Sales & Marketing
Events
13th August 202510:00 am - 11:00 amFREE
🟢 How to get higher in Google: The basics
Want your website to be seen by as many potential customers as possible? Get practical tips from an experienced Search Engine Optimisation professional on how to woo those elusive search engine robots and climb the rankings.
17th September 202510:00 am - 11:30 amFREE
🟢 LinkedIn Webinar: Build Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn
The webinar will cover the importance of building an online presence on professional networking site LinkedIn.
19th September 202510:00 am - 1:00 pmFREE
🟢 SEO and website auditing fundamentals
This fully funded three-hour workshop will provide an interactive, face-to-face session for anybody who is new to search engine optimisation (SEO). Ideal for those looking to develop a website or improve on their existing site, this beginners’ course will give a broad overview of the three areas of SEO: onsite, offsite and technical.
25th September 202510:00 am - 11:30 amFREE
🌎 Business Basics Webinar: Profitability
To truly understand profitability, we need to look at it more frequently and in more detail. Analysing which aspects of your business make what level of profit and understanding what drives profit allows business owners to make good strategic decisions to improve it.
26th September 202510:00 am - 1:00 pmFREE
🟡 Building your online reputation
This three-hour workshop will provide an interactive, face-to-face session for those who have attended Phase 1 of the Digital Marketing Mastery series or those who have intermediate search engine optimisation (SEO) knowledge. It will build upon the fundamentals of SEO, in particular, focusing on offsite SEO to enhance your online reputation.
03rd October 202510:00 am - 1:00 pmFREE
🟡 Creating a content strategy from scratch
This three-hour workshop will provide an interactive, face-to-face session for those who have attended Phase 1, 2 or both phases of the Digital Marketing Mastery series. Alternatively, those who have not attended but have intermediate search engine optimisation knowledge, and would now like to invest in content, will benefit most.
22nd October 202510:00 am - 11:30 amFREE
🟡 LinkedIn Webinar: Elevate Your LinkedIn
The Webinar will cover the importance of building a strong online presence on LinkedIn and how to achieve it. It will also delve into expanding their network through direct messaging and relevant LinkedIn groups.
12th November 202510:00 am - 11:30 amFREE
🟡 LinkedIn Webinar: Elevate LinkedIn for Business Growth
The webinar will cover the importance of building a LinkedIn business page and aligning it with their personal profile to enhance both the brand and personal brand.
Featured Webinar Playlist: Getting Started with Social Media
Don't know where to start with social media? Feeling like you might be missing something? Get instant access to the six-part webinar series delivered by Caroline Wilson of Hot Toddi.
Fire up your Food and Drink business with Make it! toolkits
A free video toolkit to help growing food and drink businesses in York and North Yorkshire. Essential ingredients for food and drink business success.
Screen Tourism Toolkit
A free screen tourism toolkit exploring the opportunities, showing best practice and connecting business with resources and support.
2022 Seminar Recordings
We have recently hosted a programme of in-person seminars and other events, some of which were professionally recorded and can now be viewed on our website.
Seminar Recording : Access to finance: Funding growth
This workshop will provide guidance on cost based pricing, calculating your costs before deciding an appropriate margin, as well as covering market based pricing asking questions such as: What value do you add? What are you worth? How do you position yourself?
Growthbox marketing service
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub are working with Growthbox, who help small businesses work out what marketing to do and connect them with their growing army of marketing experts all across the UK who can help them get it done.
Webinar Recording: Cookies and privacy notices, do I need them on my website?
This webinar will cover what cookies are and what cookie law is, what a privacy notice is, the laws surrounding both, and how to ensure you are being transparent to your customers when creating a cookie policy and privacy notice.
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Steps into Digital: Digital Marketing Mastery
Step into Digital this September with Digital Marketing Mastery, a three-part weekly seminar session, hosted at Patch York. Led by Katie Thompson, founder of content marketing service Katie Lingo.
Steps into Digital Programme
The Steps into Digital programme focusses on strategic, guided steps toward adopting the right digital tools and practices for your business. Emphasising a supportive, paced approach to digital transformation, accessible and manageable to all at any level.
BOOST: A marketing support programme for York and North Yorkshire tourism and hospitality businesses
This practical, action-oriented programme of activity has been developed to help you market your business more effectively, saving time and money. It’s created and delivered by Susan Briggs from The Tourism Network. Susan has over thirty years of successful tourism marketing experience. It’s for visitor-facing tourism businesses such as accommodation providers; visitor attractions; activity and experience providers; creative, retail, food and drink businesses.
Networking events: 10 tips for success
Not all networking events are created equal, so researching the different types might be a good starting point.
Making Values Pay: Webinar Series
Join us for our latest online workshop series Making Values Pay to see how embracing purpose-driven practices can help your business thrive. Explore how embedding good business practices can help you win work, tell your story, and build an engaged workforce.
Free AI & Social Media Workshops in Bentham
North Yorkshire Council are funding a series of workshops in Bentham as part of their Town Enhancement Fund. Covering digital and marketing topics, these are free to attend for North Yorkshire businesses and will all be held at Bentham Golf Club
Social Media Webinar Series Launched: Get Your Socials Sorted
Are you seeking expert guidance to elevate your business's social media presence? Struggling to find the right strategy or wondering if there's an easier way to manage your online platforms? Look no further! This week marks the launch of an exciting six-part social media webinar series led by Caroline Wilson from Hot Toddi, designed to cover all your social media needs comprehensively.
Business Support Programme: 1:1 Social Media Support with Catch Design
Following a fully-subscribed programme last year, businesses in the North Yorkshire Council area once again have the chance to supercharge their social media and dial up their digital marketing with fully funded 1:1 bespoke support from industry expert Sue Thompson of Catch Design Management.
Choosing your online marketing channels
To help you make the right choices for your business, let’s go over some of the options available to you. It’s important to consider the pros and cons for each marketing channel and whether the channel is a good fit with your target audience. Email marketing There’s often confusion about whether email is inbound or