Lauren Cockerell, PR and marketing strategist, advises a client on brand storytelling and communications planning, exemplifying a confident, approachable leadership style.

Most exceptional businesses are also the best-kept secrets in their market. I fix that.

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The best businesses often have the worst time talking about themselves.

That's not a marketing problem. It's a clarity problem.

Lauren Cockerell laughs with clients during a collaborative meeting, sharing insights on PR strategy and audience engagement.

I founded Kwedar & Co. in 2017 with a specific belief: that the companies doing the most important work are often the worst at talking about it — not because they don't have a story, but because they're too close to it to see it clearly.

That's the work I do. Finding the thread. Pulling it through. Making it stick.

Through KCo, I work with B2B companies ready to move from best-kept secret to obvious choice.

And on a selective basis, I take on a small number of founders and executives for direct, one-on-one advisory.

There’s a place for you here.

Podcasting

I host The Impatient Entrepreneur and appear regularly as a guest on shows covering business, communications, and leadership.

1:1 Advisory

For a select number of founders and executives who want direct, ongoing access to my thinking.

Speaking

Keynotes and workshops on strategic communications and messaging for conferences and corporate events.

Kwedar & Co.

The firm I founded in 2017. We help B2B companies find their story and make sure the right people hear it.

Lauren Cockerell, business owner and PR strategist, smiles while sitting at a wooden desk with a microphone, coffee mug, and notebook, preparing to record a podcast episode.

Podcasting

Podcast Guest Appearances

With 22 years in strategic communications, I bring both the expertise and the war stories — the kind of conversation podcast hosts and their audiences actually remember.

Topics I love to dig into:

Why the Best B2B Companies Are Also the Best-Kept Secrets. The hidden cost of being exceptional at what you do but invisible in your market — and what it takes to close that gap.

What PR Actually Is (And Why Most Companies Get It Wrong). After over two decades in communications, I unpack the most misunderstood function in business and what a strategic approach actually looks like.

How to Talk About What You Do When What You Do Is Complicated. For founders and leaders in technical, industrial, or "unsexy" industries who struggle to translate their work into language that resonates with the people who need to hear it.

1:1 Advisory

This isn't for everyone. It's for the founder or executive who already knows what they're building but needs a trusted voice in their corner specifically on communications, messaging, and how the world sees them.

I work with a small number of clients in a direct, ongoing advisory capacity. It’s a defined engagement and clear thinking where you need it most.

Speaking

Lauren Cockerell presents brand concepts to a client during a strategy meeting, advising on messaging and visual direction for a PR and marketing campaign.

I speak to rooms full of founders, business leaders, and the next generation of both — on stages where real talk is more valuable than theory.

My sweet spot: panels, workshops, and moderated conversations on strategic communications, messaging, and what it actually takes to build a business people remember. I especially love to moderate; there's nothing better than creating the conditions for a room full of smart people to surprise themselves.

If your audience is ready for substance over surface, let's talk.

Kwedar & Co.

I built Kwedar & Co. because I kept meeting exceptional companies that nobody had heard of. The work was remarkable. The story was invisible.

That's what we fix.

We're a Fort Worth-based strategic communications firm working with purpose-driven B2B companies ready to move from best-kept secret to obvious choice. If you're doing important work and the right people don't know it yet, that's exactly where we come in.

Ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your market?

The first step is always a conversation.

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