Blueline Protection Security | Alkaloid Networks

What are you working on right now? We’re brainstorming and potentially restructuring Blueline Protection for the next 10 years. Who is your ideal client? Production Companies What is a common misconception about your work? What we hear most often is that security guards all wish to be police officers. What is your big picture vision for your business? Being driven and geared towards empowering our communities, while making a mark that can not be erased.

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Small Business Marketing Tools | Alkaloid Networks

Last month we talked about the importance of sales in small business, and offered some ideas and tools to help support that growth. This month we’re talking all about marketing, tools for small businesses, and solutions for building your brand. If you’re running a marketing team or growing your small business, there’s a long list of helpful (even free) tools to help your business reach the audience you’re after.  Starting with Strategy: Marketing and Sales 

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Sales Tools for Small Business | Katharine Chestnut

Running your own company, whether you’re a small business or micro-business, comes with many rewards. At Alkaloid Networks, we love supporting the freelancers and entrepreneurs who have built their business in Atlanta. Since we’ve been open, we have come across a wealth of resources to help business owners manage their projects and plans efficiently.  This is the first in a new series about building your small business and everything you need to help you succeed.

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Creating networking connection in business | Alkaloid Networks

Successfully running your own business means you’ll have to form lasting relationships and connections with clients and team members. But how many of us actually meet the networking goals that we set at the beginning of the year?  Even if you aren’t always feeling extroverted, it’s still possible to network and make connections with people. And you can create strong business connections in a few ways, without even leaving your desk. At Alkaloid Networks, we’re

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Hope for Youth (HYPE) | Tech Mentoring

What are you working on right now? Hope for Youth (HYPE) is all about connecting Black and brown girls in middle & high school to tech skills, leadership development & mentorship, college resources, and internship opportunities. Who is your ideal target audience? Schools & Community Based Organizations in underserved neighborhoods What is a common misconception about your work? High School Students aren’t able to contribute meaningfully in an internship What is your big picture vision

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Small Business Planning | Alkaloid Networks

It feels like eons ago that we first got the news about COVID and how the city of Atlanta was coping. No one expected a global pandemic at the beginning of 2020. Small businesses and freelancers certainly didn’t include a lockdown on their calendars. Followed by years of long-term unpreditability. We can’t plan for every scenario or predict disasters. Alkaloid kept the doors open to support our community. And bulk of our members managed to get

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Amber Bradshow | Working Title Playwrites

What are you working on right now? I am creating a podcast! Hosted by the organization I run, Working Title Playwrights. I’ll be interviewing new play artists from all over about process and the way we make plays. Who is your ideal target audience? Artists, theatre audiences, storytellers, folks who love live performance. What is a common misconception about your industry or work? We mostly write musicals for Broadway. What is your big picture vision

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Alkaloid Networks Top 3 Blog Posts of 2022

I always love reviewing the stats for our blogs at the end of the year. Seeing which ones are your favorites can both validating and surprising. Sometimes I expect the ones I find at the top, and other times, you surprise me. Let’s start the countdown to check the best of 2022! Goldilocks Finds ‘Just Right’ Coworking This was such a fun blog to write, it made me happy to see that you liked it

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The Cycle of Gratitude

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It helps to have a positive outlook when you’re running your own business. And a grateful mindset might actually help open doors to more opportunity, when it comes to building a brand or company.  Gratitude

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Scary Business | Alkaloid Networks

Keeping your small business going can be scary, take a lot of work all while being incredibly rewarding. If you manage your own business, you know how challenging some everyday tasks can be. Here are the top five scariest things we’ve encountered when running our small businesses at Alkaloid. What might you add to the list?  1. Managing Money  Picture this scary scenario: It’s time to pay your small business employees, but you’ve had to

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