What if everything you thought you knew about PR was already outdated?

Ashley Orfus, founder of ALAB Group, left a high-profile career in luxury fashion and entertainment to build a communications firm designed for the way modern audiences actually discover and trust ideas. Over 13 years, she has helped category-defining brands across tech, food, hospitality, and culture do more than earn press, she helps them shape how their ideas are understood, adopted, and believed.

In this episode of The Digital Take, Ashley breaks down why traditional PR models are failing founders, what "performance-driven communication" actually looks like in practice, and how brands can cut through the noise in a world drowning in content.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why press hits and impressions are the wrong metrics to chase
• How to introduce a product or idea people don't have a reference point for yet
• Why influencers should be treated as co-creators, not distribution channels
• The danger of over-indexing on founder-led content (and when to create distance)
• How AI is making communications more human, not less
• What to do when you have no budget and everything to prove

Whether you're a founder shaping your first narrative, a marketer rethinking your PR strategy, or a brand trying to build genuine trust online — this episode will change how you think about communications.

Connect with Ashley Orfus: [ALAB Group]