Blog – Tagged "small business"

I Like Charitable People

Many years ago when books on tape first started hitting the market, I purchased one from the Queen of beautiful voices, Maya Angelou. Some writers ...

Two Years Later- COVID and small business

Two Years Later and Yes, We Are Open

I can’t believe that two years ago March 14, 2020, I, like nearly every other business, closed my business while I anxiously waited to learn my fut...

I Wrote A Book

There I said it. Let me say it again. I wrote a book. I am proud of this accomplishment. I will squelch the little voice inside that wants to take ...

The Moving Parts of Business

There are a lot of moving parts to my new business model that I have written about these past two years. Everything has changed in the business of ...

Alayne's Favorite Places

With so much isolation from this damn virus, I wanted to reflect back a bit to places I supported this past 2021. In my attempt to have experiences...

Seeing What Sticks

If I had to define my business plan in three words for 2021, it would be SEEING WHAT STICKS. I tried a little and a lot of everything. So instead o...

Happy Holiday Shopping Time

When I was a little girl, my mother, my grandmother or my aunts took me along for shopping excursions. In those early years, shopping was something...

The Evolution of Shopping

In this wild world of shopping these days, I find myself reflecting back to the good old days. Do you remember when holiday shopping was a lovely r...

The COVID Shift

"Because of Covid"… Have you been hearing this? I hear it when I am on hold for what seems indefinitely. I see it when I head to visit my loved one...

5 Simple Ways to Help a Small Business

Small business has suffered during 2020/21. The losses are immeasurable. But for many of us, we have figured out a way to persevere. This is what m...

A New Routine

I began doing skin chats last May because for the first time in the history of my company, I couldn’t touch or see a client in person. Clients coul...

SHOPPING SMALL PAYS OFF BIG

Shopping small pays off big this holiday..