At our core, FinancialWeek is a persuasive enterprise, growing fast to meet the demands of the burgeoning investment and innovation industries we serve. We've also sat in your chair, and know that the investment in building community isn't just measured in dollars. More importantly, it's your time and energy, too.
So, here are some fast stats to convince you to join Forward today.
Experience.
For starters, and no offence to the many fora and councils out there, but membership with us is a focused product: mission-driven, exclusive in scope, always serving, never upselling. We're selective, we've tailored Admiralty to what you need, we make participation easy, and view your membership (and storytelling) with us as a privilege. We've built it this way because we have years of experience sitting on the other side of the table. We know what success in a contributor model feels like, and what the opposite does, too.
Global.
Worldliness matters. We have collective decades of communications and publishing experience, from startups to listed giants across our industries, and we are co-located around the world with editorial and operational members stationed in both top-tier financial centres and emerging economies alike. We strive to know your specific context, why membership with us is important to you, and we're always available and responsive.
Reach.
Though FW is new, thoughtful engineering means our domain authority is already competitive with many decades-old investment industry publications, comparable broadcast outfits and, for that matter, communications agencies. Semrush likewise rates us well against those same benchmarks in AI visibility. That all adds up to our link equity immediately earning respect in SEO and GEO.
Even more importantly, we already reach an opted-in, highly-targeted and sophisticated investor audience of nearly 6,000 globally – one growing every day. Some publications might throw a huge number at you – one that is either entirely made up, or spamming from a list.
We don't do that, because we've been there. Affinity and intent, not empty stats, are what matter for mindshare and conversion.
Surface Strength.
You’ll spend more on one wire distribution than a full year of our board member benefits, and we typically surface near – or right next to – that wire result in SERPs and LLMs. Obviously the biggest difference: ours isn't a press release. We amplify it in newsletters and social, treat and present members' content with care of experienced editors, and surround it with visual branding and validation you can share and celebrate with your team and clients.
Elegance.
FW is designed for engaging, mobile-first and visual-first formats across digital, social and live assets. Many financial publications – and certainly wires – aren't.
Value.
We strive to ensure our entire portfolio at FW, including membership, provides outsized value to participants relative to other publishing platforms and agencies around the industry. Put simply, everything at FW is built smart and lean – and therefore, cheaper. Often significantly so. Apart from strategic programmes in our studio and flagship enterprise memberships, nothing we do costs tens of thousands of dollars. We believe this reflects our inclusive mission built on scale, not margin.
Rising.
The Toneboard platform is ranked among the top one percent among all global startups, and in the top 40,000, according to real-time Crunchbase data, and still moving up fast. With us, you are engaged with a partner who is building what's next, not merely maintaining.
