For my early career, I was simply a byline. I spent a decade as a journalist in the Kootenays delivering valuable news, before deciding I wanted to get my feet wet in the non-profit realm. Leveraging my writing skills, I built campaigns that increased awareness, highlighted important work in my community, raised funds, and helped vulnerable populations find support. This...
We recently undertook the task of making writersblocksolutions.ca more accessible to more users (including our team!), as a result of our successful application to Small Business BC’s Workplace Accessibility Grant program. [no_blockquote text="The Workplace Accessibility Grant provides direct supports to small business employers in British Columbia by providing direct financial assistance towards creating an accessible work environment for persons with a...
Have we mentioned lately we’re music festival fans? Here’s are some BC festivals that are sure to get you moving!...
This holiday season, the Writer’s Block Solutions team wants to share a little bit of our joy with everyone who has made this year so meaningful. We’re so grateful to be able to work together and support each other through months of magic, mayhem, and madness. Allow us to sprinkle a touch of pixie dust from our year-in-review, and please join...
We’re guessing CDAP has jumped out at you like a mischievous younger sibling from somewhere on the internet. If not, allow us to break the news!...
Integrated content means that a brand has blended and coordinated communications across multiple marketing channels to deliver a strategic, cohesive message. When done well, the content will play out in perfect rhythm. Think Michael Moschen juggling on a grand stage — impressive and effective, right? ...
Keeping up a regular blog seems like it should be as natural as breathing for a writing/editing company — a basic rite of passage. And with generative AI growing by leaps and bounds, you may even think, “Can’t the robots do that now?” ...
I sat on the edge of my seat in my interview cubicle. My speaking notes were ready beside me and I was plugged into the landline with my recording interface. The slug read, “Cambie-Canada Line.” It was 2006 and I was set to interview a Vancouver business owner on how construction was impacting their business. Stammering through the intros —...
Supporting the IncrEDIBLE Local Food Industry with Gina Ironmonger of Trail’s IncrEDIBLE Farmers Market: as journalists and content writers, the Writer’s Block Solutions team has the opportunity to speak with tons of incredible people. However, depending on the assignment, sometimes a brief interview is edited down to a single quote in a short article. That’s why we’ve decided to share...
Entrepreneurs are often seen as the lone wolves of the world — the Geralts of Rivia travelling to unexplored lands with no one but their trusty steed at their side, to slay the monsters no one else is brave enough to face. Or maybe that’s just how we see ourselves, because all lone wolves have to have an ego at...