Another option is to have it computerized.
Pros: the quilting can go a little faster, and with a library of designs at your disposal, it can look professional.
Cons: you still have to have people who are trained to load/operate the longarm and the computer and software that run the longarm, and it can add as much as $4-10K to the cost of the machine, depending on what system you purchase.
I have a friend who loves to quilt, but doesn't care to piece tops. She has 2 longarm machines; one is computer-driven, the other FMQ. She'll set the computerized one up and get it going, then move over to the FMQ one and drive it by hand. She's got it down to a science. She has a full-time job outside the home and can quilt as many as 20-30 quilts in a month. Almost all of these go to charity: veteran shelters, the humane society, passage quilts for terminally ill patients at the hospital, Linus quilts, etc. She has the support of a couple of different groups that get together and piece tops for her to quilt.