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Marketing Against The Grain

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May 25, 2023 • 10min

4 Growth Hacks That Scaled HubSpot To $1 Billion (#121)

Product-led growth is one of the biggest advantages in business today.Kipp Bodnar dives into the growth hacks HubSpot used to become a billion-dollar company and how you can use it to grow your business. Learn about the power of early adopters with category creation, the importance of investing in customer happiness, and why you need to obsess about distribution.We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 23, 2023 • 41min

The State Of A.I. In 2023: Useful Tools Vs Hype (#120)

Lazy marketers will only use AI.Kipp and Kieran dive into AI use cases for marketers that will actually grow their business (and not waste their time). Learn the most impactful areas of AI, how it will forever change the customer experience, why AI writing tools weren’t the best place to start, and the power of personalization.We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 18, 2023 • 30min

Google’s Master Plan To Destroy ChatGPT (#119)

Google is going to win A.I.Kipp and Kieran dive into all the major AI improvements by Google that are going to impact how businesses grow, use AI, and market using search engines. Learn how AI will own the informational experience, how AI search will change your communications & research, the first principles on AI, what community is (and isn’t) going to be important in an AI world.Mentions Sundar Google IO announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivUOqd91Nk Thread from Paul AI https://twitter.com/itsPaulAi/status/1656649454726856707  Paul Graham tweet https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1655925905527537666  Dickie Bush EP https://link.chtbl.com/6CUQxBug  Similarweb https://www.similarweb.com/  Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/  Reddit https://www.reddit.com/ We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 16, 2023 • 32min

The Future Of Content In An A.I. World (#118)

Content marketing will change forever.Kipp and Kieran dive into what the future of content will look like in a post-A.I. world. Learn how to approach content in a new way, the importance of creating a sharper brand POV, the dangers of the AI era, and the importance of hitmakers.Mentions Artifact https://artifact.news/  Trung on MATG https://link.chtbl.com/7ewMHO1f  Packy McCormick’s AI article https://www.notboring.co/p/intelligence-superabundance  The Hustle https://thehustle.co/  We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 11, 2023 • 25min

Leaked Google Memo Reveals A Huge Opportunity For Entrepreneurs (#117)

What Meta is doing on the A.I. front is going to impact all marketers and businesses.Kipp and Kieran dive into what the leaked Google memo means and why Meta is secretly winning the A.I. wars. Learn why open source is going to win the next generation of the internet, the power of open source, and why A.I. will be democratized.Mentions Google’s leaked memo https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither  Vicuna https://lmsys.org/blog/2023-03-30-vicuna/  We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 9, 2023 • 24min

A.I. Data Wars: Why Elon Is So Scared Of OpenAI (#116)

Are data aggregators in trouble? And what does this mean for your business/marketing?Kipp and Kieran dive into what the A.I. data wars mean for your business. Learn how you should operate differently to take advantage of the changing data landscape, why your data strategy needs to change dramatically, and why Mark Zuckerberg was right about the Metaverse.Mentions Kayak https://www.kayak.com/  Booking.com https://www.booking.com/  Harvey AI https://www.harvey.ai/  Hank AI https://hank.ai/  Finchat.io https://finchat.io/  Braden Dennis tweet https://twitter.com/BradoCapital/status/1649042904587939841  China chatgpt competitor https://yiyan.baidu.com/welcome  We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 4, 2023 • 27min

ChatGPT Releases Code Interpreter: Your Personal Data Scientist (#115)

Is this the end of analytic companies?Kipp and Kieran get their minds blown on the newest A.I. innovation, aka your on-demand developer & data scientist. Learn how A.I. is democratizing everything, the communities A.I. will disrupt, and how data visualization just got unbelievably easy for your business.Mentions Chat GPT code interpreter https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins#code-interpreter  Chegg https://www.chegg.com/  Ethan Mollick tweet https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1653189190354452480 Jason Calacanis tweet on code interpreter https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1653133567495667712  Rowan Cheung Twitter https://twitter.com/rowancheung  Rowan Cheung newsletter https://www.therundown.ai/  Share GPT plug-in https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sharegpt-share-your-chatg/daiacboceoaocpibfodeljbdfacokfjb?hl=en-GB  Jason Calacanis tweet on Share GPT https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1653134440544219137  Packy Mccormick’s article https://www.notboring.co/p/intelligence-superabundance  Ethan Mollick's tweet on creating a gif https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1653451648826757121  Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/  Sequoia Capital on AI Agents https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ai-agents-perspective/  Tweet on Midjourney 5.1 https://twitter.com/maxescu/status/1653649479541637122 We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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May 2, 2023 • 34min

Use This A.I. Marketing Strategy To Grow Your Business In 2023 (#114)

Don’t know where to get started with A.I. for your business? Here’s a comprehensive guide.Kipp and Kieran go behind the scenes to give you A.I. strategies you can start today to transform your marketing completely. Learn how to take a known strategy and integrate A.I. into it, the top-down model vs. bottoms-up model approach to A.I., how to create A.I. opportunities for your team, and how HubSpot is approaching A.I. internally.Mentions Tweet about Zillow teams https://twitter.com/altcap/status/1644717489165676546?cxt=HHwWhMC9mfT1mtMtAAAA  ChatSpot.ai https://chatspot.ai/  Workbounce https://workbounce.com/  We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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Apr 27, 2023 • 31min

The Future Of Marketing In An A.I. World w/ Phil Agnew (#113)

How will AI impact decision-making and human interaction?Kipp and Kieran are joined by Phil Agnew (Host of Nudge Podcast) to dive deep into the implications A.I. will have not only on human interaction but how it impacts marketing decisions. Learn the importance of being distinct within your field, the gap between good and great from marketing with A.I., and whether A.I. will make us more or less innovative.About Phil AgnewPhil works for Buffer. He is a keen writer and avid public speaker with specific interests in product marketing, brand development, and entrepreneurialism. He is also the host of Nudge, a podcast that helps marketers understand the science behind good marketing. Check out Phil’s work!Nudge Podcast https://www.nudgepodcast.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/p_agnew Mentions iCat unplugging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kf9coMuVuI  Eliezer Yudkowsky on Lex Fridman Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTRHFaaPG8  Von Restorff effect https://thebehavioursagency.com/von-restorff-effect/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Von%20Restorff,ll%20remember%20the%20red%20one.  Evolutionary Ideas by Sam Tatam https://www.harriman-house.com/evolutionaryideas  Blindsight by Matt Johnson and Prince Ghuman https://www.amazon.com/Blindsight-Mostly-Hidden-Marketing-Reshapes/dp/1950665062  Labor Illusion https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40158  We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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Apr 25, 2023 • 32min

Use A.I. To Accelerate Your Career While Others Panic (Complete Guide) (#112)

Are entry-level jobs going away?Kipp and Kieran dive into how A.I. can make you more money and accelerate your career. Learn how each different role within marketing will be impacted by AI, the importance of niching down, and why there’s never been a better time to invest your own time in AI.MentionsNeil Patel Episode https://link.chtbl.com/gSbbVkES Zapier https://zapier.com/ Prompt Storm https://promptstorm.app/ We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feedYouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!Don’t forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934  If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends.We really appreciate your support.Host Links:Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar  Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

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