how do you handle lots of ct's

[717sherry]

I see some of you ladies with 6-8-10 CT's. How in the world do you keep up? Not with just the layouts, but also with the schedule of deadlines. Thats like 30 layouts per month

[brittanylyn]

Take lots of pictures.

[digiscrapchick]

Yeah, I've been wondering this myself!!

[Andrea C.]

I couldn't! I had to cut back recently, I ran out of photos and was having to borrow them from folks just to play, LOL. I have four now and I'm doing one guest spot along with those and it works for me well. I am having plenty of free time left to create with products that aren't for CT work which is great! I had ten teams before I cut back

[robinforman]

At one point I was on 8 CTs... in order to keep everyone straight I did a running list of "To Dos" and then a tally of how many LOs I had completed each month for each designer (to make sure that even if they hadn't put out new product I was giving equal loving) That worked pretty well for me. I still do that, actually, even though my group of CTs is much smaller. I am a list maker by nature, and that is what works for me!

[digiscrapper47446]

I'm not even on any ct's The ones I would love to go for, I'm just not good enough! I'm not sure how they do it cause I'd be so stressed if I even had 3 or 4 to do!!

[Hom74]

I use Excel to keep track for me.

I have a worksheet for each designer I CT for where I keep track of LOs I've done and where I have them posted.




The 1st worksheet I label "TBU" (to be used) so when I get a new kit and I put the kit title there and how many LOs I plan on doing w/them. (lots of CTs require 1 LO/kit or even just 2 LOs a month)



These really help me b/c occassionally I'll get kits that aren't released yet. So if I do a LO, I'll put the info in there just to remind me that I've done them.

[Rynonut Mom]

Dang, Karen - that's just too efficent!!!

[Traci Reed]

Karen you're my hero

I'm starting a spreadsheet

LOL

[Darcy Baldwin]

I keep an excel spreadsheet of releases by date released (that way I can also work in order so I don't put someone off too long. I keep a running track of how many are required, any special notes or ideas, when I finished and if I've posted. It really helps me keep everything straight. On a 2nd excel sheet, I keep a tally by designer of how many are required per month/kit and how many I've done, just so I don't mess up.

I did have to streamline my list. I was on more than I could handle well, and with things changing in our household for the spring, I had to make sure that I could give everyone what they needed from me, and that I enjoyed working with their products. So there is a little trial and error. Definitely make sure you LOVE who you sign up with..and make sure you have the time!