I’ve made some updates to the Handmade Jewelry Results Report. It’s a primer on how to get started improving your jewelry marketing strategy today, and it’s absolutely free so go check it out if you haven’t already.

(It’s for Handmade Results Success News Free Newsletter Subscribers so please signin or signup to get it!)

What an honor!

Artbeads.com is one of my very favorite suppliers for beads so it is definitely an honor to see this wonderful mention of Handmade Results on their Artbeads Facebook Page.

And even more exciting is that people have commented and “liked” it.
Here`s a screenshot of their post:

(I was trying to go for a Star Wars effect… Nope not working for me. )
Thanks Artbeads!

P.S. Artbeads has awesome sales, free shipping in the U.S., and doubly exciting for me here in Canada – only $1 shipping to me! After I post this, I’m going to do a little bit of shopping methinks..

I don’t receive subscription cancellations to my Handmade Results Weekly course often, so when I do, I ask people if they meant to cancel.

The subscriber confirmed that yes, she did mean to cancel, and said:

It occurred to me that what you’re “teaching” is common sense and that I already have some of that. Also, my husband asked one day if I’d ever seen your site with YOUR jewelry on it and I had to say no. Do YOU actually sell jewelry or just charge people a fee to learn how?

I admit it, I was a little irked when I first read it.

I make a point of being very upfront about my own experiences and on overdelivering on my course. As I finish writing every lesson, I’m pretty burnt out and exhausted, but still feel like wow! If I was paying for a course like this I would never unsubscribe. (I guess that’s why I was so surprised and felt so compelled to write this article. I’ve had people unsubscribe due to lack of money, and due to lack of time, but never due to lack of usefulness!)

Each week’s lesson is very very meaty. I write them all completely myself. No fluff, lots of theory, lots and lots of practical steps, how-to’s, screenshots, and examples and tips, and checklists and assignments to keep you on track. It’s easily worth triple what I ask, but I want to make it affordable to those who need it most.

My husband once asked me why I was doing all this and spending so much time when I could be focusing on other projects that weren’t so time consuming.

I told my husband that I love jewelry makers (being one myself) and I really wanted to spend my time helping them stop wasting their time. I knew they were being misinformed and were doing all sorts of ridiculous things that would result in nothing more than wasted time and energy.

Back to the email…

Now I am very upfront about what I’m teaching and very upfront about my website history, how I don’t sell jewelry online, and why that doesn’t matter.

An excerpt from my response:

I think your husband is missing the point when he asks questions like “does she sell jewelry herself?”

Here is the point:

The internet has certain rules… There are sales methods specific to the internet, and the actual product doesn’t really matter in terms of principles, fundamental,s and the “how-to” big picture. You need people searching for what you sell, have money they want to spend, and you need to know how to use the power of all the tools of the internet and how people use it to build a business.

My expertise? I have #1 ranking for lots of high volume keywords, a huge mailing list, I know my market inside and out, and I have lots of dedicated followers, and that’s the main thing I teach – how to actually build a thriving business choosing a market, selling what your market already wants, search engine and relationship marketing on the internet. Others sell similar for much more money.

The value of my course specifically for jewelry makers is I use jewelry specific examples of what to do and how to do it. Not only that, but I’m realistic and straightforward.

As I say on the the sales page for the course,

You’re probably thinking, “OK Christine, that’s all well and good, but I’m not planning on building an information website. I want to sell jewelry!”

Listen closely:

No Matter What Business You Pursue on the Internet, the Rules are the SAME

It doesn’t matter what you’re selling. The internet has it’s own peculiar rules that apply NO MATTER WHAT. When you know the rules, and how work within the confines of those rules, the rest is easy.

Sure, jewelry has it’s own peculiarities. But if you don’t have a foundation in the laws of internet marketing, you’ll never even get a chance to share your own unique vision.

To your handmade jewelry business success!

P.S. What’s your jewelry business dream? See if Handmade Results Weekly is for you.

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I just got word from my favorite internet marketing teacher and mentor Jimmy D. Brown that he is shutting down several of his products and services. All of them actually.

I’m definitely going to grab any of his remaining products I don’t already have before it’s too late.

He’s starting with the retirement of his Small Reports Zone site on February 26th at 10PM.

Jimmy D. Brown is the one teacher whose books I keep on my desk all the time because no joke, I refer to at least one of them every single day.

(I even ask my helper to write “Jimmy D. Brown” style.)

You know how there are always a few people that just loves you and will buy every single thing you put out there?

Normally I’m not that person, but to me, Jimmy is the cat’s ass. (I just love that term. A good Maritimer’s saying. The last time I used it most people laughed but one lady got really really mad. I apologize if it offends, but I can’t help myself. Sometimes colorful sayings really convey what’s in your heart best. )

Jimmy is brilliant, all his products are low-cost and easy to understand, and I just can’t put into words how
much I owe him for creating the materials he offers.

If you haven’t heard of him before, he is well known as one the most generous, giving, ingenious marketers around.

When Jimmy asked me to help get the word out, I just couldn’t say no to someone who has helped me so greatly the past couple years.

These short, meaty, low-cost reports are a gold mine of quality content for home business owners and internet marketers.

Here’s a list of what’s available…

1. Piggyback Launches: 3 Surefire Ways To Get A Steady
Stream Of Free Traffic For Any New Product

2. Homepreneur Habits: How To Run A Successful Home Business

3. How To Get Free Traffic To Your Website With Ezine Articles

4. How To Get F.R.E.E. Traffic with PLR Reports

5. 8 Irresistible Ways To Get Super Affiliates To Enlist In
Your Sales Army

6. How To Improve Your Information W.R.I.T.I.N.G.

7. The Upsell Report: How To Get Customers To Spend More Money

I’m sorry to see Jimmy shut down this site, but I’m glad he’s giving us all a few days to grab up copies of these gems before he pulls the plug.

**BEST PART**

The REALLY good news is this: as part of this “goodbye”, Jimmy is discounting the price of EVERY report to only $10 each!

This makes these reports affordable for everyone, even those on a strict budget. It would be smart to order a copy of each of these.

If you run your own business or are thinking about it, I *STRONGLY* recommend you grab a copy of “Homepreneur Habits”.

It’s a 65-page “operations manual”. In it, Jimmy takes you “behind the scenes” to look at how he runs his own business, complete with photographs of his home office. He tells you what software programs he uses, tools and equipment he uses and even a schedule of tasks he performs. At only $10, it’s
a no-brainer. EVERY internet marketer should have a copy, and the principles are adaptable to most other home businesses too.

To read through a complete description of each report, visit the SR Zone site.

Also, if you want to read all about WHY Jimmy is retiring ALL of his offers, he has posted all of the details here…

REMEMBER, you only have a limited time to order any of the small reports that you are interested in. On February 26th at 10PM the site will be shut down.

Best,
Christine Gierer

P.S. You’d be doing yourself a great disservice if you didn’t get at least one of these meaty reports before he retires them. I’ve already purchased most of them before the announcement came out, but I’m buying the last two I don’t have yet as soon as I post this.

Disclaimer: I do receive a compensation should you purchase on my recommendation. Helps keep my Edgar in peanut butter