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.
Tuesday, 18th April 2023 - Book here. Venue: TBC
Tuesday, 16th May 2023 - Book here. Venue: Lanchester Garden Centre, Bargate Bank, Lanchester, Durham, County Durham, DH7 0SS
Tuesday, 20th June 2023 - Book here. Venue: Derwentside College, Front Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 5E
Tuesday, 18th July 2023 - Book here. This month we are holding a 'Wag and Walk' meeting - network while you walk your dog and continue over a drink in the café. Venue: Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton Mill, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE21 6RU
'DO BUSINESS NETWORK ONLINE MEETINGS
Come along and join in with our Big Online Conversation meetings!
Tuesday, 4th April 2023 - 9:00-10:00. Book here.
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 on Tuesday, 20th September from 10am to 1pm.
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.
