Managing Time, Etsy Selling & Running Your Team | Olivia Hayward

This week’s episode is brought to you by Olivia Hayward, a business owner and Etsy creator from Berkeley, California.

Olivia runs her accessory company, Mane Message, since her first college years and she also recently started a YouTube channel where she shares videos about life as a creative business owner.

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What does your day-to-day job and work look like?

• Olivia balances her day-to-day life between emails, bookkeeping, manifacture products, taking photos for her marketing campaigns, as well as recording videos for her YouTube channel.

What to you use to tally all of your most important tasks together?

• Google Calendar (iOS/Android/Web) (For project planning and brainstorming video ideas)
• Erin Condren planner

Do you take notes across your day? If so, what tool do you use?

• Sticky notes and paper pad
• Evernote (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows/Web) (For long-termo notes and archival purposes)
• Moleskine notebook (For sketches and product design)

What hardware do you use every day? (phone, laptop, pc)

• iPhone
• Desktop computer (For work)
• Laptop (For more creative things)

What are your 3 favorite apps/tools for work? (Eg. marketing, designing)

• Shipstation (For managing her shop orders)
• Etsy Marketplace (iOS/Android)
• Grammarly (iOS/Android/Windows/Mac/Web)
• Adobe Photoshop
• YouTube Studio (iOS/Android)

Do you get moments to pause in your day, if so, what do you do?

• Walking the dog, doing yoga classes, exercising during the first half of the day, using a standing desk.

What book are you reading at the moment?

• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

What does your morning routine look like?

• Olivia has breakfast with her fiancée and then starts working from her iPhone, answering emails, YouTube comments, and so on.

Where can we find you and all of your wonderful things?

• Etsy Store - here
• Website - here
• YouTube - here
• @manemessage - Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest

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