Get ready to take your business to the next level! For this event, we welcome all businesses and pre-starts in the creative industries, technology, and the intersection between the two. App developers, graphic designers, artists, writers, craftspeople, innovators – all are welcome!
Taking place at the Northern Design Centre, Gateshead, this event will encourage networking, and feature talks on topics relevant to the creative and tech industries.
How can you market your business through traditional methods, social media, and even podcasting? How could AI affect your business? What are the best ways to network?
To answer these questions and more, we have an excellent line-up of speakers for you:
Andy Ditchburn, Branding, Web and Marketing Expert
In 2003 Andy founded Perro, which he has successfully run since. He currently works with a broad range of clients, including start-ups, SMEs, and larger public, private and third sector organisations. Perro provides clients with the strategy, knowledge, skills and support needed to succeed. Andy's mission is to make sales and marketing easy!
Yulia Dzenkovska, AI and Customer Experience Management Expert
Dr Yulia Dzenkovska is a marketing expert with over a decade of experience in the industry. She has completed a PhD on customer experience quality, and is a Lecturer in Marketing at Newcastle University Business School, where she teaches product and service innovation, as well as other marketing and innovation topics. Yulia has worked with a variety of businesses to help them improve their adoption of AI technology, as well as marketing and customer experience management strategy.
Ashleigh King, Podcasting Expert
Ashleigh started podcasting in 2019 through her podcast #NurtureYourZest to raise awareness of important social issues. She has appeared as a guest on other podcasts, and also acted as the Executive Producer of TEDxNewcastleUniversity, curating, coaching and producing a collection of talks under the theme ‘Imagine a World’. Ashleigh has helped clients like Newcastle University Business School and others develop a series of episodes to help reach new audiences.
Hannah Zora Strong, Google and LinkedIn Advertising Expert
Hannah supports brands with local customers to get better performance from their pay-per-click advertising campaigns, and has spent the last 10 years managing 100s of Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads accounts for both ecommerce and lead generation clients. With accolades from The EU Search Awards for Best Local Campaign, The Drum’s 30 Under 30, and Google’s Women In Search initiative, Hannah is keen to share her ads knowledge with SMEs of the NE.
Jeni Smith, Networking Expert
With fifteen years’ experience in the networking industry, Jeni now teaches networking skills and creates networking strategies to help people come together and build effective, long-term relationships. During her careers she has won several awards in enterprise including being named within the ‘Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs’ in the UK in 2010, and ‘Growth Accelerator Programme’ winner 2012.
Plus, a delicious brunch will be served by Sanguine’s catering.
We hope to see you there!
Hosted by Business Gateshead at Gateshead council. Funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund.
