In 2017 we launched as a sister-duo team, offering just virtual assistant services. We started out small, building our VA business from the couch, which turned out to be exactly what we needed as we both started experiencing more severe and frequent chronic illness symptoms. We’ve been on our couches behind our laptops, building our business slowly as we watched every business guru online make millions telling others to never do it like us.
We believe what works is not one size fits all, and we’re passionate about helping folks find effective and achievable workflows that support them–because your online hubs should work for you, not the other way around!
Meet the faces behind the work below.
who are we?
meet the team:
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Co-Founder, Content Strategist, Writer
pronouns: she/her/hers
passionate about: making up voices for my pets; creating bad art; sitting on my porch with a book; planning my garden
favorite projects: breaking down complex topics to share in different ways; playing with graphics; normalizing mental health struggles
what she says her favorite movie is: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
what her actual favorite movie is: Waiting for Guffman
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Co-Founder, Content Strategist, Writer
pronouns: they/she
passionate about: breaking down big ideas, finding honest & authentic ways to communicate, media literacy, and second hand craft stores.
favorite projects: in-depth writing, workbook creation, & social media design
what they say their favorite movie is: Moonlight
what their actual favorite movie is: School of Rock
our values
our values
Here at Crown Creatives, we operate through hard work & open-mindedness, but we also work very hard to make sure our values are represented through our business.
Our values are firmly:
→ community & education based
→ queer affirming
→ anti- racist
→ fat affirming & anti-ableist
While we don't anticipate any sort of discomfort in working together, we do reserve the right to elect not to work on projects that directly clash with the ideals of our business.
Our Code of Ethics:
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Developing systems, workflows and professional expectations that can be reasonably and fairly sustained by all. No one person is responsible for the entire health of the business; we exist as a group to support one another.
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Strategy free of manipulation tactics, fear mongering or making use of unethical resources.
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Defining success through our own lens, taking all people into consideration.
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Workflows should reflect what's possible on lowest energy days. Taking into account mental and physical health, and time needed outside of work for other responsibilities, rest and hobbies.
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Remembering our social responsibility, doing our due diligence when it comes to the businesses we work with and the messages we produce.
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Creating intentional, meaningful content for community connection; creating counter culture of slow content amidst a sea of endless content production.
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Commitment to contextualized information: what is this saying? Why is it saying it? In which context was it trying to say it? How has it been commonly misinterpreted?
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Practicing and sharing key media literacy skills through our content research and content creation process, such as:
Decoding media messages (including the systems in which they exist).
Assessing the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings & behavior.
Creating media thoughtfully and conscientiously. [source]
you can also join us on substack!
hare brained: a publication on media culture by a couple of very online millennials with a passion for breaking down the gap between what things are telling us and how.
what can we help you with?
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Want to make sure you have all the tools you need to support your business on instagram? Using a values based + purpose driven framework, our instagram audit will give you everything you need to keep up with your page, and what to think about when posting.
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Want to make sure you have all the tools you need to make the most of your blog?
Using a values based + purpose driven framework, we’ll help you figure out what you need to keep up with it, and SEO friendly tips for what to think about when posting.
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Are you trying to get your VA business started and feel like you’re floundering?
You can book a 1:1 Consultation with us! We’ll ask you to submit a form going over your goals and questions for our call, so we can provide you with specific, actionable information to take your next steps. Then we’ll go over it all via a video call and send you a PDF of everything we covered.
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We're working on a library of resources for chronically ill folks (business owners and non-business owners alike!) so stay tuned!
For now, check out our free database of affirming resources, or our Chronic Illness Dashboard to help with symptom tracking and management.
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