We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Hannah Reese. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Hannah below.
Hannah, appreciate you joining us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?
I believe to stand out you must first get out of your own way. One of the biggest things we are pushing this year with our clients, is helping them to get out of their own way. We do this, by being able to help them identify what is holding them back, why they aren’t meeting their goals, etc.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
Hi there! I am Hannah Reese, owner of Writefully Yours a creative marketing agency centered around female entrepreneurs and mama-preneurs. We are passionate about unorthodox strategy and international marketing. That means, whatever will bring someone in the door is carefully orchestrated to their ideal client. We also believe that you can be successful by being 100% yourself and being against the norm. I started my business when I was doing 28 credit hours in college, a full-time job and a full-time job all while planning my own wedding. I started my journey in stationery when I realized I loved creating stationery for my wedding and some of my friends’ events! I grew that business very fast, and realized I wanted to help others grow theirs as well. For the past 3 years, I have grown over 6 figures – even during COVID.
What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?
I was doing wedding stationery while in college full time (28 credit hours), a full time marketing executive job for a multi-million dollar pet food manufacturer, and planning a wedding. I grew that to over 45 weddings and realized that I wanted to help others do the same. I was working my corporate job at the time, and pivoted to a marketing agency. At this time, I also owned a wedding publication based in Dallas, Texas. I was growing fast, and then COVID hit, and I grew even more. Business owners were aware that once the pandemic let up, that they needed to be in front of their ideal client, and it blew up from there. I quit my 9-5 with $350 to my name, and never looked back.
Ever since I quit, I have worked hard to retire by 30. I can confidently say I am closer than ever to that goal now.
Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?
I recently just had my first baby girl in July of 2022. Ivy is her name, and the light of my life. I was always a hard worker. One that would come in early and stay late. ALL. THE. TIME. I would hustle on weekends, holidays, up until 3am most nights – even worked over 100 hours a week like it was nothing. When I had Ivy she changed how I view work. I now work smarter, instead of harder. I am not afraid to disappoint others with longer timelines for work – because I am realistic more than ever, because of her. I don’t wish to hustle anymore – all I think about now is how I can make passive income work so I can grow that and work 2 days a week and spend time raising her.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.writefullyyourskc.com
- Instagram: @writefullyyours_