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Welcome!
Do you feel overworked and underpaid sewing custom commissions for income?
Have you taken business classes and feel like they do not apply to your specialized sewing company?
Are you interested in earning income creating women's dresses for Dancesport, Country, artistic roller or figure skating?
Do you feel overwhelmed with all the details and skills required to run a business when all you want to do is make beautiful garments?
If you answered YES to any of these questions,
my Dressmaker Business Academy will revolutionize your dressmaking experience.
Save time.
Save money.
Save your sanity.
Master the business side of sewing for income.
The Dressmaker Business Academy is suitable to everyone who sews:
- theatre outfits,
- wedding attire,
- prom dresses,
- ballet/tap/jazz costumes,
- custom lingerie or swimwear,
- ballroom, country or skate dresses,
- ... pretty much any type of custom sewing work.
Whether you have an established business making ten garments a month or you are just beginning by making only one item per month, the Dressmaker Business Academy streamlines the icky office stuff and gives you solid ways to increase profits and productivity, while creating higher customer satisfaction.
Why am I qualified to offer this coaching program?
Awesome question!
Shortest answer: I made a LOT of mistakes in thirty years of my dance and skate dressmaking business!
Just like with my online sewing school, I created the Dressmaker Business Academy to teach you everything I wish I had known in 1992 when I began making custom ballroom (and eventually adding Country and skate) dresses for clients.
My dressmaking company was named, Seams Sensational. You see that name on this website. I was very, very good at making high-quality, perfectly fitted, haute couture ballroom and country dance dresses. Really good.
But for the first ten or fifteen years of my dressmaking business, I had no clue what to do with the business side!
My sewing business began in a bedroom making my own dresses, and then one dress for income (which took me forever and I made little money), and another dress for income (which took slightly less than forever and I made one penny more).
No joke, I went from making one dress a month to 8-12 dresses a month with 3.5 onsite employees — all in only fourteen months. Talk about growing pains!
My business made a profit by accident. No joke.
I was exhausted from working what felt like a million hours each week. I worked more and more trying to stay ahead of the orders.
I was so bad at the business aspect, my employees' pay checks were almost as much as mine and they worked half the amount! Plus, they went home and forgot about the dress shop. Where as I thought about it day and night.
Sound familiar?
Trust me. A LOT of “business” things can go wrong when you act like you don’t have a legitimate business, or when you do not know the ins and outs of running a sewing company for profit.
I am highly qualified to tell you what NOT to do — plus what actually works. 🙂
Take it from Aryana, one of the 2022 Dressmaker Business Academy participants.
Please, do not make the same mistakes I made.
Whereas I had no help at all with my sewing business, I am here for you.
My Dressmaker Business Academy is suitable to everyone who sews almost anything custom made in which you deal with clients one-on-one.
Whether you have an established business making ten garments a month, or you are just beginning by making only one per a month.
Get the business training you need to thrive instead of survive.
Get started right now, right this very minute, by enrolling in the Dressmaker Business Academy.
Don't you want to make a profit and still have time for a real life with friends and family outside of sewing?
Don't you want to go outside and play instead of crying all over your sewing machine because your custom commission is not going together well?
See, I have been there. I know where you're coming from.
Please let me help you solve the business and income problems that have you stuck to the pin cushion.
Teresa Sigmon
Business Academy excerpt: Who is your ideal client?
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How many coaching modules are in the business academy?There are six core modules and two bonus days.
As soon as you enroll, you have immediate access to the first bonus session called “Productivity Planner” and the first of six core modules: “Money, part one”.
Each module features two hours of video which has been edited into topic-specific shorter videos of ten to thirty minutes each.
Completing homework assignments will take anywhere from thirty minutes to two hours depending on how comprehensive you wish to go.
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Can I watch the videos anytime I want?
Yes, of course!
Once you are part of the Dressmaker Business Academy, you have “lifetime” access to all the training in the entire program.
If you wish, you can watch and re-watch the videos every few months as your business awareness increases.
What do Business Academy members say about the program?
Would you like to reduce stress, simplify the back-end process and increase profit margins?
Let the Dressmaker Business Academy be your guiding light.
Only $995 USD for lifetime access to all training and the academy community.
Are you ready to master the business side of sewing for income?
Only $995 USD for lifetime access to all training and the academy community.
Click here for a currency converter to see tuition in your currency.
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Will there be homework assignments?
Yes. Each live meeting I offer suggested homework.
You will be given one “lightning streak” task to implement immediately with your business or clients. This is geared towards clean-up/set-up and improving efficiency.
You will also be given a more in-depth homework assignment that make take one to three hours to complete.
Of course, you will learn the most and have the highest success rate if you take the time to complete all assignments as thoroughly as possible. If you do not complete the assignments when they are first given, you can do them weeks or months later when you are ready.
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What topics are addressed?
• working with difficult clients
• time and expense tracking
• websites, email lists, blogs, social media, etc.
• pricing for off-the-rack, used, and custom dresses
• office set-up and efficiency
• scheduling consultations and fittings with local and long distance clients
• determining and attracting your ideal client
• much, much more!
What is the exact Business Academy curriculum?
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How do I access the training material and live meetings?
All homework assignments, video replays and bonus training resources are housed on a member-only site.
You will have access as soon as you enroll.
You will also have “lifetime” access to the private membership site.
“Lifetime” means until you pass on, or until a few years after Teresa croaks, or until there is no more internet… whichever comes first.
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Do I need to have business experience to join?
No, you do not need previous business experience, nor do you need to already be earning money from sewing dance or skate dresses, wedding attire, custom lingerie or swimwear or any other type of custom sewing.
What you do need is the desire to interact more efficiently with your clients and to make a clearly defined profit while working less hours.
Whether you want to make one dress a month or ten dresses a month. The business tools are the same for all sizes of sewing businesses.
Do you plan to begin sewing for income?
Do you want to learn the steps needed to make a sewing business run smoothly and have a profit with the first client?
Let the Dressmaker Business Academy be your guiding light.
Are you ready to create a well-oiled sewing business machine?
For only $995 USD, you get lifetime access to all business academy training and the global community.
Click here for a currency converter to see tuition in your currency.
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What is the refund policy?
You have fourteen days risk free, or access to the first and second course module, whichever comes first.
If you are not certain that this is going to be an enlightening program to revolutionize your sewing business – and therefore worth every penny of the investment – I will happily schedule a personal Zoom meeting with you to discuss why you feel the program is not right for your business needs.
If I cannot meet those requests this term, I will refund all your paid tuition minus any additional credit card fees to process the return.
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Is the Sewing Business Academy a perfect fit for me?
The Business Academy is suitable to does any type of custom sewing for income:
- • ballet/tap/jazz
- • theatre
- • lingerie
- • swimwear
- • wedding attire
- • ballroom or partner dance
- • country or line dance
- • prom and formal wear
- • baton twirling
- • flag and drill teams
… and much more types of sewing that involves custom work.
Whether you have an established business making ten garments a month, or you are just beginning by making only one per a month.
The Dressmaker Business Academy helps clean up your existing business, or set you on the proper foot to make a profit as soon as your doors open.
If you have participated in business or life coaching masterminds before, you know $995 USD is a bargain to save your sanity and your business.
I personally spend $15,000 dollars a year on only two masterminds because I want to continue improving myself and my Sew Like A Pro™ offerings.
It is always valuable training. Everything I learn benefits all aspects of me personally and my company. The same is true for my Dressmaker Business Academy.
Are you prepared to take a step in YOUR favor: to honor yourself, your clients and your business?
Are you ready to get the guidance and support you need to thrive in your sewing business?
Jumpstart your business today by enrolling in the Dressmaker Business Academy for only $995 USD.
When you sign up for the Dressmaker Business Academy replay series, you get:
- lifetime access to the recorded training, downloads, and crucial homework assignments
- lifetime access to the global community,
Why wait when your sewing business rescue is ready for you right now?
Teresa Sigmon
Do you feel overwhelmed with office duties, marketing and dress pricing?
$995 tuition is the best investment you will make in your business -- second only to the time you invest to implement what you learn.
REFUND POLICY
1) My commitment is to dramatically improve your sewing business skills so you can increase your profits, run the business with more ease and confidence, all the while up-leveling customer satisfaction.
You can participate in the Dressmaker Business Academy risk-free for approximately fourteen (14) days or access to the first two course modules.
This includes the first bonus session and the first two course modules totaling four hours of video training, plus all homework assignments.
If you feel the program does not live up to its promise, you may request a full refund minus any credit card charges applicable to process the refund.
2) To be eligible for the "I can SEW do this!" refund, you must have attempted the homework assignments and held a private Zoom consultation with Teresa Sigmon so the two of you may discuss what you feel is lacking in the program.
3) No refunds will be considered until between ten and thirteen days after the first live session. No exceptions.
WHY? I put a tremendous amount of work into creating this program. I know it works -- if you follow the system and do the work.
Because I TRULY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED, you must only in the business academy enroll in this school if you are willing to do the work -- even if it takes longer than the six week time period in which the academy material is presented.
YOU HAVE 24/7, LIFETIME ACCESS.
If you fall behind for any reason, do what you can and let the rest go until such time as your schedule allows.
Sometimes your mind may not be able to receive the information I present for weeks or months down the road. This is why I offer "lifetime" access to all video replays, the community forum and downloadable homework assignments.
P.S. "Lifetime" means: As long as the internet exists. Until you leave this earth. Or, until several years after Teresa croaks and there is no one to teach the live sessions and pay the bills.
I believe in you. YOU CAN SEW DO THIS!
