We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Krystal Greene. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Krystal below.
Hi Krystal, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear your thoughts about family businesses.
Our business is currently 100% a family business. I absolutely love the idea of knowing that my business can be an asset that I can hand down to my children and their children is the best feeling. I also think there is so much the family can learn by running a small or large business. For an example each person in my family helps run the business in some way. My husband Andrell helps set up every party with me. Sometimes my daughter Kamora helps on next day pickups. My son Kayden helps with other small duties. I believe my husband and I are teaching them how to use your gifts to make extra income, how to be honest business people and have pride in your abilities.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
My name is Krystal Greene, I am from Columbia SC. I am a graduate of USC Columbia. I started my small business Glam Kamp Slumber Parties LLC in 2020 during the pandemic. I saw the business idea many years ago on social media and said that one day I wanted to do this in my city. Well fast forward to June 2020 I was introduced to my mentor Latishia and many amazing Slumber Party business owners like H’Elena ,who is located in the Upstate area. Many of these ladies helped answered my questions, helped critique my work and just encouraged me during the launch of my business. I set a launch date of August 1, 2020. I did not have any excuses, my full time job sent us home to work from home, my husband and children were also home. Once I launched I shared my business all over social media and booked my very first client in October 2020 and from there people began to book Glam Kamp. I knew that it would be a hit because I had not seen any businesses similar in my area. I also loved that I could meet the needs of kids who still had birthdays to celebrate during this pandemic. The families did not have to leave their home because we would set up our unique slumber parties in the comfort of their home. Little was known about Covid so this business was the answer to helping families continue to celebrate their children’s birthday during a Pandemic. What we love most about providing slumber parties is the reactions of excitement and joy that each child or adults gets when we do the big reveal of the final look.
Currently we only service the Columbia SC and surrounding areas. We have done 100+ sleepovers since starting while my husband and I still work full time jobs and servicing our community with an online Non Denomination ministry Called MAD ( Making A Difference).
We have met some really amazing, diverse families through this business. Each family has its own story and it’s beautiful to see differences and the similarities. We always hope to bring excitement and fun to each home or party setting we set up in.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I started with a Facebook and Instagram business page. I consistently posted, interacted with other business pages and people in the area. I use the hashtags in my area in my post. I posted mock up looks on my social media before I got bookings. This my audience an idea of what we offer. My advice would be don’t be afraid to get those close up pictures from different angles.. Post videos those reels will help you grow as well. Make sure your page flows in a way that is appealing to your audience.
Any stories or insights that might help us understand how you’ve built such a strong reputation?
I believe that my consistency, my communication and being easy to work with has helped build my reputation in my market. My clients can call, text or emails me at anytime. I am myself with them and I don’t over promise. Each party get my best work and I try to make each one unique to each person we are celebrating.
Contact Info:
- Website: Www.glamkamp.net
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/glamkampslumberparties
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlamKampSlumberParties
- Other: Tik tok: GlamKamp