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#6: A Lesson from My Grandfather: How Your Outlook Affects Your Success

By Tracy Matthews / November 5, 2015

When I was coming up with the idea for this podcast, I was thinking about legacy and what I wanted to be remembered for. This got me thinking about my grandfather, and today I’m going to share a…

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#5: How Strong Core Values Build Solid Jewelry Brands

By Tracy Matthews / November 3, 2015

In today’s podcast, we’ll be talking about one of my favorite topics: core values! Click here to download the show notes Meet the Artist From lines of glitter cocaine to Jesus surrounded in Louis Vuitton to Kate Moss…

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#4: How to Leverage Your Personality to Sell More of Your Art – with Sarah Ashley Longshore

By Tracy Matthews / October 29, 2015

Running a creative business is never easy, especially in the jewelry industry. It can be hard to balance designing and creativity with the brass tax of running a business. This is precisely the reason I wanted to chat…

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#3: Easy Sales Tactics for Non-Salesy Jewelry Designers with Robin Kramer

By Tracy Matthews / October 27, 2015

This quote from Patricia Fipp is one of Robin’s favorites. Sales are exciting, but Robin’s true passion is building relationships, and here at Flourish & Thrive we believe it’s relationships that will make all the difference in your…

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#2 How to Attract More of Your DREAM Jewelry Customers

By Tracy Matthews / October 22, 2015

I love this wisdom from one of my mentors, Marie Forleo. I remember her telling me this before I had ever clearly identified my DREAM client. I didn’t realize what I was missing until I put in the…

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#1: Becoming a Visionary: The Secret Behind Your Jewelry Brand’s Success

By Tracy Matthews / October 20, 2015

A lot of us jewelry designers are pure creatives. We are focused entirely on our art and our passion — often completely neglecting the left brain side of things. Unfortunately, there is so much more to running a…

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