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Jan 27

Narrative Drift: A GEO-Presence Problem / Part One

By Jackson Wightman AI & Search (GEO), PR Strategy No Comments

This piece is Part 1 of a two-part series on narrative drift and the problem of AI-mediated brand meaning. It is possible both parts of the series are complete shit. I can't quite decide, but I am certain the bigger problem I'm addressing is real. Part one explains what narrative…

Jan 19

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You Can’t Optimize What You Never Created: PR, Demand, and the 2026 Growth Gap

By Jackson Wightman Industry Commentary, Influencer & Performance PR, PR Strategy No Comments

“Our marketing spend has to focus on tactics that drive sales.” Well, sure. I get it. Unfortunately, it’s usually a synonym for, “We focus on bottom-of-funnel performance marketing tactics where attribution is easy.” For a few reasons, many consumer tech CMOs continue to define marketing effectiveness almost exclusively by activities…

Jan 09

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What Tech Leaders Should Look for in a PR Agency Built for AI Search

By Proper Propaganda AI & Search (GEO), PR Strategy No Comments

Tech brands want to show up in AI search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Overviews because that is where the next wave of discovery is happening. If your brand is not visible in those places you are invisible to the future of search. But most PR agencies are still…

Jan 06

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Generative Engine Optimization Is Changing PR. Here’s How to Choose the Right Firm.

By Proper Propaganda AI & Search (GEO), PR Strategy No Comments

A Clear-Eyed Guide to Evaluating GEO Claims in an AI-Driven Media Landscape Generative engine optimization has officially entered the PR conversation. Brands now want to know how they show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and whatever comes next. That shift is overdue. The harder question is not whether…

Jan 06

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The Rise of AI-Driven Media Targeting in Tech PR

By Proper Propaganda AI & Search (GEO), PR Strategy No Comments

If you are launching a technology product today, media targeting cannot be based on instinct alone. The press landscape is fragmented, competitive, and algorithmically influenced. Reporters specialize deeply. Audiences are distributed across platforms. Search engines and AI systems now shape discovery as much as editors do. So the question is…

Jan 02

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From Attention to Memory: The Central Theme of Tech PR in 2026

By Jackson Wightman AI & Search (GEO), PR Strategy No Comments

I’m not much for year-end reminiscing, and I’m usually pretty bad at predicting the future. But as I get ready for another CES, I feel unusually confident about one thing. 2026 is going to lock in a real shift in PR. We’re moving out of the attention era and into…

Jan 02

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Narrative Consistency Score: The Most Important PR Metric for 2026

By Jackson Wightman PR Strategy No Comments

Noise for the sake of noise has always been stupid. Now, in the era of LLMs as the primary gateway to the internet, it is flat-out dangerous. We see a lot of consumer tech companies “doing good PR” and getting coverage. It appears as though everything is fine, yet, when…

Dec 19

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The CES Resource Library

By Proper Propaganda CES, PR Strategy No Comments

We’ve been writing a lot about CES of late (sorry for no doubt annoying a bunch of you with our incessant bombardment). Given the nature of the show, we thought it might be good to do a kind of library / resource type post with relevant links to content that…

Dec 16

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The CES Glossary: Terms Every Exec, Founder, Marketer, and PR Lead Should Know Before Vegas

By Proper Propaganda CES, PR Strategy No Comments

CES is soon upon us. The event both has its own language and manages to remake language we all already think we know. To help you navigate this shitshow of tech wizardry we created a PR-skewed CES glossary. It is written for founders, execs, marketers, and comms leads who actually…

Dec 15

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5 PR MISTAKES TO AVOID AT CES 2026

By Proper Propaganda CES, PR Strategy No Comments

CES is part trade show, part marathon, part pressure cooker. For a lot of companies, every demo is a test. Every badge you glance at could belong to someone who decides whether your story flies or dies. We have seen brilliant products disappear at CES because of avoidable errors. We…