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SERVICES INCLUDE...

• Graphic Design - Business Cards, Postcards, Flyers and more!
• Affordable Web Design and Hosting
• Social Media help
• Publicity - Press releases
• Promotion
• Consultation for new businesses
• Art career advice for the emerging artist

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT...

Kate Austin-Avon comes from a family history of scrappy people who get things done and gentle folks who listen hard. Around here, we like to get to know you and your needs, then roll up our sleeves and figure out a way to get the project done within your budget. We’re experts at making things run on a shoestring and also have some quality tools in our box.

That’s to say we work on all levels – either piecing things together by hand as a one-woman-band for the folks with tighter belts, or calling on our superior team of techie experts for specialized needs. Whether you’re a fledgling artist in need of a website or an established business who could use some Facebook help, Advokate is your guy.

ALL ABOUT ADVOKATE...

Advokate, a company to help artists and small businesses with self-promotion, is owned by Kate Austin-Avon, a mixed-media artist working and living in Glens Falls, New York.

Kate has more than four years of exhibition schedules under her belt, with plenty of firsthand experience promoting her own art career. She studied at Hartwick College and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Art from Empire State College.

She is part of the management team for The Shirt Factory, an arts and healing center located in a renovated factory. The building features more than 30 artists’ studios and businesses. She was Co-President of North Country Arts Center for two years and has served on the board for more than four years. She served as committee chair for NCAC’s annual Colors of Fall Arts and Crafts Festival for four years. She also serves on the board of Art in the Public Eye.

She was Arts Writer and Calendar Editor of The Chronicle, a weekly newspaper, for two years before launching Advokate in September of 2010.

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Kate has taken an outdated webpage and turned it into a great presence for us on the Web. It is fast, easy to navigate and has all the features we wanted and more. Kate was a pleasure to deal with and truly has the customer's satisfaction as her number one priority. All this at an amazingly affordable price as well. I highly recommend Advokate.

Michael Timko
President
Builders & Remodelers of Northern New York

Kate is absolutely fabulous to work with. She captured a perfect visual feeling in her design for my business cards and is translating this into a new website design. The cards capture everyone's attention and, those who know me say they really get my personality across. Our meetings are productive and she is extremely prompt in getting back to me. Always professional, creative and fun, bursting with fresh ideas backed by mad computer skills. Fantastic!

I asked Kate to design both my personal web site and one for my art gallery and I couldn't be happier with the result!
She took something that was a little daunting and made it seem effortless .
She's easy to reach, very prompt in answering my questions, and she gets the right balance between being creative and receptive to my ideas.
I was one of her first clients but even now after almost two years I have the confidence to reach her with all my web site related questions.

Advokate created promotional materials, including a logo and website, for my personal wellness consulting firm. Kate Austin Avon is talented and professional, with meticulous attention to detail. Her ability to develop successful marketing strategy for any type of business is truly amazing. She treats every client with respect and attention, regardless of the project size. I strongly recommend Advokate to anyone interested in starting or promoting their work.

Advokate was an excellent choice for me and my business needs! Not only did they meet my expectations but, they far exceeded them. They were very timely with all aspects of service and were always there for me when I needed them.
I cannot thank Kate and the staff of Advokate enough for their dedication and hard work. They took my business to the next level!!!!!

Kate's idea for putting different images of my art on business cards has worked out great. People are collecting them, it's like having mini shows all over town.

Kate has worked for us since she started her business. She has worked wonders with our primitive web site. We could not function without her assistance with our news releases. In addition, she also assists us with some of our graphics. The depth of her talents speaks to the success of her business ij such a short time. Fred Holman, President NCAC

Kate created my beautiful website and amazing business cards. She is a pleasure to work with.

Kate provided excellent services in support of my efforts to launch my first eNewsletter using Mail Chimp software. She helped me format, design, create and issue this first eNewsletter in a way that exceeded my expectations. She works extraordinarily fast in the software and allowed me to watch so I could learn how to do some of the work myself in the future. She was there when I needed her and delivered exceptional results.

Dear Kate,

I want to thank you for everything you?ve done for Adirondack Audio & Video in the past eight months. We initially hired you to design for us a new company web page (www.adkav.com), and the result is eye-catching, informative, and perfectly represents the style and tone we were looking for. We have received many positive comments on the site since it was launched. Needless to say, we were very impressed with your creativity and web design skills. Moreover, we were equally impressed with your diligence, professionalism, and ability to make the entire process both easy and enjoyable.

Since then, you have also helped us organize and promote the Grand Opening of our retail showroom, which was accompanied by an art show entitled ?The Power of Music.? This was an ambitious project involving a nation-wide call for art, a judging process, the logistics of receiving original artwork from around the country, hanging the show, promoting it in the regional press, and organizing all the minutia of the opening reception itself. Throughout this entire complicated process, you stayed on top of all the details, solved whatever problems arose, and ultimately produced an event that was an unqualified success. You were, in a word, indispensable; we truly couldn?t have done it without you. Thank you so much for putting so much effort into it?and for maintaining your infectious enthusiasm throughout the process!

I speak for everyone here at Adirondack Audio & Video when I say that hiring Advokate was and continues to be one of the best decisions we have made as a company. I am happy that ADKAV was one of your first clients and I look forward to a long professional relationship as both our companies grow over time.

Best Regards,

Jason Tavares
Adirondack Audio & Video
1048 State Route 9
Queensbury, NY 12804
(518) 792-3528

Advokate has been a blessing for me and my business. Not only does Advokate go out of their way to please their customers, they realize that as a customer we are more than artists and a business, we are real people with financial situations, families, and second jobs. Advokate has accommodated me on several occasions from designing car magnets, post cards, and flyers to picking them up from the printer and hand delivering them to local galleries. They have advertised for me as well as updated my website from time to time when the realities of life just don't allow time for me to do this. I would trust Advokate with almost any job that needs to be done with my business, hands down, without a doubt.

Advokate helped me launch my quilted purse business by developing a fantastic website that allows online shopping. Kate also developed a page on Facebook that features my business and taught me how to use social media to max my business reach. She is always there to answer my questions, no matter how mundane they may seem. I recommend her to all my friends and colleagues. Advokate is wonderful for the small business just starting with little resources.

Advokate has substantially increased my business as well as my ability to provide professional services to my clients. No matter how large or small the task, Advokate makes my professional life easier and less stressful. I recommend Advokate to family, friends, and colleagues alike.

Professional Stand Up Comedian Aaron David Ward
http://www.aarondavidward.com