Bringing Journalism Experience to Online Marketing

I’m a collaborator (and I mean that in the best possible way) and a synthesizer (not the Moog kind). As a writer and reporter, I enjoyed collecting information from different sources and then helping readers make sense of it. As a manager and leader, I like hearing from everyone on my team and then putting the best ideas into practice. As an online marketer, I understand that not every tactic is right for every business, but that it takes experimentation and a unique combination of tactics to create the right marketing strategy.

I believe in constantly learning and growing, and my career reflects that. I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a city editor and an editorial writer. I moved to the online side of the newspaper business in 2000, first as content manager and then as online director, in charge of both news content and advertising and marketing. Although I’m not a programmer or developer, I can speak the language and translate between techies and non-techies.

A career pivot

After a lay-off from the newspaper industry, I took a six-month course in Internet Marketing from the University of San Francisco and earned a Master’s Certificate.

Until recently, I was the paid ads lead and a senior marketing strategist for Dream Local Digital, an online marketing agency that helps small and medium-sized businesses

When I’m having fun, I’m reading science fiction and fantasy, watching a movie or playing golf. I love baseball and have coached youngsters just learning to play and adults trying to re-live their glory days on the softball field. I’ve converted my wife into a baseball fan. We regularly visit PNC Park to root for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

You can find me on:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarkWhittakerBusiness
Instagram: @mwhit14
Twitter: @mwhit14
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/markwhittaker/
TikTok: @markawhittaker

Feel free to reach out and say hello. And if you like something I’ve published, please share on your social networks.