Marketing Against The Grain

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Elon Musk Rebranding Twitter To X: Genius Or Ridiculous? (#144) Aug 03, 2023

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Rebranding is stupid. You should never rebrand.

Kipp and Kieran dive into why rebrands suck and why you shouldn’t do them for your business. Learn why everybody’s missing on the point on Twitter’s X rebrand, the most important principle in the business of a social network, different brand architecture models, and the only scenario where a rebrand makes sense.

Mentions

Tech Crunch article on X https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/31/apple-greenlights-twitter-apps-rebrand-to-x/
Andrew Huberman sleep recommendations https://hubermanlab.com/toolkit-for-sleep/

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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.

Breaking Down Barbie’s 18-Month Marketing Strategy in 23 Minutes (#143) Aug 01, 2023

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Here’s how you can make a killer brand like Mattel without the $150M marketing spend.

Kipp and Kieran dive into the Barbie madness behind the best marketing campaign of the decade. Learn how to stretch your marketing budget with creativity, how you can leverage planning and orchestration to execute a killer campaign, and the power of telling your story in a new creative way.

Mentions

Twitter thread on Barbie https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1683682931418742785

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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.

Do Sonic logos actually work? Jul 29, 2023

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From McDonald's Ba-da-ba-ba-ba to Netflix's ta-dum, you know em' and you love em'. But do these brand soundtracks actually work?

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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.

Shaan Puri’s 3 Step Formula For Finding Your 1000 True Fans (#142) Jul 27, 2023

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Kipp and Kieran are joined by Shaan Puri to discuss how to build a marketing-first business as an entrepreneur. Learn differentiated tactics to play to your target audience’s interests, The power of fake authenticity, how to get the right audience to watch, the 3 engines of growth, and how to get good at project selection.

About Shaan Puri

Entrepreneur, investor, and host of My First Million podcast.

Connect with Shaan

Podcast https://www.mfmpod.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/ShaanVP

Newsletter https://milkroad.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.

ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter: Your $20 Personal Data Analyst (#141) Jul 25, 2023

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Here’s how you can hack your marketing using AI.

Kipp Bodnar and Kieran Flanagan dive into the power of how the code interpreter will scale your business. Learn all the new team features that will simplify cross-functional work, how ChatGPT will help package the data in ways you can understand it, and more tactical ways you can use AI to grow your business.

Mentions

Google Bard https://bard.google.com/
Insider article https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-tool-code-interpreter-masters-things-in-seconds-wharton-professor-2023-7
Matt Wolfe tweet https://twitter.com/mreflow/status/1678506029620006912
Chase Lean’s tweet https://twitter.com/chaseleantj/status/1677651054551523329

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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 to 10x A Boring Business With Marketing | Codie Sanchez (#140) Jul 19, 2023

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Would you rather be wrong or boring?

Kipp Bodnar is joined by Codie Sanchez (Founder of Contrarian Thinking) to discuss the power of storytelling as a boring business. Learn about the hidden traits of great businesses, why most business models in media are awful, how to think about interacting with your community, and how to lean into your unfair advantages to win.

Connect with Codie

Contrarian Thinking https://contrarianthinking.co/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/codiesanchez/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez/

About Codie Sanchez

Codie runs Contrarian Thinking a financial media company and Contrarian Capital a small business holding company that does $50Million in annual revenue and is focused on bringing Main Street Businesses back.

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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.

Twitter’s $5M Master Plan To Win Back Creators From Threads (#139) Jul 18, 2023

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Will Twitter become the gold standard for creator programs?

Kipp and Kieran dive into Twitter’s new creator program, what it means for businesses, and how businesses can succeed with creators. Learn the importance of personality led growth (the new PLG?), how Elon flipped the narrative by being a marketing genius, and how to make money as a creator on different platforms.

Mentions

HubSpot Creator Program https://creators.hubspot.com/
Mr Beast tweet https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1679797201449435136
Forbes article on Twitter https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/07/13/twitter-starts-paying-creators-tens-of-thousands---amid-intensifying-competition-with-threads/
Codie Sanchez YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@CodieSanchezCT
Google Bard https://bard.google.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.

Airbnb Just Copied Apple’s Product Development Strategy... Here’s Why (#138) Jul 13, 2023

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Here’s why you should never launch new products.

Kipp and Kieran dive into Airbnb’s massive change on how they build and grow their products, and how you can use these principles to build your business. Learn the exercises for companies to be in the mindset of the customer, the most common mistake every growth marketer makes, and the importance of breaking down the customer journey.

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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.

Elon F*ked Up... The Fatal Mistake That Launched Threads (#137) Jul 11, 2023

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Elon’s been Zuck’d. Is this the death of Twitter?

Kipp and Kieran dive into what your business needs to know to take advantage of this new opportunity. Learn why you shouldn’t leave the door open for your competitor, Elon’s fatal mistake, why Threads is a masterclass in onboarding, how you should think about threads, and the distinctive advantage for being a first mover of a platform.

Mentions

Kipp’s thread account https://www.threads.net/@kippbodnar?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Eight Sleep https://www.eightsleep.com/
Spiderman tweet https://twitter.com/finkd/status/1676747594460962817
Alex Lieberman Episode https://link.chtbl.com/w1aLT7sA
Alex Lieberman tweet https://twitter.com/businessbarista/status/1676761306274177024

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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.

5 A.I. Marketing Skills You Must Learn In 2023 (#136) Jul 06, 2023

Show notes

Will channel expertise become commoditized because of AI?

Kipp and Kieran dive into what your marketing team will look like in a post-AI world. Learn why an AI ops person will be critical for every marketing team, if channel expertise will or won’t become commoditized, huge opportunities for early marketers to transform your career, and how does in-person connection combine with 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.