Marketing Against The Grain

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5 Secret Marketing Strategies Hollywood Celebrities Use In Business (#154) Sep 07, 2023

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Steal the strategies of these 5 business-savvy celebrities to grow your business.

Kipp and Kieran dive into how 5 marketing-minded celebrities have grown their business (and how you can too). Learn more on why Taylor Swift is an amazing content marketer, the power of understanding your audience, how to create your own flywheel of distribution, the importance of owned media, and marketing with an emotional connection.

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

The Biggest Marketing Mistake 99% Of Companies Make (#153) Sep 05, 2023

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The cost of marketing has gone up 108% in 10 years. What does this mean for your customer acquisition cost?

Kipp and Kieran dive into Why B2B creators are going to be critical for your customer acquisition. Learn how the cost of marketing is going to cripple many businesses (and how to rise above it), why comparison to your competitors will kill your business, what all good marketers hold themselves accountable to, and why businesses die because people won't have hard conversations.

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Patrick Campbell tweet https://twitter.com/Patticus/status/1695072305645318349

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

OpenAI’s GPT 4 Pro Will Run Your Business Better Than You… (#152) Aug 31, 2023

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If your business is wrapped around ChatGPT right now, see you later.

Kip and Kieran dive into how OpenAI killed the first generation of enterprise AI companies with the launch of ChatGPT enterprise. Learn why there’s less opportunity to build on top of OpenAI, how to build unique use cases by partnering with the best large langugage model, how OpenAI is pulling a classic business strategy lesson, and what 2 things will kill your business.

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Announcement tweet from Sam Altman https://twitter.com/sama/status/1696226160248766558
OpenAI enterprise https://openai.com/enterprise

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How Meta’s New AI Translator Can Expand Your Business (#151) Aug 29, 2023

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If you’re selling software or goods, you can be a global business today.

Kipp and Kieran dive into how your business can be in a hundred languages overnight for free. Learn more on the scary power of multi-modal search, the future of how buinseses can expand internationally, the consumerization of software, and he era of the renaissance of individual creativity.

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How Marketing Can Save Your Business From The AI Apocalypse (#150) Aug 24, 2023

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You’re not going to be a successful marketer in the future If you're not a creator.

Kipp and Kieran dive into how marketing is eating the world and why we’re on the edge of a business apocalypse. Learn more on why creators are actually marketers, why being alone is a big advantage, how marketing eats up more of the customer journey, and whether marketing is the most important function in growing a business.

Mentions

Johnny Manziel Netflix documentary https://www.netflix.com/title/81582385
Bobbi Althoff https://www.instagram.com/bobbialthoff/?hl=en
BFFs Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bffs-with-dave-portnoy-josh-richards-and/id1534324153
Article by Scott Belsky https://www.implications.com/p/insights-on-collapsing-the-talent

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

AI Expert On How To Use Ai To Save Time & Grow Your Business (#149) Aug 22, 2023

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In the future, will everyone have an AI co-pilot for everything?

Kipp and Kieran are joined by AI expert, Rachel Woods to discuss how to create space to transform your teams into an AI-first mindset. Listen for AI use cases that aren’t as well known but are super useful, how to set your team up to take advantage of AI, and why you need to throw an AI hackathon for your business.

About Rachel

Rachel is a former Facebook data scientist and founder, now helping businesses adopt AI with her newsletter and community, The AI Exchange. She started creating content about startups and AI in November of 2022, and now has 200K+ followers across platforms. She's worked with hundreds of businesses since ChatGPT launched and is deeply committed to figuring out the practical path for businesses to adopt AI in their operations, what she coined "AI Ops".

Want $50 off Rachel's "Prompting for AI Ops" course? Use code "aix50" https://theaiexchange.com/prompt-design-cohort

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Twitter https://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/woodsrach/
TikTok https://tiktok.com/the.rachel.woods
Instagram https://instagram.com/the.rachelwoods

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Why Snap MyAI is the Sleeping Giant of AI Chat (#148) Aug 18, 2023

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Kipp and Kieran discuss OpenAI’s secret competitor by an unlikely player and the future of what AI tools will look like. Learn why the first mover advantage isn’t a moat, why paid products are going to get commoditized by open-source projects, and ChatGPT-5 rumors.

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Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/
Snapchat https://www.snapchat.com/
Llama https://ai.meta.com/llama/
Johnny Manziel documentary https://www.netflix.com/title/81582385

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Tech Expert Reveals How AI Could Destroy Your Startup (#147) Aug 15, 2023

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GPT-4 responses that were directly executable decreased from 52% in March to 10% in June… what went wrong?

Kipp and Kieran are joined by Linus Ekenstam to discuss all how Chat-GPT 4 is getting worse and AI tipping points. Learn about the future of websites in an AI world, why companies are scared to use AI tools for customer facing interactions, and how the multimodality of AI will change the way you work.

About Linus Ekenstam

AI Gardener & Designer. Previously at Typeform, Flodesk, Thingtesting.

Connect with Linus!

Twitter https://twitter.com/linusekenstam

Newsletter https://linusekenstam.substack.com/

genAI stories for kids https://www.bedtimestory.ai/

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

8 Leadership Habits You Need To Make $1 Billion (#146) Aug 10, 2023

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Most people fail because they spend most of their time doing things that don’t matter.

Kipp and Kieran dive into the top habits of successful people that will transform your life. Learn why you need to focus on inputs not outputs, the power of intellectual honesty, why being bored is the best way to figure out what to do, and why everyone should adopt the paranoid optimist attitude.

Mentions

Molly O’Shea tweet https://twitter.com/MollySOShea/status/1685291920644616192
Inbound https://www.inbound.com/
Sam Parr book recommendation https://twitter.com/thesamparr/status/1678212633768361987
Nicholas Holland https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashvilleholland/
Yvonne’s in Boston https://www.yvonnesboston.com/

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

These 9 A.I. Tools Are Better Than ChatGPT… (#145) Aug 08, 2023

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These tools may make ChatGPT obsolete…

Kipp and Kieran are joined by Matt Wolfe to dive into A.I. tools you need to try in 2023. Learn why small businesses are a huge AI opportunity, why the winners and losers of AI is a race to the bottom, and tools that are better than ChatGPT that will transform the way you grow your business.

About Matt Wolfe

Matt Wolfe is an entrepreneur and YouTuber focused on keeping his finger on the pulse of AI and future tech. His website, Future Tools, is updated daily with the latest tools and news in the AI space and his YouTube channel keeps people in the loop with the latest tutorials, reviews, and news happening in the world of artificial intelligence.

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