So, you've weighed all of the options and made the decision to start a business. First of all, HOORAY!!! Go you for following your dreams! Navigating a path to entrepreneurship takes many twists and turns and looks different for everybody but there are some concrete...
We were in the middle of getting knocked over by this pandemic, navigating homeschooling and shifting to the home office and trying to figure out how many boxes of Triscuits to stash in the basement when Angie approached Advokate about an internship. She needed a...
For more than a year, I've been hunting for a little spot in Downtown Glens Falls to call my very own. I conducted an extensive search, striking conversations with building owners all around the city, even dreaming of buying my own building. It's gotten to be so...
"Do what you love and you won't work a day in your life." With your loyalty and confidence, we've been "not working" for five years now. Five years ago today, Advokate was named, and so we are celebrating our 5th anniversary! Folks say more than half of...
Well, folks — Advokate is growing, and sometimes feeling like it's taking off out from under me. It's a blessing to be so busy. I've realized for a while now that I can't handle things by myself any more, and have spent the last year...
GLENS FALLS, NY — Kate Austin-Avon, an entrepreneur, arts activist, writer and artist who has been operating her marketing, web and graphic design and publicity firm Advokate since 2010, announces a new venture: The Advokate Boutique. The Advokate Boutique is a shop of locally handmade goods,...
Art activist Kate Austin-Avon has opened Advokate, a marketing, web & graphic design and fine art studio and gallery in Suite 201a on the second floor of The Shirt Factory Arts and Healing Center, located at 21 Cooper Street in Glens Falls, New York....
I'm rolling out the new Amity Card program! Schedule regular 1-2 hour marketing sessions with Advokate and after 10, enjoy one free*. Space in this program is LIMITED! Taking sign-ups now to start in October. $75/hour. We'll figure out a time that works for you. What would...
In honor of Labor Day, let me share some big Advokate news. Since Advokate's inception, it has been a part-time job for me, needing to fit around volunteer obligations and my part-time position as co-manager of The Shirt Factory. When my son Henry came along about two...
I've been thinking lately. I had a good talk with a friend who said that Advokate is a necessary service to the community; that I'd be selfish not to give the business its best shot. I've been caught up in doing client work a lot...
