Most free promotion is a share and a shrug. This is not that.

Every week I take one local business and write about it properly. Not a logo and a link. A piece that explains who you help, what it is actually like to work with you, and why somebody should get in touch. I write it, it goes out on a Friday, and if there’s anything you’d change, tell me and I’ll fix it.

It costs nothing, now or later. I do it because the businesses in this region deserve to be better known than they are, and because a room full of people who champion each other is worth more than any advertising I could buy.

What you get

A written feature on the York and North Yorkshire Connections LinkedIn page, and a Facebook version written for that audience. A mention in the monthly calendar that goes out to subscribers. A permanent card on the Business of the Week wall, with links back to your site. And the copy itself, yours to reuse on your own website and socials.

If you run an event, it goes into the York and North Yorkshire calendar. Free, whether or not you get a feature week, and it stays there every time it runs.

What I ask

You're based in, or working across, York and North Yorkshire. You answer my questions properly when they come, because the feature is only as good as the answers. You show up on the day it goes out, reply to comments, and share it. And you're the kind of business I could recommend to a friend without checking first.

The honest bit

There are more businesses than there are weeks. I read every application myself and I pick the running order, usually two to six weeks out. If I can't fit you in I'll say so rather than leave you wondering. One feature per business per year, so nobody hogs it.