Insights

Insights from the war room.

What we're learning about marketing in the age of AI search, and about carrying organizations through change.

Marketing

The Citable Standard: a four-step method for getting cited by AI

AI answer engines recommend businesses they can verify. The Citable Standard is ArcSense's four-step method for getting cited: Harvest, Answer, Prove, Amplify.
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Brand

Taylor Swift’s Music Rights and the Changing Nature of Music Ownership

Why streaming has changed who owns the music, and what Taylor Swift’s story shows about PR and storytelling.
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Marketing

Why Is My Traffic Going Down?

How AI Overviews are changing website traffic, and four ways to prepare.
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Corporate comms

Comms Lens: Behind the Starbucks CEO News

What a corporate communications team does going into and during a CEO departure announcement.
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Public relations

Themes Taking Shape for PR in 2025

Three post-election trends and what they mean for 2025 marketing and communications planning.
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Corporate comms

What Does Buying Ports Have to Do With Communications?

What BlackRock’s shift on DEI and ESG means for the counsel communicators give their clients.
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Marketing

Elon, Tesla, & Market Research

What happens to a marketing campaign when nobody wrote the creative brief or defined the audience first.
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Crisis comms

Disney’s Kimmel Communications: Speed and Org Charts Explain

How the layers of a global company's communications teams shape the speed and the shape of its crisis statements.
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Brand

AI-Proofing Your Brand in a Digital-First World

Five steps to protect and differentiate your brand when AI can generate almost anything.
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Marketing

2026 Marketing Predictions: The 2000s Playbook Pivot for Zero-Click SEO

Why forums, blogs, and public relations are back in the age of AI search.
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Corporate comms

Inside the Comms War Room of a Delayed Merger

When approvals stall, comms teams must pivot on employee retention, alignment, and market skepticism.
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