Blog – Tagged "small business"

smiling woman holding a sign that says, this is gonna be the best day ever

Celebrating 25 Years in Business With Alayne White

Celebrating 25 years in business in Bristol this year is an exciting happy time. I take a trip down memory lane to reflect and appreciate my wild w...

What Makes You Open One of My Emails?

Owning a small business requires an incredible amount of both mental time and physical time. In this blog I talk about what makes for success, why ...

woman with glasses sitting with a cup of tea her face resting on her hand

Business Ownership Is Not For Sissies

Bette Davis, one of my favorite actresses from the old movie days, was quoted as saying, “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” Still standing after...

Two women, standing in front of East Bay Food Pantry. One woman smiling and holding a book with her picture on it. The other smiling holding a check. Text on the side of the picture that reads "I. like charitable people".

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...

Bright room with windows, a desk with a woman standing at the computer, and shelves holding skin care products, T shirts and notebooks.

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...