Hubspot Media

Marketing Against The Grain

Business EN ↓ 440 episodes

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.

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Hubspot Media

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Business

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www.hubspot.com

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Don't Hire a Developer Until You Watch This Gemini 3 Demo 09.12.2025

Get our vibe code prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/dfm Ep. 384 Did you know that Gemini 3 can build an interactive landing page in less than 10 minutes? Kieran and Logan Kilpatrick, of Google, dive into the paradigm-shifting capabilities of Google’s Gemini 3, showing marketers exactly how AI can transform creative workflows and level up your marketing game. Learn more on using Gemini 3 for vibe c...

The AI Workflow That Lets 50 People Do the Work of 500 ($2B Founder Reveals) 04.12.2025

Steal These Workflows: 7 AI tools to build your startup in days, not months: https://clickhubspot.com/ehg Ep. 383 Can 50 people really do the work of 500 in the new AI era? Kipp, Kieran and guests Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma, and Kristin Fracchia, who leads Marketing at Gamma, dive into the revolutionary AI workflows and org design lessons powering Gamma’s $2B company—plus how any team...

The AI That Builds Apps for You (Claude Opus 4.5 Explained) 02.12.2025

Get our list of 60+ Claude hacks with prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/kbg Ep. 382 The Opus 4.5 model is “mind blowing”. Kieran dives into how the latest advances in AI are transforming the marketing playbook, showing you real-world use cases you can implement today. Learn more on using Claude Opus 4.5 to create interactive customer personas, building dynamic dashboards to analyze campaign perfor...

This New Google AI Feature Replaces 10 Hours of Work 25.11.2025

Get our free guide to Gemini & NotebookLM: https://clickhubspot.com/cfd Ep. 381 Google’s new Nano Banana Pro feature inside NotebookLM can complete tasks that would “have taken a human hours to do”. Kipp dives into how game-changing AI features are transforming content creation. Learn more about generating custom infographics and slide decks at lightning speed, building multimedia content for ever...

Why We’re Leaving ChatGPT for Google’s Gemini 3 20.11.2025

Get our free Google Gemini bundle with our favorite prompts + workflows: https://clickhubspot.com/sce Ep. 380 Is Gemini 3 better than GPT-5? Kipp and Kieran dive into the seismic release of Gemini 3 and what it means for the future of marketing, search, and AI-driven business tools. Learn more on how Gemini’s state-of-the-art multimodal reasoning unlocks custom interactive apps in search, why dyna...

AI Just Broke Marketing (And What You Need to Do Now) 18.11.2025

Get our 10 Prompts to Fix What AI Broke: https://clickhubspot.com/eph Ep. 379 Did you know that more than 74% of the new web pages online today contain some form of AI-generated content? Recording from GROW Europe, Kipp and Kieran dive into how AI is fundamentally disrupting marketing, shifting it from the era of volume to the era of value. Learn more on why trust is moving from brands to individu...

Inside the Hidden Playbooks of Businesses That Actually Win 12.11.2025

Use our AI Marketing automation guide to scale your business: https://clickhubspot.com/wqf Ep. 378 “What matters is that you're building something people want. The VCs will come once they see that there is something exciting.” Kipp and guest Erica Wenger, of Park Rangers Capital, dive into the hidden playbooks behind companies that actually win in today’s hyper-competitive tech landscape. Learn mo...

I Used Gemini Code Assist to Build a Newsletter App (for Free) 06.11.2025

Use our 10 prompts to create interactive tools with Gemini Code: https://clickhubspot.com/ewd Ep. 377 How fast could you build a custom app to grow your newsletter—without writing a single line of code? Kieran dives into Google’s powerful new AI Code Assistant and how it unlocks a new era of code-powered marketing for businesses of any size. Learn more on the true power of Google’s AI ecosystem, h...

The AI System That Built a 1.4M Audience | Sabrina Ramonov 04.11.2025

Want Sabrina's 8-platform repurposing workflow? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/efp Ep. 376 This guest grew her Instagram from zero to over 418,000 followers in just a year—almost entirely on autopilot with AI-powered content repurposing. Kipp, Kieran, and guest Sabrina Ramonov, of Blotato, dive into how solopreneurs and marketers can go from a simple app idea to launching viral lead magnets...

How I Built a Marketing Campaign in 10 Minutes (With Claude Desktop) 30.10.2025

Want to build your own AI-powered campaign? Get our Claude guide with frameworks and strategies: https://clickhubspot.com/gch Ep. 375 Did you know you can build a full marketing campaign in just 10 minutes with AI? Kipp dives into the power of leveraging Claude’s new desktop features to speed up and upgrade your marketing workflow. Learn more on how to use screenshots to analyze competitors, tap y...

9 ChatGPT Use Cases from the Top 1% of Marketers 28.10.2025

Get Kyle's Top 1% ChatGPT Marketing Stack (free): https://clickhubspot.com/khv Ep. 374 Is ChatGPT the most impactful tool in the marketer’s tech stack? Kieran and Kyle Poyar, creator and writer of Growth Unhinged, dive into the revolutionary ways marketers and go-to-market teams are using generative AI to transform their workflow—faster, smarter, and with more impact than ever before. Learn more o...

OpenAI Just Launched a Web Browser (and It’s Smarter Than Chrome) 23.10.2025

Get the 10 Marketing Research Prompts for Atlas: https://clickhubspot.com/cwk Ep. 373 Is Atlas the Chrome killer? Not so fast. Kipp and Kieran dive into OpenAI’s latest launch—the ChatGPT Atlas web browser—and explore how it stacks up against Google Chrome and Perplexity’s Comet browser. Learn more on how AI agents can take over your browser to automate tasks, why bringing memory online could fund...

Claude Skills: Build Your Own AI Experts (Full Breakdown) 21.10.2025

Get our 10 new claude skills prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/ksn Ep. 372 Did you know you can now teach Claude AI any expert skill just by uploading the right prompt? Kieran dives into the coolest AI launch of the year, where anyone can turn Claude into an expert in any task. Learn more on how to unlock the secrets behind agent skills, how to train Claude to level up your work, and what it takes...

Using Perplexity AI to Reverse Engineer a $500M Marketing Strategy 16.10.2025

Reverse engineer your work with our guide to Perplexity AI: https://clickhubspot.com/vfb Ep. 371 Ever wondered, “How do they do it?” when you spot amazing ads or flawless email marketing from your favorite brands?  Kipp dives into the underrated hack every marketer should know: instantly reverse engineering any company’s marketing strategy using AI. Learn more on how to unlock the secrets behind b...

How to Start a $1M Business Using Only AI 14.10.2025

Get Greg's AI Million Dollar Idea Generator prompt: https://clickhubspot.com/kgj Ep. 370 Is making a million dollars with AI really that easy? Kipp, Kieran, and Greg Isenberg, Co-founder of Ideabrowser and host of The Startup Ideas Podcast, dive into Greg’s proven frameworks and hands-on tools for building successful AI-powered businesses from scratch. Learn more on how to spot high-potential AI o...

This Ai Agent Turns 1 Image Into A 30 Second Commercial 09.10.2025

Want Nate's 5 AI Ad Creation Workflows? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/tnk Ep. 369 This guest grew his YouTube channel by hundreds of thousands subscribers in just one year by sharing advanced AI automation workflows. Kipp, Kieran, and Nate Herk, Co-Founder and CGO at TrueHorizon AI, dive into how you can use cutting-edge AI agents to automate creative marketing tasks, boost productivity, a...

AI Tools to Replace Your $10k+ Creative Agency 07.10.2025

Want Rory's system to turn one brief into 100+ assets with AI? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/drf Ep 368 Ever wonder how you can use AI to reduce the amount of money you’re spending on ads to acquire more customers? Kipp and Kieran dive into how to leverage AI to scale creative asset production and transform your marketing workflow with expert insights from AI creative mastermind Rory Flynn...

Did OpenAI Just Kill EVERY Social Media Platform? 02.10.2025

Want to create AI Videos? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/mhg Ep. 367 Will Sora 2 make TikTok obsolete? Kipp and Kieran dive into the jaw-dropping launch of Sora 2—a next-gen AI video model that’s shaking up everything we know about content, virality, and social networks. Learn more on why Sora 2 could redefine online personas with its AI cloning and “cameo” feature, what happens when anyo...

Marketing Advice You’ll Thank Me for in 12 Months | Neil Patel 30.09.2025

Want our ultimate AI Marketing Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bkm Ep, 366 Can ChatGPT or Perplexity convert customers at up to 13x the rate of a traditional Google search? Kipp and Neil Patel, of Co-Founder at Neil Patel Digital and co-host of Marketing School Podcast,  dive into the game-changing marketing tactics you’ll be grateful for a year from now, sharing brand-new research...

The #1 Job Needed in the AI Era Right Now 25.09.2025

Want our One-Person Agency Stack (with 10 prompts)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/hvn Ep. 365 Will businesses need more humans than ever to actually make AI work? Kipp and Kieran dive into why the AI revolution is creating an explosion of opportunity for consultants and businesses who know how to integrate new technology. Learn more on why AI adoption is driving massive demand for human ex...

Everything you need to know about AEO in 2025 23.09.2025

Want the guide to implement AI Engine Optimization (AEO) to your content? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ymv Ep. 364 Did you know Google’s new AI-powered Chrome could mark “the death of web pages” as we know them? Kipp and Kieran dive into how Google’s latest Gemini integration is completely transforming search, content consumption, and the future of SEO in 2025. Learn more on how AI is mak...

How This AI Startup Grew to $50M ARR in 2 Years (Marketing Playbook) 18.09.2025

Want to steal Gamma's influencer-led strategy? Get our 10 AI prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/hgb Ep. 363 Is influencer marketing the new product virality? Kipp and Kieran dive into the viral marketing playbook that skyrocketed an AI startup to $50M ARR and 50 million users with just 30 employees. Learn more on the explosive power of influencer-led growth, why building brand outranks traditional...

The Brand NEW AI Marketing Strategy for 2025 16.09.2025

Want our free Loop Marketing Prompt Library (with 100 prompts)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kcl Ep. 362 Did you know that 58.5% of Google searches now end without a click? Kipp and Aja Frost, Sr. Director of Global Growth at HubSpot, dive into how AI has fundamentally changed the marketing landscape—and what you can do about it. Learn more on why old-school tactics like linear funnels an...

This is How the Top 1% Marketers are Using AI 11.09.2025

Want 22 ChatGPT Marketing Agents to handle your work? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bpg Ep. 361 Marketing is only limited by your own creativity and ambition right now. Kipp and Nicholas Holland, Head of AI, SVP Product at HubSpot, dive into how the world’s top 1% of marketers are deploying AI for explosive growth. Learn more on why context is the most important word for AI in 2026, the ri...

I Stole Microsoft CEO’s 4 Most Powerful AI Prompts 09.09.2025

Want Kieran's 4 AI prompts that drive big results? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/uph Ep. 360 Did you know the CEO of Microsoft, just gave away his four most powerful daily AI prompts for boosting productivity and leadership? Kieran dives into how you can swipe, upgrade, and use the very same prompts Satya Nadella relies on every single day. Learn how to prep smarter for every meeting, get...

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