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Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Eric and Neil break down OpenAI's $200M acquisition of TBPN and whether owning media is actually worth it for AI giants. They unpack Neil's co-branded conference playbook in C...

Neil and Eric break down how IKEA turned an AI chatbot's failures into a $1B design consultancy, why creative is now the real ceiling on paid ads, and where API pricing and in-LLM advertising are heading. They unpack agentic commerce, dynamic personalized ads, and who actually wins the LLM race long term — Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, or OpenAI. A sharp episode on reskilling instead of cutting, s...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Most marketers still default to Meta and Google first, but that may no longer be the smartest place to start. In this episode, Eric and Neil break down the underpriced channel...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Chamath says brands could go to zero as AI makes products cheaper, faster, and easier to copy. In this episode, Eric and Neil break down why they disagree, why status still dr...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Meta is reportedly pushing engineers to use AI for most of their code, and it may be one of the clearest signs yet that AI adoption is becoming mandatory inside major companies. In this episode, Eric and Neil break down why AI works differently in coding than in marketing, why engagement without revenue means nothing, and how the smartest...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Oracle cut 30,000 jobs this morning to fund AI data centers, and their stock jumped 5%. Nvidia's growth is reaccelerating because of AI agents. Meta just built AI that predict...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Neil and Eric break down how SEO, AEO, and AI search are changing faster than most marketers realize. They explain why the new way to win is through APIs and agents, why AI-ge...

Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Neil and Eric break down the brutal reality of AI transformation inside real organizations, why just telling your team to "use AI" completely backfires, how C players are usin...

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Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Neil and Eric react to Jensen Huang's bold claim that a $500K engineer should be spending $250K on AI tokens, and why the real answer involves open source. They break down how...

In this episode, we break down how easy it currently is to “game” AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini—and why those loopholes won’t last. We discuss the risks of short-term hacks versus long-term credibility, how AI will reshape job markets by rewarding bottleneck skills, and why strategy and adaptability will matter more than ever. We also share real-world wins and failures using AI in ma...

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In this episode, we react to a bold take from Jensen Huang on why AI shouldn’t be used as an excuse for layoffs—and instead should be a tool to do more with more. We break down the real reasons companies are cutting jobs, why the “AI efficiency” narrative is often misleading, and how top performers are using AI to scale output rather than replace people. We also dive into what’s actually driving g...

In this episode, we break down one of the wildest shifts happening in content and marketing right now: AI-powered media at scale. After discovering a highlights channel from Alex Hormozi pumping out dozens of videos per day, we reverse engineer how it works—and how you can replicate (and improve) the strategy using AI tools. We also dive into real-world insights from global marketing teams—what’s...

Neil and Eric discuss Meta hiring the team behind Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and what it signals about the future of marketing to bots. They break down why adaptability in the AI era matters more than intelligence, and how marketers are already positioned to succeed. The conversation shifts to personal strategy, with Neil doubling down on brand building while Eric goes all-in on AI....

Neil and Eric break down a live AI startup pitch for Single Brain, sharing raw feedback on sales decks, messaging, and positioning AI without triggering fear of job replacement. They discuss how to simplify slides, improve storytelling, and sell AI as a productivity partner. The conversation also dives into AI business models, comparing Cursor vs Lovable, retention challenges, and hidden unit econ...

Neil and Eric discuss how AI can turn you into a learning machine or a lazy one, why AI agents inside teams are transforming productivity, and how businesses can win by training AI instead of people. They break down ChatGPT ad performance vs Google and Meta, the winner-take-all nature of AI SEO rankings, and why relationships still drive enterprise revenue. Learn how to leverage AI for marketing,...

Neil and Eric discuss the surprising claim that Anthropic ran its growth team with just one person and what that really means for modern marketing. They break down why great products often drive growth more than big marketing teams, how engineers frequently lead marketing initiatives in startups, and why AI should replace workflows instead of people. The conversation also covers brand vs performan...

AI is changing the workforce faster than most companies expected. In this episode, Neil and Eric discuss how AI will reshape jobs, why some companies are cutting staff, and the real difference between employees who thrive and those who struggle in an AI-driven world. They explain why success is no longer about junior vs senior, but about how well you combine strong judgment with AI tools. You will...

Neil and Eric break down how AI search is crushing publisher traffic, why informational content is losing, and where transactional SEO still wins. They unpack search everywhere optimization, local AI model economics, Mac Studio RAM needs, and Intercom’s Fin turnaround from slowing SaaS growth to a major AI pivot. A sharp episode on adapting fast, measuring revenue over traffic, and using creative...

Neil and Eric break down how they are using OpenClaw and AI agents to automate marketing, hiring, analytics, and deal recovery. Eric explains how his Telegram “chief of staff” bot Alfred manages content, recruiting, and dashboards while integrating with Slack and company data. They also reveal the Beat Claude hiring challenge, how AI agents can run workflows across teams, and why recovering old le...

Neil and Eric break down what marketers in Hong Kong and India are seeing right now, from softer China growth and consumer spending trends to enterprise AI adoption, agent workflows, and the rise of robots doing robot work. Hosted by Neil and Eric, this episode explores AI marketing trends, persuasion in global markets, AI agents, GEO, enterprise marketing strategy, and why training AI with true s...

Neil and Eric break down why AI-generated podcasts are exploding, why most will become “AI slop,” and how listeners may push Apple, Google, and Spotify to label synthetic shows. They also debate where tools like Sora fit, and shift into the real advantage humans still have: high-quality peer groups. From EO and YPO to building your own curated dinners, they explain how to find business value, filt...

Core PPI rose 0.8%, beating forecasts and raising new inflation concerns. In this episode, Neil and Eric break down what higher wholesale prices mean for interest rates, the 10 year Treasury, and stagflation fears. They also cover AI driven layoffs, the falling cost of knowledge work, and why AI agents are becoming a powerful new distribution channel. From MCP infrastructure to human oversight and...