How smart brands win coverage before CES even begins In 10 years of helping clients launch products at CES, one counterintuitive lesson stands out: The best way to get press coverage at CES often means avoiding the show floor.After a decade of supporting consumer tech brands at the world’s biggest…
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A real-world case study on how we used our own GEO framework to dominate AI search visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. 1. Context: Practicing What We Preach By mid-2025, it became clear to the team at Proper Propaganda that AI search engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews,…
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The keyboard maker's moves were deft. And you can copy them easily. CES is chaos. Launches galore. Hundreds of briefings. More noise than attention. Most brands show up, shout for a few days, and disappear. In 2025, our client Keychron did just the opposite and rose above the noise. Not…
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How AI-powered search is reshaping product discovery, retail shelf dynamics, and brand influence. As my good pals at Retailbound always tell me, it is one thing to get into retail with a consumer tech product and another to stay on shelves and succeed once you’re there. The new key to…
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Why ChatGPT’s new browsing era and Walmart’s AI integration will redefine how brands surface, sell, and storytell online. There have been a couple of big announcements from OpenAI over the past week that will reshape how consumers find and buy products online and, we believe, have a big impact on…
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Why obscure tech sites and bot-built blogs may be shaping your AI search visibility more than legacy media ever could. Let’s talk about the Three Horsemen. "Aren't there four?" you ask. "And aren't they nasty dudes whose arrival portends bad stuff?" Traditionally they are, but my Three Horsemen are of…
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How to future-proof your PR strategy for AI search visibility and performance 9. The complete number in numerology. Jersey of Ronaldo, Rocket Richard and Ted Williams. Is it a coincidence that all you need are 9 questions to organize the strategy for your PR program aimed at boosting your AI…
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File this under important and underreported. OpenAI is releasing a feature that should reshape how information gets discovered, and have big implications for PR and brand visibility. It’s called ChatGPT Pulse. Most people haven’t heard of it yet because it is reserved for ChatGPT Pro users, but it’s worth paying…
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Despite narratives about polarization, Americans generally share similar trust in tech media, regardless of politics For decades, we’ve heard about how America is divided. It’s breathlessly reported by the media, and this narrative has accelerated to warp speed since Donald Trump first won the White House Of course, this is…
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How ChatGPT’s new shopping feature shifts AI search, PR strategy, and purchase pathways As you’re likely aware, OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Instant Checkout this week. This is a natural evolution of their ChatGPT Shopping feature, which launched in April. We are keeping an eye on this news, because…
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