by Morgan McLintic | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
Every year, I write a post celebrating the anniversary of our PR and growth marketing agency Firebrand. It’s an opportunity to mark a milestone, review the past 12 months, thank clients and the team. I might call out a few highlights, like our new GEO service or the...
by Nicole Pytel | Sep 17, 2025 | Blog, Business, Content, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Most B2B content strategies are dead on arrival. Not because the team isn’t trying, but because they’re still chasing a funnel that no longer exists. Today’s buyers don’t follow linear paths. They search, ghost, lurk, and shortlist without talking to your sales...
by Alastair Nee | Sep 9, 2025 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Brand awareness has always been the unsung hero of marketing, but with buyers scrolling through new search result experiences and AI-generated answers, zero-click behavior is turning quality impressions at scale into gold. At the same time, erosion of brand trust,...
by Morgan McLintic | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
AI search is multiplying the impact of PR programs. 89% of LLM citations come from earned sources, including 27% from journalistic outlets. This recent survey by Muck Rack has been excitedly received by PR teams. Not only does media coverage drive brand awareness, but...
by Yasaman Sadeghi | Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Think of FAQs as the Swiss Army knife of your product pages — small, unassuming, but absurdly useful. Not only do they answer customer questions before they even have to click Contact Us, they also make search engines and generative AI tools think, “Ah, this site...
by Nicole Pytel | Aug 20, 2025 | Blog, Business, Content, Digital Marketing, Marketing
The AI era has ushered in a new set of marketing rules. B2B buyers aren’t just consuming content that your brand puts out. They’re also actively using AI tools to shape their research journeys. The hard part for you? These tools determine if and how your brand is...
by Morgan McLintic | Aug 13, 2025 | Blog, Marketing, PR
Our startup marketing podcast, FiredUp!, has just published its 100th episode. It’s a milestone. So beyond thanking our listeners, guests, and the amazing team behind the scenes, we wanted to share a few lessons learned from reaching triple digits. Let’s be clear:...
by Arman Khayyat | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly growing as a new front end of search, powering AI assistants, chatbots, and search engine features that answer user queries directly instead of pointing to traditional links — and significantly changing the way B2B buyers...
by Lucy Allen | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog, Business, Content, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Every few years, someone proclaims that the press release is dead (and then goes on to argue that it isn’t actually dead, it’s just evolving…) Well, it’s that time again folks. This time around, we’re looking at how press releases are changing in the light of the...
by Lucy Allen | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog, Business, Content, Digital Marketing, Marketing
“Can you get us into the Wall Street Journal?” As a PR agency, we get this question (or one very much like it) from prospects fairly often. The answer is usually “maaaaybe, it depends….” It depends on a whole host of factors. Who you are. What your story is. What...
