Marketing Against The Grain

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Ep. 436

The number one trend in AI right now is the rise of AI second brains—personal operating systems designed to accelerate careers and make work smarter, not harder.

Kieran dives into how building your own AI second brain can transform personal productivity, decision-making, and the way you learn. Learn more on how AI second brains store and retrieve knowledge, the core building blocks for setting one up, and why continuous information ingestion helps your personal system compound intelligence over time.

Mentions

Andrej Karpathy https://karpathy.ai/

Obsidian https://obsidian.md/

Tiago Forte https://www.youtube.com/@TiagoForte

Notion https://www.notion.com/

Brian Halligan https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhalligan

Claude https://claude.ai/

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Ep. 435

Are you just asking AI questions, or are you actually building repeatable skills?

Kipp and guest Riley Brown (content creator and AI educator) dive into how to level up your content game and marketing efficiency by strategically creating and collaborating with AI agents. Learn more on why documenting your weekly workflows is a game changer, how to turn AI experiments into scalable skills, and what the frontier of agent-powered team collaboration looks like in platforms like Codex and Slack.

Mentions

Riley Brown https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMcoud_ZW7cfxeIugBflSBw

Loop: Outlearn. Outmarket. Outgrow. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637636105?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_VPTVJUW097F1PLSGOQTH&bestFormat=true

Claude https://claude.ai/

Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/

SupaData https://supadata.ai/

Notion https://www.notion.com/

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

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Ep. 434

Can one RevOps leader and a team of AI agents really replace a 10-15 person operations team?

Kieran and guest Nate Follen (Head of strategy and Ops for Perplexity) dive into the real-world impact of Perplexity on modern go-to-market and RevOps workflows. Learn more on automating tedious CRM audits, building thoughtful event workflows with AI-powered model councils, and creating a scalable skills library for proactive, agent-driven teams.

Mentions


Nate Follen https://www.linkedin.com/in/follen


Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/


Ramp https://ramp.com/


Ironclad https://ironcladapp.com/


Apollo https://www.apollo.io/


Nvidia https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/


Gemini https://gemini.google.com/app


Claude https://claude.ai/

Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt

Resource


[Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip

We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed

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

Build Your First AI Employee (Free Workflow + Prompt): https://clickhubspot.com/rkvr

Ep. 433

What if you could have an AI employee working right alongside you, automating key business workflows?

Kieran and guest Nick Vasilescu (Co-founder of Orgo) dive into how agents are the next big form of business leverage.  Learn more on what it actually takes to get a functional AI agent up and running, how new connector tools like Composio make integrations simple, and why giving your agent a second brain with an Obsidian Vault is a game-changer for business productivity.

Mentions


Nick Vasilescu https://www.nickvasilescu.com/


Orgo https://www.orgo.ai/


Hermes Agent https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/


Composio https://composio.dev/


OpenClaw https://openclaw.ai/


GLM 5.2 https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.2


Obsidian https://obsidian.md/

Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt

Resource


[Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip

We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed

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

The marketing trends that matter this year: https://clickhubspot.com/djsk

Ep. 432

AI usage does not mean productivity.

Kipp and Kieran dive into the radical changes required to thrive in the AI-driven “Loop Marketing” era, and why outcome-obsession is now the only way to win. Learn more on why marketing has been more disrupted by AI than any other profession, how top teams organize for speed and learning, and nine essential principles behind Loop Marketing that will turbocharge your career and completely reshape how modern marketing teams operate.

Mentions


Loop: Outlearn. Outmarket. Outgrow. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637636105?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_213Z2Q17JG0WJ0J5JHR1_1&bestFormat=true

Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt

Resource


[Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip

We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed

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Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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Host Links:

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