As a crochet business owner, there are so many tasks to get done. That may include designing, pattern writing, publishing, taking photos and videos, marketing, listing products for sale, managing your blog and social media accounts … Phew! That’s a lot for one person, especially when you’re balancing your family and your day job. It’s time to think about hiring help!
Listen in as I chat with Courtney Whitehead of Creations by Courtney about how to balance your handmade business with your full-time job. We’ll discuss when and how to hire a virtual assistant, as well as work management software. Tune in now!
Transcript of This Episode About How to Manage Your Handmade Business and Your Day Job
[00:00:35] Pam: All right, awesome. We’re here with our next guest, Courtney. So Courtney, can you tell us a little bit about your business and what you do? And then let me know how I can help you today.
[00:00:45] Courtney: Yes. I’m Courtney of Creations by Courtney. I create size-inclusive crochet garments for women and children and accessories that are practical and stylish.
[00:00:58] So I have a huge question. It’s a question I ask all the time because I feel like the answer shifts based on where I am in that year. But my question is, how do I determine and implement the tasks that are most beneficial for my business while also working full-time?
[00:01:16] Pam: Yeah. With three kids.
Courtney: Yeah. That’s the part I left out about me.
Pam: So you are working full-time, you have three kids, and you’re designing. And you want to figure out how to figure out, first, what’s the most important things to be working on?
Courtney: Yes.[00:01:36]
Pam: The hard part is that there’s so many pieces of our business. So the first thing I want to tell you is the first thing you need to work on is hiring an assistant, just because you can offload so much to somebody else to do your marketing, or at least your scheduling of your social media posts, to help write your blog posts, to format your patterns, to get them listed in all of the places. Those are things that you don’t have to be doing. READ MORE
Meet Courtney from Creations by Courtney
Creations by Courtney offers size-inclusive garment and accessory crochet patterns to curate a handmade closet. Color, texture, and minimal seaming can often be found in Courtney’s patterns. She aspires to turn Creations by Courtney into a fashion brand that highlights the beauty of all body types through fun to make, and stylish wearables. Most recently, a Creations by Courtney dress pattern was chosen as the cover design for a crochet magazine. In winter 2023, Creations by Courtney will participate in the first Crochet Fashion Week in Atlanta, GA with designers from around the world. Besides her love for crochet, Courtney loves meeting new people and has yet to meet a stranger.
