Grow your business

Businesses of all sizes & sectors need help with the same 3 things:

  1. Raising awareness / profile
  2. Generating relevant / qualified leads
  3. Converting interest into sales

We can help you overcome these challenges in multiple ways, depending on your budget:

  • FREE / Zero Cost = Come to our free, half-day PLATFORM events which take place in Newcastle upon Tyne every month & once every 3 months in Sunderland, Middlesbrough & Edinburgh. You can also potentially give a talk / presentation at one of these events but we prefer to choose speakers who have attended at least 1 of our PLATFORM events first before they get to speak. (Book tickets here).
  • £150 + VAT (£180 GBP) = Have us publish a Business Profile article or blog about your business on this website & share it across all our social media channels (38,460 followers & rising each month).
  • £500 + VAT (£600 GBP) = Let us do the same as above but also send some dedicated, solus emails to our newsletter mailing list (1,700+ subscribers) or get some 1-2-1 business growth coaching / mentoring from us which includes hands-on support with your business development, marketing & sales activities.

Learn more about how we can help you grow your business below…

1. Raising awareness / profile

  • Give a 15min presentation / talk at one of our monthly, half-day PLATFORM events (in Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough or Edinburgh) to a captive audience of 40-80 business owners, leaders & intermediaries with mentions on our social media channels before & after the event = FREE (but you will need to attend at least 1 PLATFORM event first before we will let you speak at one. (Book tickets here).
  • Have a news article or ‘Business Profile’ published on our UK Startup & Scaleup Week blog containing backlinks to your website & social media channels, helping with your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) & AI Engine Optimisation (AEO). This is then shared across all our social media channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) which currently have a combined audience of 38,460 followers = £150 + VAT (£180)
  • Self-publish or send us news articles to have published all year round on our UK Startup & Scaleup Week blog containing backlinks to your website & social media channels, helping with your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) & AI Engine Optimisation (AEO). Each one will be shared across all our social media channels which currently have a combined audience of 38,460 followers = £1,500 + VAT (£1,800)

Some recent ‘Business Profile’ articles / blogs include:

A ‘Business Profile’ is just £150 + VAT (£180) so if you’d like one, just complete the form below & we’ll be in touch:

  • Appear in a LinkedIn Live / podcast interview that is broadcast / livestreamed on LinkedIn & Facebook, uploaded to the UK Startup & Scaleup Week YouTube Channel & embedded into an article / blog on this website along with a handy blog summary of what was discussed. This is then shared across all our social media channels (as above). An audio version is also turned into an episode of our ‘SuperConnector Show‘ podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spreaker & more = £500 + VAT (£600). This is a unique service that isn’t available to all LinkedIn users. (Our LinkedIn Live interviews are typically viewed between 500-2,000 times & podcasts are listened to hundreds of times).
  • Exhibit at or Sponsor our events = £300 + VAT (£360) per event or £6,000 + VAT (£7,200) for 12 months (by positioning your business / organisation as a supporter of entrepreneurs, startups, scaleups & SME businesses in the North East of England, Teesside & Scotland you will not only benefit from appearing in front of a captive audience but from all the marketing & promotional activities we do throughout the year).

If you’re interested in any of the options above, please email paul@ukstartupweek.com or call +44 7734 722716

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2. Generating relevant / qualified leads

Having previously worked as an ‘Inbound Marketing & Social Media Specialist’ for FTSE100 tech business Sage, co-authored the ‘Small Business Marketing For Dummies‘ book (published by Wiley) & with 27yrs of hands-on experience in digital marketing, social media, content marketing, email marketing, PR & events, I know a thing or two about how to generate relevant / qualified leads.

Doing any of the activities listed in the ‘Raising awareness / profile’ section above will help open doors, generate leads & create opportunities for you to sell your product or service.

However, if you’d like me to provide more hands-on advice & support on how to generate more relevant / qualified leads, I can do this on a consultancy basis for a specific time period or on a retainer basis with regular consultations = Cost TBC

(I am also open to commission-based introducer & referral fees for products / services that I like).

3. Converting interest into sales

Although I’m not a full-on, traditional sales person, I have a proven track record of generating leads & converting interest into sales through my unique style of marketing & consultative selling.

If you’d like me to provide hands-on advice on how to do this, as above I can do it on a consultancy basis for a specific time period or on a retainer basis with regular consultations = Cost TBC

(If you like reading books, I recommend ‘The Jolt Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision‘ by Matthew Dixon & Ted McKenna)

Need something else / more in-depth?

If you’d prefer to have some 1-2-1 business coaching / mentoring from me (which will include hands-on support with all of the topics listed above), check out my 5 Star Focus programme.

(Read all my LinkedIn Recommendations)

If you’re a business owner or leader with ambition to grow, check out our monthly PLATFORM Premium ‘Mastermind Group’ sessions which take plane in-person or online.

(If you’re not ready or able to pay for anything above, just attending one of our free, monthly PLATFORM events will enable you to mix with & learn from other ambitious business owners & leaders. Book your ticket here).

Paul Lancaster
Founder, Event Producer & Growth Consultant
PLATFORM | UK Startup & Scaleup Week
Stellar Business Events Limited

5 Star Focus coaching & mentoring programme