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Marketing Against The Grain

Marketing Against The Grain

By: Hubspot Media
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 Kipp Bodnar (HubSpot’s CMO) and Kieran Flanagan (Hubspot's SVP of Marketing), lead you down the rabbit hole of marketing trends, growth tactics and innovation. On the way you’ll pick up undiscovered strategies to give you that slight edge for success. These are not your typical twitter thread regurgitated marketing tactics that everyone is doing. These are new methods, with unfiltered examination of successful fresh ideas.HubSpot, Inc. Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • Stop Prompting: Build an AI "Design App" Instead (Demo)

    Stop Prompting: Build an AI "Design App" Instead (Demo)
    Feb 3 2026
    Description link: Want access to Lior Albeck's AI toolkit? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/eb1adb Ep. 397 If you’re not building systems for creative work, are you falling behind? Kipp and Lior Albeck (CEO and Co-Founder of Weavy) dive into how AI is radically changing creative marketing and why system-building is now essential to stay competitive. Learn more on how to break down the mindshift every team needs, how to future-proof your creative assets, and the secrets behind building an AI-native company—plus, practical ways anyone can start systematizing their creative process today. Mentions Lior Albeck https://www.linkedin.com/in/lioralbeck/ Weavy https://www.weavy.ai/ Figma https://www.figma.com/ Zapier https://zapier.com/ Nano Banana https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt We’re creating our next round of content and want to ensure it tackles the challenges you’re facing at work or in your business. To understand your biggest challenges we’ve put together a survey and we’d love to hear from you! https://bit.ly/matg-research Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Join our community https://landing.connect.com/matg 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 Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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    42 mins
  • ChatGPT Ads: The New Arbitrage for 2026

    ChatGPT Ads: The New Arbitrage for 2026
    Jan 29 2026
    Steal our winning strategy to optimize your content for AI discovery: https://clickhubspot.com/swa Attend Kieran's free Webinar on Reclaiming Strategic Time in the AI Era: https://hubs.la/Q040m6fn0 Ep. 396 Could ChatGPT become a $47 billion ads business by matching Google’s user monetization? Kipp and Kieran dive into the massive opportunity for marketers as ChatGPT and AI platforms launch new ad products. Learn more on three gold rush opportunities in the coming wave of AI ads, how intent-based advertising will change conversion rates and ROI, the new playbook for building apps and review sites, and why better analytics and targeting will transform your marketing strategy for 2026. Mentions ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/ MoneySuperMarket https://www.moneysupermarket.com/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt We’re creating our next round of content and want to ensure it tackles the challenges you’re facing at work or in your business. To understand your biggest challenges we’ve put together a survey and we’d love to hear from you! https://bit.ly/matg-research Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Join our community https://landing.connect.com/matg 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 Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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    21 mins
  • This AI Tool Works Like a $300,000 McKinsey Consultant

    This AI Tool Works Like a $300,000 McKinsey Consultant
    Jan 27 2026
    Get our playbook to reverse engineer any competitor + 10 market research prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/mkv Ep. 395 Making market research more efficient and way cheaper. Kipp and Kieran dive into why Manus may be the world’s best marketing analyst—and why most marketers are sleeping on it. Learn more on how you can unlock high-value, easy-to-use market research, competitive intelligence, and actionable insights by combining Manus with SimilarWeb data, see how to model budgets using real traffic benchmarks, and watch as Kipp and Kieran turn cutting-edge research into killer presentations and website designs in minutes. Mentions Manus https://manus.im/ Similarweb https://www.similarweb.com/ NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google/ Salesforce https://www.salesforce.com/ Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt We’re creating our next round of content and want to ensure it tackles the challenges you’re facing at work or in your business. To understand your biggest challenges we’ve put together a survey and we’d love to hear from you! https://bit.ly/matg-research Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Join our community https://landing.connect.com/matg 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 Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.
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    27 mins
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