The 3 Key Traits of a First-Time PR Candidate

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) The summer months are around the corner and college seniors will start their journey to post-graduate life. The first step on that journey is nailing down a job out of college. Unfortunately, in today’s competitive PR job market, it is easier said than done. Overall, two-thirds […]

How “the Right Voice” Drives Good Content

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) In my most recent blog, I presented findings from the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) which convey the extent of challenges tech companies face in trying to produce content: The vast majority do not feel their organizations are effective at content marketing, according to CMI’s “2014 B2B […]

Geeks on the Run — for a Great Cause

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) If you care about the future of IT innovation in this region – specifically the state of technology education for young people within our communities – there’s still time to make a difference. That’s because our high tech PR agency is proud to once again host […]

NVTC Celebrates Area’s Hottest Companies

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) This week the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced the winners of the 11th Annual NVTC Hot Ticket Awards, honoring the region’s best and brightest entrepreneurial technology companies. More than 500 members of the Northern Virginia technology community came out Tuesday night to celebrate the nominated […]

Five Minutes With … Steve Smallman Jr. on Video Content

(If you like this podcast, please share it. Thanks!) Video content means much more than mashups, pet tricks and pranks on YouTube. Increasingly, companies are recognizing that video has emerged as perhaps the top form of content to connect with future customers, clients and partners. Yet, too many businesses pursue this the wrong way. They may […]

Making Our Big Debut ….

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) These are exciting times for W2 Communications: First, we unveiled our new blog “makeover.” Now, we’re officially announcing that our popular “Tech Connections: Five Minutes With …” podcast series is available on iTunes. That’s right: You can now download directly off iTunes those brief but information-packed […]

How to Break Away from Your Competitors

(If you liked this blog, please share it. Thanks!) Given Sunday’s Super Bowl, we’ll start with a football story: When a new offensive coach joined the Raiders during their NFL glory years in the 1980s, he said during a film session, “We need to take what the competition’s defense will give us.” Al Davis, the team’s late, […]

Why D.C. is Great for Women Entrepreneurs

(If you like this blog, please share it. Thanks!) Let’s hear it for the women in technology of the greater Washington D.C. area! Much of the buzz at last week’s Potomac Techwire Statup Outlook 2012 (#StartOut) event focused on a definitive trend: That women are increasingly finding their footing in the startup scene. It’s no […]

Five Minutes With…Kelly Harman on Women in Tech

(If you liked this podcast, please share it. Thanks!) Women account for just one-quarter of all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) positions – even though they hold one-half of all overall jobs in the economy. What are the best ways to level this playing field? It starts with education at an early age, says Kelly […]

Google+: Boom or Bust?

(If you liked this blog, please share it. Thanks!) A few weeks ago, our hi tech PR agency completed an email migration to Google, which I’m incredibly excited about. Now, I can use all of those helpful Google features for work, such as Google Docs, Google Reader and Gchat. Then I remembered a little something […]