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AI Communications
Ronn Torossian is the founder and chairman of 5W, a PR, creative and AI Visibility agency. He is the publisher of Everything-PR and the author of two best-selling editions of For Immediate Release. Writing on AI Communications, reputation, visibility, and how brands become the answer inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
New research · Ronn Torossian / 5W
How to get into the chatbox
The next big story isn’t just in the headlines. It’s in the AI answer.
Ronn Torossian’s new report examines how 5W shows up in AI search, and seven methods for building visibility where people ask their next question.
- 5W AI visibility
- 28.8%
- Edelman AI visibility
- 21.9%
- Methods in the report
- 7
5W analysis using Profound’s tools · 396 prompts selected by 5W. Visibility scores: Sept. 27–Oct. 26, 2026; full study: Jan. 27–Oct. 26, 2026. Observed agency visibility, not a guarantee of client results. A citation is not a recommendation.
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"AI Communications is a mix of journalism, psychology, and engineering, and the audience is now the machine."
Featured Essays
Three pieces. The full thesis.
01 · May 2026
Why Citation Share Is the New Market Share
When the answer is one paragraph, being in that paragraph is the only market share that matters.
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02 · May 2026
Reputation Is Now the Paragraph the Machine Writes
The Yelp review is over. The Glassdoor page is over. The reputation is the LLM's answer.
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03 · May 2026
How Brands Become Answers in ChatGPT
Authority, citations, original reporting, schema. SEO with a new physics.
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Latest Articles
From the desk.
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About Ronn
Founder.
Publisher.
Author.
Ronn Torossian is the founder and chairman of 5W, publisher of Everything-PR, and author of two best-selling editions of For Immediate Release.
Twenty-three years building a Top U.S. PR Agency by O'Dwyer's, named Agency of the Year at the American Business Awards. Guest lecturer at Harvard. Former CMO of JetSmarter. Now focused on AI Communications, influencing the answers inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Watch Ronn Torossian
Ronn Torossian, founder and chairman of 5W, has lectured at Harvard Business School and appeared on national television. These three videos show his crisis communications teaching, his background and his current work on AI and brands. Each links to a page with more detail.
Harvard Business School crisis lecture
On March 12, 2019, Ronn Torossian lectured Harvard Business School students on crisis communications lessons, strategies and best practices.
Who is Ronn Torossian?
Ronn Torossian, author of For Immediate Release, describes what a day in the PR industry looks like.
The Brangelina effect on brands and AI
Ronn Torossian joins The Sun Showbiz on the Cited series to explain why the public took Brangelina's split so personally and what it means for brands.
The Firm
5W
5W is a PR, creative and AI Visibility agency, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, Miami and Tampa.
5W does its media, creative, video, social and AI visibility work in house, with proprietary technology. A Top U.S. PR Agency by O'Dwyer's. Named Agency of the Year at the American Business Awards.
Featured In
- CNBC
- CNN
- Fox Business
- Forbes
- Business Insider
- O'Dwyer's
Speaking
Available for keynotes, panels, and lectures.
Ronn has guest-lectured at Harvard and other universities on communications, AI visibility, and reputation strategy. Ronn Torossian speaking
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ronn Torossian?
Founder and chairman of 5W. Publisher of Everything-PR. Author of two best-selling editions of For Immediate Release.
What is AI Communications?
The discipline of becoming the answer inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
What is Citation Share?
A brand's share of citations across AI engine answers. The AI-era equivalent of market share.
What is 5W?
5W is a PR, creative and AI Visibility agency founded by Ronn Torossian in 2003, headquartered in Miami with offices in New York, Miami and Tampa.
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
The practice of structuring brand authority, citations, and content so that AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews) cite the brand inside their answers.
What is Everything-PR?
The intelligence platform for communications, reputation, AI visibility, and digital discovery in the answer-engine era. Publishing since 2009. Ronn Torossian is the publisher.
Where can I read Ronn Torossian's PR guides?
On the news page, including 12 PR crisis examples and a guide to the six types of social media.
What is For Immediate Release?
Ronn Torossian's book on public relations, published in two best-selling editions.