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Sarah Evans: Media & Recognition

Partner and Head of PR at Zen Media. Creator of AI visibility frameworks. 3x Propel 100. Two-decade career building what came next in communications β€” before anyone else knew it was coming.

Media Inquiry Book to Speak
Awards & Industry Honors
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Propel AI 100 Most Influential PR Professionals in the World
3 consecutive years β€” 2023, 2024, 2025
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#1 Business Writer on HackerNoon
Top-ranked columnist in business and technology
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Forbes β€” 14 Power Women to Follow on Twitter
Early recognition for digital influence and platform leadership
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Vanity Fair β€” America's Tweethearts
Featured among top social media personalities
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Entrepreneur β€” Top 10 Hot Startups of 2010
Early recognition for entrepreneurial digital ventures
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Guinness World Record
Team member of #beatcancer Guinness World Record campaign
Ad Age PR Week Marketing Brew U.S. Chamber of Commerce Notified / GlobeNewswire HackerNoon Grit Daily PR News Online G2 KTNV Channel 13 CBS Las Vegas Now The Doctors (TV) Entrepreneur Vanity Fair Forbes Ragan Search Engine Journal PR Daily
Published Quotes & Features
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We're in a once-in-a-generation moment to impact how communication works as it's being built. If you're waiting for a moment, this is it β€” or you'll miss it.

Notified.com Case Study: How Zen Media is Redefining PR Success with GenAI β€” Dec 2025
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Everything we're doing checks multiple boxes. It's SEO, GEO, PR β€” all working together. And it's connected to revenue operations, not just awareness.

Notified.com GenAI Wire Press Release model β€” 150% increase in content citations
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You want to be showing up as an answer so that people can make a purchase decision β€” as consumers begin transacting with AI more widely.

Marketing Brew The Art & Science of AI in Marketing event β€” March 2026
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Instead of relying on one-off wins, we use AI to support consistent, compound visibility β€” whether through smarter media planning, more agile narrative development, or faster turnarounds.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce CO β€” 6 Small Businesses Using AI to Increase Profitability
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AI videos or deepfake videos usually aren't a massive singular failure. It's usually an accumulation of things β€” you can look at facial expressions. AI still isn't really good about capturing truly natural human expressions.

KTNV Channel 13 On-camera as AI Technical Consultant β€” AI-generated deepfake video segment
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After we wire release, we can see how it's appearing in large language models. That's a game changer.

Notified.com On AI-optimized press release distribution and LLM visibility tracking
Featured Interviews & Panels
Expert Panel
How AI is Changing the Way Brands Get Discovered
Sarah Evans and Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, discuss AI's role in brand discovery, earned media, and the shift from SEO to AEO.
Podcast Interview
PR Storytelling with Sarah Evans
Startup of the Year Podcast with host Frank Gruber. Sarah discusses the evolution of PR storytelling, AI strategy, and building brand credibility in the AI economy.
Publications & Placements
Ad Age AI search is upending the PR industry β€” how brands and agencies need to adapt Feature PR Week Meet the new gatekeepers: Why AI algorithms are your brand's new editors Feature PR Week Is AI bringing the press release back? Feature Marketing Brew Building tools, distilling consumer insights: How marketers are using AI beyond buzzwords Quoted U.S. Chamber of Commerce 6 Small Businesses Using AI to Increase Profitability and Scale Quoted Notified.com How Zen Media Is Redefining PR Success with GenAI Wire Press Releases β€” 150% increase in content citations Case Study HackerNoon How to Set Up a Claude Cowork Project: A Step-by-Step Guide G2 Learn How PR and SEO Teams Can Partner to Drive AI Visibility Feature Grit Daily Zen Media Acquires Sevans PR: Building the Future of PR and Marketing News PR News Online 30 Days to AI Search Visibility: The GEO Playbook PR Leaders Need Now Feature PR News Online AI Crises on the Rise: How Brands Can Stay Transparent and True to Their Values Feature PR News Online Top PR Substacks: A Starter Kit β€” PR@ctical by Sarah Evans listed Listed KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas Metro police warn of AI-generated videos amid anti-ICE protests β€” AI Technical Consultant on-camera TV
Coined, Created, Shipped
The Before Layerβ„’
The AI-generated answer people see before they click any link. Your brand's new homepage that exists whether you manage it or not.
Sarah Evans Term
Answer Shareβ„’
A composite data grouping measuring the probability of AI citation β€” combining domain authority, AI citation frequency, indexed mentions, and earned media presence.
Sarah Evans Term
Dual Pathway PR
The framework combining traditional earned media practice with GEO, AEO, and modern AI visibility. Two simultaneous strategies: the human pathway and the AI pathway.
Sarah Evans Term
AI Notices
The citations, attributions, and brand mentions inside AI-generated answers β€” earned media's newest and most under-tracked impression category.
Named by Gab Ferree
WireScoreβ„’
A rubric-based scoring system measuring whether a message will survive AI interpretation β€” every point deducted references a specific check, not AI vibes.
Sarah Evans Term
#journchat
Created in 2008 β€” the first weekly Twitter chat connecting PR professionals, journalists, and bloggers. Hosted live at major newsrooms. Changed how an entire industry found each other.
Founded 2008
Conferences & Events
HumanX AI Conference
Las Vegas, NV
2025
Pubcon
Keynote speaker β€” digital marketing and search conference
2010 β€” present
PRoSummit
PR strategy and leadership conference
Recurring
PR News
Industry events and summits
Recurring
StartupNV
Entrepreneurship and startup community
Recurring
IPN Summit
Innovation and professional networking
Recurring
Heels & Handshakes
Women in leadership and entrepreneurship
Recurring
Marketing Brew β€” The Art & Science of AI in Marketing
Panelist on AI visibility and MCP strategy
2026

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AI visibility, AEO strategy, Dual Pathway PR, and the future of communications for business leaders.
Available for keynotes, panels, corporate events, and workshops.