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07 Jun

Why Coworking: We Need Each Other

In order for communities to thrive in the long-term, the community needs to come together over a shared purpose—a “why”. At the base level, coworking starts as a way for businesses and entrepreneurs to share expenses. The shared space makes it easier for everyone to conduct business—but our “why” goes beyond just a space. More than ever, I am reminded of the ways that coworking grows community, and the reasons why we need each other:

01 Jun

Business Marketing During COVID-19

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

This is the third blog of a four-part series from Alkaloid Networks member, Matt Schwartz of Inspry, a digital web design agency specializing in web site design, web development, and e-Commerce in Joomla, WordPress, and Shopify. Matt and his team develop and maintain the sites for many Alkaloids including Alkaloid Networks, ArtsATL, and the Atlanta Coworking Alliance to name just a few. In an effort to help other Alkaloid Networks members minimize disruption, we offer

20 May

Get the Most Out of Your Yelp Business Page

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

Alkaloid member and Atlanta Yelp Community Manager, Christina Venditti, shares how to connect with your community using the free tools offered. Yelp Statistics US Demographics Age: fairly evenly split across all age ranges Education: 65% of Users are college-educated Income: Almost half of Users earn more than $100K annually Businesses Reviewed by Categories By and large, the majority of reviews are for: Restaurants Retail Home and Local Services Ratings Half of the ratings are 5

13 May

Create Better Local SEO w/ Google My Business

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

Looking for better local SEO? Google Adwords are good but can be tricky given your competition and price per keyword. Google My Business is a free tool that plays a great role in local SEO search especially for brick and motor businesses. Google My Business Statistics Detailed and completed GMB listings are 2X more likely to be trusted Adding photos to your GMB regularly will drive: 42% more direction requests 35% more clicks 72% of

Tech Tools for Businesses During COVID-19 Crisis

11 May

Tech Tools for Businesses During the COVID-19 Crisis

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

This is the second blog of a four-part series from Alkaloid Networks member, Matt Schwartz of Inspry, a digital web design agency specializing in web site design, web development, and e-Commerce in Joomla, WordPress, and Shopify. Matt and his team develop and maintain the sites for many Alkaloids including Alkaloid Networks, ArtsATL, and the Atlanta Coworking Alliance to name just a few. In an effort to help other Alkaloid Networks members minimize disruption, we offer

06 May

Mastermind Roundtable with Visible Branding

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

Noelle Jackson of EllePR and Alkaloid member, reviews three key areas to connect your branding and discuss how your business can make the greatest impact with: Owned Media Shared Media Earned Media With the SIP and continuing pandemic, many of your customers or prospects will want to know what you are doing for your employees, customers and community. Keeping visible is just as important now as it ever has been in the past, if not

01 May

Preventing COVID19 At Work

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

Updated April 2021 Stay Safe and Do Amazing Work Alkaloid COVID-19 Guidelines Alkaloid is open again. We missed you! If you are considering returning, I welcome you back. This post has two sections: What I’m doing to keep our community space safe What I ask of every member and visitor to keep our community space safe Section 1: Alkaloid Networks Precautions (What I’m Doing) Surface Cleaning More Frequent Cleaning All common spaces each time with

30 Apr

Mastermind Roundtable with SEM Basics

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

In this session, former Alkaloid member Andrew Humphrey reviews SEM (Search Engine Marketing) basics. You’ll walk away with some good information and tips about: What is SEM? PPC (Pay Per Click) vs. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Local SEO Position Zero Improving SEO Title Tags & Meta Descriptions SEO is a Long Game Black Hat SEO Hiring a PPC Manager Free Tools such as: Google Analytics Google Search Console Keyword Research SEO Plugin Title Tag Preview

18 Apr

I Heart Coworking People

By Katharine Coworking Benefits 0

I heart coworking people. All of them. I’m a fan girl of coworking. For the past 5 years, I’ve owned a coworking space. However, when I first opened, I must admit that I knew very little about what made “coworking” work. I originally opened the coworking space because I needed to cover the cost of a space I had recently acquired for another venture. I formed the business, did some minimal marketing on Craigslist—and within

15 Apr

Mastermind Roundtable with WFH Productivity

By Katharine Uncategorized 0

Need to increase your productivity? Feeling overwhelmed and unproductive while working from home? Take a deep breath. Alkaloid member, Mark Wolgemuth of RescueTime shares his best strategies for improving productivity and prioritizing your time while WFH. The Big Takeaways Create structured time by scheduling with the others in your home Break up big tasks into smaller chunks Use technology solutions to allow focus Isolate yourself as much as possible to avoid audible distractions Create time

Why Coworking: We Need Each Other

Business Marketing During COVID-19

Get the Most Out of Your Yelp Business Page

Create Better Local SEO w/ Google My Business

Tech Tools for Businesses During the COVID-19 Crisis

Mastermind Roundtable with Visible Branding

Preventing COVID19 At Work

Mastermind Roundtable with SEM Basics

I Heart Coworking People

Mastermind Roundtable with WFH Productivity

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