James McCann, CEO of Everhaze, an all-in-one PR platform, shares insights into the challenges PR professionals face today, particularly in proving ROI and managing media relations in a digital world.
He discusses how Everhaze aims to transform PR into actionable business intelligence, helping brands and agencies demonstrate the true value of their efforts.
James and Mike discuss on the role of AI in PR, the importance of building relationships with journalists, and the future of the industry as it adapts to new...
James McCann, CEO of Everhaze, an all-in-one PR platform, shares insights into the challenges PR professionals face today, particularly in proving ROI and managing media relations in a digital world.
He discusses how Everhaze aims to transform PR into actionable business intelligence, helping brands and agencies demonstrate the true value of their efforts.
James and Mike discuss on the role of AI in PR, the importance of building relationships with journalists, and the future of the industry as it adapts to new technologies
About Everhaze
Everhaze is a PR business intelligence platform that turns media campaigns and mentions into actionable BI through real-time narrative tracking, messaging consistency scores, big data insights and AI PR Executives.
Solving the problem of scalability in PR, Everhaze helps clients across the UK & Ireland with in-depth media monitoring across print, broadcast and online, detailed media intelligence through its intuitive media database, automation of PR campaigns and real-time media insights to ensure its clients can fully realise their reputation protection and management capabilities.
About James McCann
James is CEO of Everhaze, an AI enabled PR business intelligence platform that provides real-time reputation impact tracking through combined data sourcing across media database, media monitoring and narrative analysis capabilities.
He previously established ClearStory International, an international PR agency in 2017 building a team of 15 and sourcing international clients from North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He currently serves on the AI in PR Advisory Council for the Public Relations Institute of Ireland and is also a board member on Oglaigh Naisiunta Na hEireann, Ireland’s veteran charity. He was a former PR Campaign Manager for Web Summit. He was recently included in Business Plus Magazines 40 under 40 for PR professionals in Ireland.
Time Stamps
00:00:18 – Guest Introduction: James McCann
00:02:09 – Overview of Everhaze
00:03:11 – Functionality of Everhaze
00:06:09 – The Pressure on PR Professionals
00:09:14 – Challenges of Media Monitoring
00:11:08 – AI’s Role in PR
00:17:08 – Marketing Tactics for Everhaze
00:19:09 – Future of PR in the Next 3-5 Years
00:23:31 – Best PR Advice Received
00:24:06 – Advice for New Marketing Professionals
00:25:30 – How to Learn More About Everhaze
Quotes
“We’re turning PR into actionable business intelligence for large-scale brands, for semi-states, for governments, for NGOs, and obviously for agencies and their clients.” James McCann, CEO of Everhaze.
“The major issue when it comes to media relations right now, which is that journalists are under enormous pressure.” James McCann, CEO of Everhaze.
“You need to continue to advocate for yourself and your value. Constantly demonstrate value.” James McCann, CEO of Everhaze.
Follow James:
James McCann on LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/jamesmccann862
Everhaze’s website: https://everhaze.com/
Everhaze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everhaze/
Follow Mike:
Mike Maynard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard/
Napier website: https://www.napierb2b.com/
Napier LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/napier-partnership-limited/
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