by Morgan McLintic | Jul 15, 2026 | AI Tools, Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, GEO, Marketing, PR
Your brand budget is usually the first thing that gets cut. Not because it doesn’t work, just because it’s harder to defend. Demand generation produces metrics almost immediately, whereas brand is hard to measure. The problem is that demand gen and brand should...
by Morgan McLintic | May 13, 2026 | AI Tools, Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, GEO, Marketing, PR
Your demand gen problem is an awareness problem. If you’re running an AI company and your pipeline is sluggish, the instinct is to throw more resources at the bottom of the funnel. More SDRs. More ads. Another gated whitepaper. The data points to a different...
by Morgan McLintic | Feb 11, 2026 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
We’re nearing a tipping point in AI Search from initial experimentation to robust implementation, and it’s time for savvy tech marketers to take note. I’ll admit to self-interest here since Firebrand sells Generative Engine Optimization services to get brands noticed...
by Patrick Brady | Jan 7, 2026 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PPC
Ad platforms have had no shortage of new features this year as the push for AI continues unabated. These updates span the full campaign lifecycle from creation to targeting to optimization and measurement. And while some of these new features may become invaluable...
by Morgan McLintic | Dec 3, 2025 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
It’s Predictions Season! Over the past few years, we’ve had a pretty good track record, and sparked some of our most popular podcast episodes. And spoiler alert, we got 85% of them right for 2025. Not bad. Let’s dive in for some tech marketing predictions for 2026: PR...
