
5 Secret Marketing Strategies Hollywood Celebrities Use In Business (#154)
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. We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
7 Sep 202331min

The Biggest Marketing Mistake 99% Of Companies Make (#153)
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. Sign up or log in to Connect.com and join the Marketing Against the Grain community on the Community Discovery page. Mentions Patrick Campbell tweet https://twitter.com/Patticus/status/1695072305645318349 We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
5 Sep 202332min

OpenAI’s GPT 4 Pro Will Run Your Business Better Than You… (#152)
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. Mentions Announcement tweet from Sam Altman https://twitter.com/sama/status/1696226160248766558 OpenAI enterprise https://openai.com/enterprise We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
31 Aug 202330min

How Meta’s New AI Translator Can Expand Your Business (#151)
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. We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
29 Aug 202328min

How Marketing Can Save Your Business From The AI Apocalypse (#150)
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 We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
24 Aug 202330min

AI Expert On How To Use Ai To Save Time & Grow Your Business (#149)
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 Connect with Rachel! 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 We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
22 Aug 202337min

Why Snap MyAI is the Sleeping Giant of AI Chat (#148)
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. Mentions 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 We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
18 Aug 202329min

Tech Expert Reveals How AI Could Destroy Your Startup (#147)
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/ We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod 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.
15 Aug 202337min






















