Marketing Against The Grain

Latest Episodes:

How You Can Use NFTs For Your Business with Katie Chen Sep 15, 2022

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How can NFTs be supplemental to your business? Kipp and Kieran are joined by Katie Chen (CEO/Co-Founder at Kairos) to chat all things NFTs - future use cases for your business, how you can use NFTs to create more loyalty around your customers/employees, and how this tokenized technology will bring more ownership to your users, and more!

Who is Katie Chen?

Katie Chen is the CEO and co-founder Kairos, a company creating a suite of no-code tools to enable creation, publishing, selling and adoption of NFTs for the masses. Previously, they have lead product design at Airbnb and Slack.

Check out Katie’s work!

Kairos http://kairos.art
Twitter https://twitter.com/8apixel
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiepchen/

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

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

10 First Principles That Will Change Your Business and Life Sep 13, 2022

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Are problems more important than solutions? Kipp and Kieran take you on a behind-the-scenes look at their transformative operating system for life. Press play to learn how to optimize for the upside, do things in a counterintuitive way, find the commonalities, and how YOU can apply these principles to transform your business and everyday life.

Which principle resonated most with you? Tweet us or leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think!

Links

Dr. Lex Friedman on Huberman Lab Podcast https://hubermanlab.com/dr-lex-fridman-machines-creativity-and-love/

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Live from INBOUND: Does PR Still Matter? With Katie Burke and Kipp Bodnar Sep 08, 2022

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In 1995 46% of Americans trusted TV news, today that’s only 11%. Join Kipp Bodnar and guest Katie Burke (CPO @ HubSpot) on this special episode live at INBOUND. Press play to find out how to win in a market with messaging discipline, how to think about investing in PR, how to approach your influencer strategy, how to know if your PR is ACTUALLY working, and more!

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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 Community Can Accelerate Your Go-To-Market with Patrick Woods Sep 06, 2022

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How do you measure the success of your go-to community? Patrick Woods (CEO of Orbit) joins the show to dive deep into what a go-to community is, how to organize and build your own community, believe in your purpose before your product, measure the long-term community-driven investments, and more!

Who is Patrick Woods?

Patrick is co-founder and CEO of Orbit, the leading community growth platform. With over 10 years of marketing and customer success experience, he’s worked with business leaders from some of the world’s fastest-growing businesses to leverage the power of community. He’s the co-creator of the Orbit Model, host of the Developer Love podcast, and is the author of the Brand Strategy Canvas.

Check out Patrick’s work!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickjwoods/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickjwoods

Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Is Traditional Hiring a Broken System? Sep 01, 2022

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Is traditional hiring a broken system? Kipp and Kieran dive into what everyone gets wrong during the hiring process - hiring for experience vs. potential, what hiring managers are doing wrong, understanding the candidate’s motivation, hiring the outliers, and if problem-solving skills are interchangeable.

Shoutout to all the listeners who have sent in questions and reviews! Do YOU want to be featured in the next episode? Leave a question or review in Apple Podcasts, and we may feature you next!

Links Mentioned:

Tweet from Sam Altman https://twitter.com/sama/status/1554481634375741442

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Host Links:

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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 Ideal Marketing Strategy For Each Stage of Start-Up Growth with Sequoia's CMO Sumaiya Balbale Aug 30, 2022

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How should you think about marketing at every stage of your startup? Sumaiya Balbale, CMO at Sequoia Capital, joins the show to chat all things marketing for startups: How you’re going to position yourself relative to the customer, Articulating your value proposition & context to the customer, What most founders get wrong on product marketing, the importance of being an expert in the customer’s pain points, and more!

Who is Sumaiya Balbale?

Sumaiya is CMO at Sequoia Capital. Prior to that, Sumaiya led the transformation of digital media, social media, marketing analytics, and marketing technology capabilities as the Vice President of E-commerce, Mobile, and Digital Marketing for Walmart US from January 2017 to February 2019. Sumaiya is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Brown University. She was named one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2018.

Check out Sumaiya’s work!

Website https://www.sequoiacap.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumaiya-balbale/

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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Is a YouTube Subscriber The Most Valuable Subscriber on The Internet? Aug 24, 2022

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Holy sh*t. YouTube has officially entered the chat for podcasts. What does this mean for marketers?

Kipp and Kieran do an emergency episode to unravel the massive opportunity for podcasts - how this creates whole new discoverability for podcasts, why this will matter for your business strategy, the massive opportunities to target listeners, how this completely changes the landscape of podcasts, and so much more!

Links Mentioned:

YouTube podcasts page https://www.youtube.com/podcasts

Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How to Leverage Intellectual Property in Marketing (The Next Big Thing) Aug 23, 2022

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Does intellectual property help your brand differentiate? How can you use IP to extend your brand? Kipp and Kieran dive deep into the world of IP and tap into all the opportunities that will take your brand to the next level. Listen for how you can use your IP to make creative strategies for your brand, what it takes to leverage your IP, category creation for IP, and more!

Links Mentioned:

Tweet from Zach Weinberg https://twitter.com/zachweinberg/status/1559171487394824194?s=21&t=LIxZx-AkA_9CR379eW0ckA
Tweet from Sam Bankman-Fried https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1558761957825593345?s=21&t=LIxZx-AkA_9CR379eW0ckA
Nouns NFT https://nouns.wtf/

Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Community-Led Growth vs. Product-Led Growth with Anu Atluru Aug 18, 2022

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What is the role of community at an organization? Anu Atluru joins the show to debate the true definition of community, how community differs from a start-up to an established company, advice to leaders who want to build their own communities, and answer the question: is there a disconnect between product and go-to-market? and more!

Who is Anu Atluru?

Anu is a startup builder, angel investor, and writer. She’s passionate about building consumer and social products and helping early-stage teams tackle community, product, and go-to-market challenges.

Most recently, she spent 2 years at Clubhouse — building zero to one, serving as its first Head of Community, and helping grow from ~1000 users to millions globally and a team of 3 to 100+.

Check out Anu’s work!

Website https://anuatluru.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/anuatluru
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuatluru/
Substack https://anu.substack.com/

Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

The Impact of AI in Marketing (Friend or Foe?) Aug 16, 2022

Show notes

Will AI help marketers do better work? Kipp and Kieran dive deep into the logistics of AI and what the impact will be on the marketing world - How AI will change the way businesses market and grow, Kipp’s AI 2x2, the struggle to differentiate, where AI falls short, and more!

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