Get the Facts on What Makes Sense and What’s a Waste of Time

Is Etsy a good idea?  Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly if you’ve been banging your head against the wall doing the web shop thing), Etsy as a company makes a killing, but jewelry makers don’t get much if any of that sugar.

How about blogging, Facebook, and other popular promotion strategies.  Are they working?  Are they a waste of time?  What is a jewelry seller who wants results to do?

Learn why web shops like Etsy don’t work for the average jewelry maker, get the facts on other popular strategies, and how the heck to make your jewelry business more successful with the Results Report.

It’s free when you subscribe to my Handmade Results Success News Newsletter so go get it now.

Best,

Christine Gierer

P.S.: Already a member? Download the Results Report Again. It’s been newly updated for 2010 to include some interesting facts about social media too. You might be surprised to know what the real results are… Download the Results Report again now.

This is what happened after I sent out that September newsletter.  I received a huge amount of email.  It was the biggest newsletter response EVER.  And i just had to share one exchange I had with a very nice woman who didn’t agree with me at all.

“I’m Making Jewelry in my Jam Jams” ISSUE 5,  Part 2,  SEPTEMBER 2009
It’s Not Your Fault

Hey

If you’ve been trying to sell jewelry online and it hasn’t been
working out, it’s not your fault.  It really isn’t.

Some key information isn’t being shared, and I’m not just talking
about on Etsy either.

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You know, this whole Handmade Results things really came about because I kept getting questions about how to start a jewelry business.  It’s been the most commonly asked question on my website How-to-Make-Jewelry.com.

The only reason I even tried to answer the question in the first place was that I promised my “I’m Making Jewelry in My Jam Jams” newsletter readers in August that I would answer a question on the next newsletter in September. Of course, being the last minute girl I am, I was stuck looking for what to answer.  So I thought I would just answer whatever was the most common.  Hence the big “idea”.

So here’s the newsletter article that started it all, and the followup newsletter where  I respond to someone who takes issue with many of my wild claims.

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Hi! I am Christine Gierer, jewelry maker, online marketer, and founder of Handmade Results.

I won’t beat around the bush. I have an impatient “life is short attitude”.

I’d much rather do my time wasting elsewhere… In goofing off, going to the park with my kids, and enjoy freedom and flexibility in my life.

Don’t get me wrong, I love working. I love making money doing what I love. I just don’t want work to be ALL that I do.

I bet you’d love to live your life that way too. I mean, who wouldn’t?!? Work part time, doing what you love, and having the time, freedom, and money to chose your life not have it dictate to you.

That’s what I share on this site. Information, guides, and courses about handmade jewelry marketing faster, better, with greater results, and The information on this site? This means you’ll learn how to build your handmade jewelry business in a very specific way.

You’ll…

• Spend Less Time
• Expend Less Effort
• Get Greater Quantifiable Results

…So you can have what money can buy: the freedom to enjoy it!

For over 4 years I’ve been making a great part-time income through niche marketing and jewelry information marketing and I’ve learned that it’s not only what you know, it’s what you do with what you know.

Here’s my thing. Life is short. Anyone can teach you how to market yourself and give over your life to your computer or networking or the millions of other activities you need to do as a workaholic style business owner.

I share guides and courses that aim not only to show you how to market, but how to do it in …

• Less time
• With less effort
• For greater quantifiable results

…So you can spend time on what really matters in life – whether it’s being home with your young kids (as I do) spending more time on hobbies and friendships, travelling to far off place, or just so you can trash that job you hate. Maybe you don’t even care about all that and just want more time to relax and enjoy the extra freedom your business strategy and income has bought you.

My main jewelry related projects: I am creator and chief cook and bottle washer of  the jewelry marketing blog you’re reading right now, along with the courses and guides sold here.  I also run a jewelry making information website called How-to-Make-Jewelry.com.

How Handmade Results Came to Be

The story of how this site came to be is kind of interesting. Here’s what happened:

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