All Instagram users can now add links to their Instagram Stories, an ability that only verified users or those with 10,000 followers could do until now. This update opens a new world to small businesses and small creators, offering them the same opportunity to share links with their followers and drive traffic to announcements, events, […]
“We’re breaking up” is a phrase no one wants to hear, whether in love or content marketing. Sadly, those words remain an unfortunate reality, especially in the agency-client relationship. In fact, many of these partnerships last less than two years. Since launching our Content Development services in December 2010, W2 Communications has bucked this trend […]
As ubiquitous as social media is, every day small business owners around the world are evaluating the pros and cons of making the leap for the first time. Perhaps you’re an entrepreneur who has recently started a small business and you’re trying to figure out which mix of social channels to pursue out of the […]
Stakeholder research is incredibly valuable to informing an effective communications plan, developing targeted messaging and creating narratives that speak to real industry concerns. I’ve often seen vendors who think they understand their target audiences’ sentiment based on gut intuition or select anecdotal evidence (like a particularly vocal salesperson representing one customer’s feedback as an entire […]
On this episode of Inside the Media Minds, our host Christine Blake speaks to freelance and culture journalist, Thomas Hobbs. Thomas discusses his background and recalls how reading magazines and reviews, as well as listening to music, drove him to pursue a career in journalism. After college, Thomas became a business reporter and learned many […]
On this episode of Inside The Media Minds, our host Christine Blake was live at Black Hat 2021 in Las Vegas with Paul Wagenseil, Senior Editor, Security, at Tom’s Guide. Paul’s interest in security was sparked by reading Brian Krebs and Rob Pegoraro’s work in The Washington Post on his PalmPilot. Now as Senior Editor, […]
We have a saying around W2 Communications that “thought leaders have to have thoughts.” That means relevant thoughts that speak strategically to a need or concern experienced by many people. In my years working in the tech industry, I’ve seen my share of those who think their product or service is so brilliant that just […]
On this latest episode our host Christine Blake chatted with Nicole Blake Johnson, Managing Editor at GovLoop, the knowledge network for government. Nicole always wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon, that is….until she saw a full knee replacement. It was then she decided to pursue her love of telling stories and become a journalist. She […]
In this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we sat down with Tonya Riley, reporter at CyberScoop. Tonya began her career at a start-up before she quickly jumped into freelancing, where she reported on many topics from lifestyle to technology. Tonya then made the move to Washington, D.C. where she jump-started her journalism career […]
In the latest episode of Inside the Media Minds, we sat down with Shaun Nichols senior news writer at TechTarget’s SearchSecurity. Shaun began his technology journalism career in the San Francisco Bay Area over 15 years ago as the U.S. correspondent at VNUnet. Now he has written for V3, The Register and Lawrence Berkeley National […]