Is AI visibility giving marcom déjà vu? It should. Here’s why.
Cliff notes to 3 studies on AI visibility in marcom: lessons on visibility ownership, consistent messaging, and emerging manipulation from recent reports Many of the studies and surveys about AI and marketing or comms are giving me déjà vu: I’ve...Read More
28 PR and B2B marketing statistics from studies published so far in 2026
Mid-2026 data reveals AI delivering underwhelming returns while B2B marketing and PR grapple with fractured media, longer sales cycles, and the enduring value of trust and reputation Regular readers know I spend a lot of effort on these pages sorting...Read More
A seed to fix the growing public relations problem for AI companies
Public sentiment sours on AI as companies reap the consequences of alarmist messaging on jobs, energy costs and failed initiatives; the fix doesn’t start with a messaging exercise – it starts with a listening tour A Pew Research study published...Read More
Does AI visibility provide PR with third-party validation?
Voice interfaces are normalizing AI as an arbiter of truth in everyday conversations, and introducing a human behavioral change with significant implications for credibility and third-party validation The central benefit of public relations (PR) comes from the credibility of a...Read More
Study finds AI-generated content performs poorly in search
An experiment using generative AI to produce a whopping 2,000 articles and evaluating the results over 16 months found that all that AI content generated a measly 1,062 clicks When generative AI was still fairly new, an entrepreneurial friend of...Read More
10 PR blog posts that summarize the state of comms in 2025
Generative AI went from novelty to mainstream, making PR a business priority and bringing new trends, yet the fundamentals of communications remain the same In my observation, the year 2025 has been one of the most interesting years in public...Read More
Generative AI makes PR a key business priority in 2026: 35 PR and marketing predictions
Thirty of these PR and marketing predictions are from real humans; the five short ones at the bottom are from various LLMs and it’s interesting to see the similarities and differences between what they wrote among each other and the...Read More
PR software vendors race to add AI features to comms tools [PR Tech Sum No. 63]
Meltwater and Muck Rack add features for LLM monitoring; Notified taps AI to customize your PR pitch and offers syndication of byline articles; Buzzstream has a ‘stupid simple’ product that might appeal to freelance PR and small shops The race...Read More
Summary findings: 5 surveys hint at where B2B marketing plans to spend money in 2026
Most marketers believe the marketing budget will grow modestly next year; marketing spend for next year themes center on AI, CX, and improved targeting The term “economic uncertainty” has been the phrase of the year for the last several. A...Read More
How PR and marketing pros are monitoring AI visibility for clients and brands
Most of the work is a manual effort coupled with a mishmash of ideas, concepts, metrics, and nascent tools; there’s no Radian6 for AI visibility yet When social media really took off somewhere around 2008-2010, it took a while for...Read More
