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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