Forbes recently highlighted an astonishing milestone: Pop Mart’s founder Wang Ning has joined China’s top ten billionaires, thanks to the runaway success of a quirky toy named Labubu. What began as a small collectible figurine has exploded into a “Labubu mania” – a global trend that is more than just savvy marketing. This phenomenon offers […]
Alerts Ain’t What They Used to Be
Media alerting needs a deep rethink, providing more than just a clip notification. The problem I have with alerts isn’t that they aren’t useful, they are, it just isn’t enough. News alerts were created by media monitoring vendors to replace human alerting workflows. The idea was that automated boolean and NLP capture applied against a […]
Why Smart PR Teams Are Ditching DIY Media Monitoring in 2025: The Real Cost of Managing Your Own Executive News Briefs
It’s 5 AM, and while most of the world sleeps, someone on your PR team is frantically scrolling through hundreds of articles for your executive news brief. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. As someone who’s spent years optimizing media monitoring workflows and implementing AI solutions for crisis communication, I’ve witnessed how the landscape of executive […]
The New Search Ecosystem: How AI Overviews Are Reshaping Brand Visibility in 2025
The Bottom Line: Google’s AI Overviews now appear in over 13% of searches, with click-through rates dropping 30% year-over-year. For PR professionals, this means traditional SEO is becoming less effective while AI-powered content discovery is becoming essential for brand visibility. The search landscape has fundamentally changed, and most PR teams haven’t caught up yet. While […]
Your Next Pharma Crisis Will Start in Someone’s Group Chat
Picture this: Tuesday, 10 p.m. Your Slack channel lights up. A TikTok video claiming your GLP-1 trial “shrunk kidneys” has exploded from 200 to 20,000 shares while you were brushing your teeth. That familiar knot forms in your stomach. Sound familiar? Recently at Ticket-to-Biotech, Angela Dwyer (FullIntel’s Head of Insights) and I explored how biotech […]
How to Pitch to Healthcare Media in 2025: Winning Strategies for Successful Coverage
The Evolving Healthcare Media Landscape What’s the best way to get a busy healthcare reporter’s attention in 2025? What topics interest biopharma journalists most this year? How can you ensure your healthcare pitch stands out in an increasingly competitive digital environment? As the healthcare industry continues to evolve rapidly, so do the strategies for effectively […]
Why Your Biotech Company’s Media Monitoring Strategy Needs a Reality Check
Picture this: It’s 7 AM, and your phone buzzes with an urgent message from your CEO. A clinical trial story just broke in European media, your stock price is already moving, and investors are asking questions. But here’s the kicker—your media monitoring system missed it entirely because the coverage started in German biotech publications that […]
Human-in-the-Loop Technology: Why It’s Essential for Modern PR
Credible predictive PR metrics are finally available, necessitating the need for hybrid media intelligence. The problem with PR measurement isn’t that there aren’t good metrics or that there isn’t enough science validating what those metrics can predict. Evaluating media at the depth required has been a challenge to automate. Consider this: in some cases, predictive […]
Social Media Monitoring Software: The PR Pro’s Radar
Threats are incoming. Deploy chaff and all social media monitoring resources in my position! Radar is an amazing technology that bounces electromagnetic waves off of incoming clouds, planes, and even missiles. Social media monitoring is a powerful process that can warn a brand of incoming danger. It isn’t just about using social media monitoring to […]
How PR Crisis Monitoring Protects Your Brand in 2025 (And How to Stay Ahead)
A single complaint, viral post, or product misstep can ignite a media storm in hours, leaving your brand’s reputation exposed. Traditional PR crisis management still matters, but it can’t keep up with the speed and unpredictability of the 2025 media landscape. Today, the brands that thrive don’t just react. They anticipate. That’s where Fullintel comes […]