KWSM President Katie Wagner is available for keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, presentations and webinars. After 15+ years on television, Katie is a polished and professional presenter who will educate and entertain your audience. She speaks frequently for corporate groups and industry associations.
The KWSM Team is available to speak about a variety of digital marketing topics.Let us create a custom presentation for your industry or audience.
Digital Tactics for Recruiting and Retention
Nearbound Marketing and the Future of Lead Generation
How to Generate Leads in the Age of AI
Attracting Customers Through Content: How to Tell the Story of Your Company
Online Lead Generation for B2B Companies
Online Lead Generation for DTC Companies
Top 5 Marketing Activities You Can't Afford to Ignore
Planning Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Best Practices for Your Website & SEO
Social Media: Your Secret Weapon For Marketing Success
LinkedIn: Connections, Conversations & Credibility
Nurturing Online Leads with Email Marketing
TikTok 101
How To Reinforce Professionalism on Zoom
Katie Wagner spent 15 years as a television and radio journalist, working for news outlets all over the world, including ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN & National Public Radio. She founded KWSM in 2010 in order to help business owners tell their story and connect with their audience in new ways.
Katie also works as a consultant, helping businesses integrate digital marketing into their traditional marketing plans. She is a popular speaker, and regularly gives keynote presentations and leads workshops and breakout sessions for both corporate and small business audiences.
Katie lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and their 6 rescue dogs.
Sperry Commercial Real Estate was launching their new affiliate program and wanted to use digital marketing to get the word out. Katie was hired by the Chief Operating Officer of Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates to train and mentor his team in social media strategy and best practices. Through a series of workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions, Katie helped the organization get started with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and social advertising. Now, they are able to use social tools to increase brand awareness and connect with potential affiliate partners.
The Orange County Association of Realtors wanted to educate their members on the best ways to use social media to connect with clients and grow their businesses. They staged a one-day ‘Real Social’ conference, and hired Katie as one of 3 keynote speakers. Katie’s educational talk centered around the capabilities of social media, effective strategies for Realtors, and general best practices. Conference feedback forms showed that she was the audience’s favorite speaker at the program!
“Katie had researched our companies, noted and remembered what she saw and was able to speak to each person present. It was incredible and practical. From a speaking style, Katie is a pro! She commands the room in a way that let us hit a lot of content, while allowing flexibility for questions and examples.”
“We had so many practical takeaways from this program! The shift from looking at brand as something we do externally, to something we can use internally to both recruit and retain employees was significant.”
“Very engaging content with clear action I could take back to my organization to improve our employee recruitment approach.”
“Katie made us all evaluate our internal and external branding in terms of recruiting and retaining employees. We were engaged, had to evaluate our own systems, and think about practical, easy things we could do to be more effective. Specifically, looking at the application process, being consistent across internal and external marketing, giving us metrics – all of these were incredibly eye opening. Katie was also a great presenter. She connected with folks before the program, talked to them at break, offering specific insights. Brilliantly handled and appreciated by our group!”
“Katie was personable, engaging, and practical. She also provided the slides at the end of the session which allowed me to take it back to my company and confidently work towards adopting what I think would work well for us.”
“Katie was one of – if not THE best – speakers we’ve had. As a current Vistage Member, and a CEO who owns and runs a successful company, she was able to connect to everyone in the room on a personal and professional level. Her presentation was spot on, filled with instant-action items and had every member nodding their heads, asking questions, and taking notes. Can’t recommend her enough to other Chairs.”
“Katie had a great perspective on marketing, but the application of standard marketing principles to the current and future workforce was profound.”
“Awesome content and great delivery. Your talk was well organized and flowed seamlessly.”
“Hell Yeah! She was fantastic and this was a very pleasant and informative presentation. Would highly recommend her.”
“This was great content delivered with genuine enthusiasm and deep, proven knowledge. Other Vistage groups, and beyond, would benefit from learning from Katie.”
“Excellent content. Dynamic speaker with real world knowledge. Great discussion with many take-away items to improve our organization.”
“Katie Wagner did a fantastic job engaging her audience and presenting the material in a way that was at the same time valuable, interesting, fun, and educational. Those who heard her presentation, still remember her and what she taught. Katie is an expert at what she does – both as a social media consultant and a presenter.”
“Katie Wagner is one of Digital Marketing’s best kept secrets which is why I want to let it out. Katie gave an amazing talk to our Coaches Alliance and left a lasting impression. Her ability to clearly speak with real life examples and applications allowed our group to utilize and put into action some of the core competencies associated with social media. Katie truly delivers on her talks and her service, I look forward to having Katie do more speaking to our group and highly recommend her as a keynote speaker for other organizations. Katie’s fresh perspective, expertise and engaging personality definitely sets the bar for her industry.”
“Katie Wagner is an absolute expert when it comes to social media marketing. I work for a network marketing company and our independent distributors are always requesting more information on how they can use social media to market their independent business. We recently hired Katie to speak to some of our top distributors as part of a two day training event and social media marketing workshop. Katie was the highlight of the event with many Distributors requesting to have her speak again at our annual Seminar. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable, her presentation is also fun and informative. She was formerly a reporter/anchor and the way she relates traditional media to social media appeals to both social media novices and self-proclaimed social media experts. Highly recommended!”
“I just have to share how wonderful Wendi was at our Learning Lab. She is a fabulous speaker and her presentation was so informative and professional – just perfect! We honestly couldn’t have asked for anything better.”
“Thank you, Taylor, for your presentation at our Rotary meeting. As you could see, your presentation was very well received by our members that were present, – so much so that several were willing to hire you on the spot for their businesses. I felt like the presentation was very well suited for our club. You’ll be on our short list anytime we need someone to remind us of how to effectively use social media.”
“Great information that is super relevant to the current recruiting and retention dynamics we’re facing.”
“Katie was the Presenter at our NAWBO-OC meeting for the Mentoring Program. The presentation focused on LinkedIn for women business owners. Katie gave us excellent new tools and info to move ahead in developing our LinkedIn endeavors. The meeting was a HUGE hit.”
“Katie’s presentation at Tuesday night’s IABC meeting was among the top five I’ve ever heard at an IABC meeting, and I’ve been a member for over 30 years.”
“Thank you for speaking at our Annual Board of Directors Meeting in Anaheim last month. I have never received so many positive comments from our members about a speaker, and it also sparked several great discussions about social media usage.”
