Adopt-a-Business Business Application

Please note that the intake portion of the Adopt-a-Business program is open for the Fall 2024 semester. If you are interested in participating, you are encouraged to register for the Fall 2024 semester until August 16, 2024.


The Adopt-a-Business program is designed to enhance your business by providing free support in digital marketing and social media using Geneseo student interns. 

Each business client is assigned a team of 2 students supervised by a Small Business Development Council Counselor and a Geneseo School of Business faculty member.

Each program is designed to last three months within a school semester. In the fall, it runs from October to December, and in the Spring, it runs from February to April. 

The program engagement consists of the following:

  1. Digital marketing audit (assess your business across several different marketing channels)
  2. Digital marketing recommendations (provide you with recommendations based on the audit)
  3. Digital marketing work (select a prioritized list of work for the interns for the duration of the program)
  4. Digital marketing review (provide a progress report on the original digital marketing audit.

All work must be approved by you, the business owner, before it is released to the public.

At the end of the program duration, you may elect to continue in the program for another semester or end the engagement.

To support the student interns, you must meet bi-weekly for one hour on a convenient day and time for both.

There is no cost to participate in this program.

To apply, please click the following link, fill out your information, and submit.

Adopt-a-Business Business Application

If you have any issues registering or would simply like more information regarding the program, please email adoptabusiness@geneseo.edu.