OUR BIG PROGRAMME OF EVENTS, NETWORKING & MASTERCLASSES FOR 2023
LET'S GET ORGANISED FOR 2023!
'Do Business' Network Meetings for 2023.
All meetings run from 8:30 through to 10:30 (except for Tuesday, 17th October - more information here.
Tuesday, 17th October 2023. Our rescheduled "Small Business Shoebox Expo". If you have already booked for this, we do have a record of your booking and payment. For further information, please click here.
Tuesday, 14th November 2023. Venue: Lanchester Garden Centre, Bargate Bank, Lanchester, Durham, County Durham, DH7 0SS. After a thrilling meeting here back in May, we are returning. Reserve your place here.
Tuesday, 5th December 2023. Our final meeting of the year! This takes place earlier than all previous events as we know how busy work becomes in the run up to the Christmas and New Year holidays. Venue: Derwentside College, Front Street, Durham, County Durham, DH8 5EE. Book here.
'DO BUSINESS NETWORK ONLINE MEETINGS
Come along and join in with our Big Online Conversation meetings!
Initially set up for DBN Members who could not make our face-to-face meetings.
Please note: your business must be located in the North East of England and we have the right to refuse admission. If you are attending as a guest, please tell us about you and your business (plus location) in an email and send it to connect@dobusinessnetwork.com. Thank you.
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 - 9:00-10:00. Book is now open.
Come along and join us for an hour of chat:
meet like-minded North East SME's
we will have a topic of the month to discuss
promote your services
connect on Social Media
Please note: your Zoom link will be sent out on the day before the meeting.
DBN AFTER DARK AT HALLOWEEN
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, 25th October 2023 at 8.30pm (ZOOM)
The Spooky Season is upon us, and its time for DBN to plunge into the world of the mysterious . . .
Archaeologist Tony Liddell is recording the Halloween Edition of A Northern Counties Paranormal Podcast (hosted by Within the Boggart Wood), and he’s inviting members of DBN to join him online for “The Strange Case of the Harperley Hotel” - a short presentation of things that used to go bump in the night at The Harperley Hotel near Stanley, followed by a question and answer session. Do you have a story to share? Don’t worry, there won’t be any jump scares . . . honest . . .
This online event is for DBN Members only. Book your place now!
Your Zoom link will be sent out on Tuesday, 24th October.
WELCOME TO 2024!
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, 16th January 2024
VENUE: Navigators Point, Belmont Business Park, Durham, DH1 1TW
We have been invited along to UMi’s new HQ at Navigators Point in Belmont, Durham for our first meeting of 2024!
Join us and the UMI team on Tuesday, 16th January for breakfast, networking and a guided tour of their new facilities. Guest speaker Suzanne McCreedy from UMI will be talking about their new free support service Sat Nav for Business. Plus, Melanie (DBN) and James (UMi) will be giving away some digital marketing tips for 2024 to motivate you for the year ahead.
Booking is open.
The smallest business exhibition in the world!
At 'Do Business' Network, we do business, and are always thinking of creative ways to engage our members so they get all the opportunities possible to be part of our business community.
Following the huge success of our last Shoebox Expo (pre pandemic) we are thrilled to announce that this years expo will be held in the Bank Board Room and Museum Room at Beamish Museum. We are finalising the exact very shortly.
BEAMISH MUSEUM SMALL NETWORKING SESSIONS
As we are Beamish Museum business members, we have a pass that allows up to 5 people entry into the Museum.
We thought it would be a great idea to offer this pass to DBN members who would like to network in a small group of 5 - this is a great opportunity to:
Find out more about each other's business
Tell each other what business opportunities you're looking for
Discuss collaboration
Get to know each other on a personal level
Enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Beamish Museum
Snap and share: take a pic of your unique networking morning / afternoon and tag each other into your social media.
You MUST be a DBN member to register.
Places are given on a first come first served basis.
If places are booked for your preferred date, you'll be given another date as an alternative.
Please register your interest via the form opposite.
Register your interest here:
WHAT OTHER MASTERCLASSES WOULD YOU LIKE DBN TO ORGANISE?
Feedback from our masterclasses has been brilliant and we'll be making previous ones available online to our members soon. In the meantime, we'd really appreciate your thoughts and ideas for future events. Please let us know by filling in this survey, it will only take a minute.
FREE EXPERT BUSINESS ADVICE, SUPPORT AND MENTORING FOR BUSINESSES IN CHESTER-LE-STREET
If you run a small business, it’s important to get some extra help, guidance and support from time to time. So, we are thrilled to announce that we have secured funding to offer hands-on mentoring support to businesses in the Chester-le-Street area.
We have experts waiting to give you the personalised, free advice you need covering the following topics:
- Planning your future business journey
- Better social media and digital marketing
- Successful sales techniques
- Getting your business online and selling online
- Using video and images to make your business stand out and look great
- Recruiting, managing your suppliers, talent and people
- Cashflow and raising funds
- Designing a new website and great marketing materials with real impact
- Looking after yourself and your customers at work
- Finding new customers and new markets
- Successfully launching new products and services
- Boosting your business self-confidence
To find out more about this programme, drop us an email to connect@dobusinessnetwork.com.
Melanie & David
CAN YOU GIVE YOUR CUSTOMERS A BETTER ONLINE EXPERIENCE?
Introducing a new service for DBN members
How easy is it for your customers to find the products and services they are looking for and how easy is it for them to buy from you?
Here's how it works. We invite a couple of our members to meet with you online to chat about what you want your website and social media to do for your business. Over a few days they will visit your website and media pages as "shoppers" and then give you constructive feedback about what works and what could be even better. We have a checklist of things to look for so it is consistent no matter who carries it out.
Please let us know if you would like us to check out your website or the social media pages you sell from and we'll set up an online meeting between you and your two "shoppers" so you can chat about what you need from your customer experience healthcheck. Drop us an email at connect@dobusinessnetwork.com.
And if you volunteer to give feedback to one of our members, you get a gift sourced from a fellow DBN member as a thank you! Another win-win.
WHAT DOES YOUR FUTURE BUSINESS LOOK LIKE?
Book a 1-1 confidential Zoom meeting with DBN and let's get planning!
We're here to help you to "get your head around" where your business is going. Simply drop us a line at connect@dobusinessnetwork.com to book your meeting with us on Zoom and we will take you through some future business planning and help to create an action plan for your business. It's completely confidential. And if you need extra support with a specific issue, we'll put you in touch with other DBN members for expert advice.
