We recently connected with Q Ogletree and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Q thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
My mission is to help my family. That’s been my motivation ever since I started. I won’t go into depth bc it’s family stuff but me and my family have been through a LOT. We’ve stuck it through together even when it was hard as hell and never turned against each other. Never switched. If you knew my family story and all the trials and tribulations you would have no other reason but to do it for family. That’s the only motivation I need.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
I got into clothes by wanting to quit my first job. My dad was basically like “you aren’t quitting this job unless you have some more money coming in” cool. I went to the drawing board, I never thought about having a clothing brand that was never my dream you know? But the universe has some ways of showing you some things that you never thought of before and it ends up working.
Only thing that sets me apart from others is my brand is different. Its nothing special, everyone is doing something different and trying their own thing to see if works.
I’m most proud of sticking through it all. When I first started I told myself I was going to do this for 10 years before I started making some real money and impact. I’m in this for long run. I know nothing grows overnight and it takes about 10 years to actually grow a brand.
I grew up being the quiet guy but with doing what I’m doing I have to be a leader, I have to be loud in a sense. Still be me but there’s switches that have to be turned on and off. It’s all about balance.
How did you build your audience on social media?
I’m glad this question was asked because I just answered this on my own a few days ago lol. Okay look, with social media don’t stretch yourself thin. I’ve learned that you need to figure out what works for you and focus on that. My presence was built on social media by being authentic and true to me. I don’t do the most, I post important stuff and I have real supporters. They know what I do is for real and I live by my brand and the message I’m putting out. The audience you’re trying to sell to can tell if you’re faking or being real. It’s gonna tell on itself and you need to be you and I promise you’re gonna inspire people that might not ever tell you and some that may tell you.
But either way, keep going.
We’d really appreciate if you could talk to us about how you figured out the manufacturing process.
I make my own clothes. I reallllly don’t like manufacturers nor do I wanna deal with that stress. It’s too much to me when I can simply take the time to figure out how to do it on my own. Eventually when I get big enough ima have people make my stuff but that’s gonna be on a partnership deal and not just me being another customer. I don’t bash people for having them because honestly it helps and if it works for you then fine. But I started with a close friend I knew making my clothes for about 6-8 months but I wanted to cut out the middle man so I bought my whole setup and been rolling ever since.
I got lucky finding who I found to make my clothes because I already knew her shoutout to Tisha I hope you see this but she showed me everything. I paid attention and did things my way. I’ll always show her love. I think making the right product is easy it’s finding WHO to make the right product that’s the hard part.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Keepasteadyhustle.us
- Instagram: https://Instagram.com/Qtkash
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