Scheme details
Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Northumberland
Categories: Business support
Business stage: Start-up, Trading business
Page last updated: 14 July 2025
Jumpstart from Digital Boost is a 6-week programme designed to help you create a marketing plan for your small business.
The programme is for founders who are gearing up to launch or have been running their businesses for the past two years and are ready to jumpstart their marketing. This programme is sponsored by BT Group.
How it works
- Flexible: Delivered in bite-size sessions over six weeks online, so you can fit it into your schedule
- Expert-led: Learn from marketing experts who will give you tips you can action straight away
- Actionable: Build an action plan to supercharge your marketing!
- Supportive: Connect with a community of peers and get 1:1 help from mentors
- Ongoing: Support doesn’t end after six weeks – you’ll have ongoing mentoring, workshops and resources
- Free: Fully funded thanks to the generosity of our partners
Programme Agenda
Week One: Strategy
In week one, we’ll look at creating a marketing strategy, how to decide which activities are right for you, and how to prioritise.
Week Two: Branding
In the second week, we’ll look at what branding means and work together to define your ideal customer and your positioning.
Week Three: Websites & SEO
How can your customers find you? We’ll look at how to create your first website and how to get started with search engine optimisation!
Week Four: Social Media
In week four, we’ll look at identiying which social media platforms are right for you, creating a strategy, and paid vs organic.
Week Five: Customer Engagement
In week five, we’ll look at different ways you can stay connected to your customers and keep them engaged with your business.
Week Six: Customer Experience
Our final session focuses on how you can deliver a 5* experience for your customers. We’ll also go through your action plan.