Going Beyond the Pitch: How to Establish Meaningful Relationships with Journalists

In the world of public relations, we are often defined by our ability to secure interviews and coverage, positioning clients as trusted thought leaders within their respective industry. But this doesn’t just happen overnight, nor does it come by just blindly pitching out announcements or story ideas to every reporter – it’s about taking a […]

Crisis Communications 101: How to Start a Plan

No organization is immune to crisis. Unexpected disruptions can strike at any moment – the time to prepare your crisis communications plan is before you need it. Don’t wait until your organization is trending for the wrong reasons to figure out who’s saying what. This blog will unpack how to build a crisis communication plan, […]

W2 Communications Launches International Partner Program with Premiere UK Agency, Five not 10

Tailored to Cybersecurity Companies, New Program Formalizes Alliances and Provides Clients with Unmatched Global Expertise At W2 Communications, we’re constantly finding new ways to solve old problems. With this in mind, we are excited to announce the launch of our international partner program in conjunction with Five not 10, a U.K.-based B2B public relations agency. […]

Finding the Path to Fearless Federal Marketing

In the face of budget cuts, agency downsizing and federal reductions in staff, understandably there is a lot of uncertainty in the government technology market. This has trickled down into the government contracting space where many organizations are grappling with how they want to promote and market themselves. There is concern that the wrong type […]

Beyond SOV: Measuring PR Success in a Meaningful Way

As we continue through the second half of the year, our PR teams just wrapped up a heavy week of reporting by taking a super close look at program measurement, goals and where the public relations (PR) results stand compared to competitors. While an essential tool in the PR measurement toolkit, share of voice (SOV) […]

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad CMO? How Comms Pros Can Bridge the Marketing Gap

During the RSA Conference I overheard a casual conversation between two pretty senior public relations agency professionals. The topic? Fear of discussing the value of communications with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). I giggled at first, being an almost tenured marketing executive, and then considered interrupting to explain that they have a huge opportunity to […]

How Public Relations Professionals are Using AI Tools

Let’s face it, if you’re not incorporating AI into your day-to-day workflows, you’re behind – whether you like it or not. As a public relations practitioner, I personally felt hesitant for a bit, fearing I’d unintentionally violate any ethics or copyright laws. AI tools are not only fascinating to play around with, but can provide […]

Earned Media & Demand Gen Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate

When I joined W2 Communications late last year, I chose this agency because I’ve been recommending or hiring them for more than 20 years. I’ve said this over and over but I never said why. As a dyed-in-the-wool CXO (from marketing to sales to operations) I knew I could always count on the strategic communications […]

The Media Perspective: Insights on the Satellite and Space Industry

W2 Communications recently hosted an insightful panel discussion with leading space sector journalists to learn their key take-aways from the Satellite 2025 and Space Symposium conferences, and to discuss their perspectives on the state of the overall market. The journalists included Jacqueline Feldscher of Payload Space; Rachel Jewett of Via Satellite; Maria Varmazis of N2K […]