Will chatbots be the primary interface for PR software [PR Tech Sum No. 61]
Summary of news from PR software vendors: SignalAI rolls out a chatbot; Dazzle unveils 2.0; PRophet adds influencer marketing; Equiniti (EQ) to Acquire Notified; Semrush names Bill Wagner new CEO One of the biggest technology vendors in the communications space...Read More
Cognitive dissonance: How LLMs might change PR and communications [Public Relations Review Podcast]
If generative AI gets your story wrong, who do you contact to lobby for a correction? Peter Woolfolk recently had me back on his Public Relations Review podcast: LLMs vs GOOGLE: The Impact on the Future of Public Relations Searches! ...Read More
Unpacking communicators’ predictions for generative AI with the Stories and Strategies podcast
Will generative AI be an ally or nemesis for marketing and PR professionals in 2025? Doug Downs, the host of the Stories and Strategies podcast recently had me on to discuss the annual predictions compilation we posted in December. The...Read More
Machina or ex-machina: ~40 marketing and comms predictions for 2025
If these predictions are any indication, there’s little consensus across marketing and PR about what will happen next year; exciting times are ahead In pouring over predictions I received this year, I had a simple observation: I disagreed with a...Read More
New products and problems across PR software land [PR Tech Sum No. 60]
Three PR software providers are getting a jump on the new year with AI-infused products for professional communicators; Bloomberg reports on more struggles for Cision The challenge with generative AI is probability. It’s stringing words together based on how...Read More
The tide of news in PR software is slowing [PR Tech Sum 59]
Meltwater adds X / Twitter “resyndication rights”; Muck Rack pitches a “hit score” in latest release; mentions and recommended reading When I first started compiling these monthly summaries – back in April of 2019 – it was because no one...Read More
A look at Edelman’s report on generative AI for PR, marketing and comms
The PR firm says, “Generative AI has democratized access to insights, allowing non-technical users to engage with complex data sets through intuitive interfaces and natural language queries” Edelman is out with a new “enterprise-focused evaluation guide” for the communications industry....Read More
Generative AI inches along in public relations [PR Tech Sum 58]
The internet received similar levels of hype in 1999, receded with the dot-com bust and then came back with slow and steady progress; generative AI in public relations seems to be evolving in the same way If you can excuse...Read More
Verified badges for press releases [PR Tech Sum 57]
New product features from GlobeNewswire and Prowly; Dow Jones sues Cision, mentions: Stagewell, Staffbase, TrueScope and Meltwater; farewell Hanson & Hunt Regular readers might be interested to know I quietly started a podcast a few months back – The B2B...Read More
Will 2024 be a good year for internal comms? [PR Tech Sum 55]
Staffbase launches beta for new internal comms tool; Muck Rack team up with Shankman; Agility PR Solutions parent touts LLM deal with “big tech” In an unscientific observation, I’ve noticed a lot of companies are hiring internal communications. Traditionally, that...Read More
