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Ep. 340
Did you know that for every 18 pages Google scrapes from content publishers today, they now send back just one visit—down from two pages per visit a decade ago?
Kieran dives into the “great content collapse” and what the changing landscape of AI-powered search means for the future of marketing and growth. Learn more on how Google and OpenAI are upending the traditional value exchange of content, why paid advertising costs are set to skyrocket, and what new playbooks marketers need as AI transforms how consumers find information online.
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Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/
Matthew Prince https://www.linkedin.com/in/mprince/
Claude https://claude.ai/
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Ep. 339
Did you know that Google search traffic is disappearing—and no one is giving us the new marketing playbooks?
Kieran dives into how AI tools like Perplexity Labs are changing the game for marketers, revealing a future where you can create highly personalized campaigns at scale. Learn more on how to segment audiences in powerful new ways, leverage real-time signals from platforms like LinkedIn, and turn AI into your custom marketing team to generate more revenue and outpace the competition.
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Perplexity Labs https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-perplexity-labs
Claude https://claude.ai/
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Ep. 338
Is AI video ready for primetime—or just a viral fad?
Kipp and Kieran dive into the explosive growth and creative possibilities of AI-generated video, and what it means for businesses and marketers in 2025. Learn more on the latest viral AI video sensations (like cats in the Olympics!), the rapid rise in quality and accessibility of tools like VO3 and Hailuo AI, and how AI is revolutionizing short-form content creation and ad personalization for every business.
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Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/
Hailuoai https://hailuoai.video/
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Ep. 337
There’s a free tool that can help your brand show up more in AI-powered search results!
Kipp dives into the new playbook for winning visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and the world of zero-click searches. Learn more on how to build a custom GPT to create AI-optimized content, the unique rules for ranking in AI search engines, and the essential best practices for dominating this next era of search.
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Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/
Claude https://claude.ai/
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Ep. 336
Is your organic traffic vanishing into the AI ether?
Kipp, Kieran, and Aja Frost (Sr. Director of Global Growth at HubSpot), dive into the huge disruption AI-powered search is having on SEO, and exactly how brands should respond if they want to stay visible in a world dominated by LLMs and AI overviews. Learn more on what’s changing in search, why LLM-driven AI search visitors are 4x more valuable than traditional search clicks, and get the playbook for optimizing your content and brand for AI-first discovery.
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Aja Frost https://x.com/ajavuu
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
Gemini https://gemini.google.com/
XFunnel https://www.xfunnel.ai/
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Ep. 335
Did you know that using the right AI prompt can turn a six-week creative project into a one-hour task?
Kipp and guest Jason Keath, author of “The Case for More Bad Ideas”, dive into how marketers and creators can harness the power of AI prompts to dramatically speed up – and upgrade – the creative process. Learn more on building a repeatable creative process, using AI as your ultimate creative collaborator, and five actionable AI prompts that take you from brainstorming to killer campaigns (including ad copy, content ideas, and feedback you actually need). Turn bad ideas into breakthrough marketing, iterate better, and save serious time – all in this episode!
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Jason Keath morebadideas.com
The Case for More Bad Ideas: The Counterintuitive Guide to Creativity https://a.co/d/7q5eqZA
Social Fresh https://socialfresh.com/
Claude https://claude.ai/
Gemini https://gemini.google.com/
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Ep. 334
For just $20 a month, you can have your own “Harvard MBA analyst” working inside your business.
Kipp and Kieran dive into the groundbreaking integration between HubSpot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT deep research, sharing why this changes the game for marketers and sales pros. Learn more on how AI-powered deep research can instantly level up sales, marketing, and customer operations with actionable insights, why this new era gives every business the ability to fully personalize sales and marketing at scale, and the exact prompts and strategies you can use to work faster, smarter, and more effectively than ever before.
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HubSpot https://www.hubspot.com/
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
Open AI’s Deep Research https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
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Ep 333
In five years will the majority of social video will be AI-generated?
Kipp, Kieran, and guest Gaurav Misra, of Captions, dive into the arrival of Mirage, a new AI video tool that turns 20 days of video production into 20 minutes of creative magic. Learn more on how AI-generated avatars will change the face of marketing for SMBs, why realism and acting are the key differentiators for engaging video, and practical ways you can use AI video for ads, product demos, social content, and SEO faster and at a fraction of the cost.
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Gaurav Misra https://www.linkedin.com/in/gamisra1/
Captions https://www.captions.ai/
Mirage https://www.captions.ai/mirage
ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/
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Ep 332
Is vibe marketing hype or the future of growth?
Kipp and Kieran dive into what marketing success looks like in the AI era, joined by Morning Brew founder Alex Lieberman. Learn more on why the old playbooks of search and email are falling short, how ‘vibe marketing’ is redefining how brands connect with audiences, and which skills and team structures actually matter for marketers looking to win in a world flooded with automation, AI, and lightning-fast creative execution.
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Alex Lieberman https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lieberman/
Morning Brew https://www.morningbrew.com/
Claude https://claude.ai/
Zapier https://zapier.com/
beehiiv https://www.beehiiv.com/
Cursor https://www.cursor.com/
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Ep. 331
“Claude’s superpower is connecting with other applications”.
Kipp and Kieran dive into the game-changing world of AI-powered marketing automation using Claude 4 Opus and app integrations. Learn more on supercharging your marketing workflows with Zapier integrations, using AI to simulate real-time team feedback, and why the future of marketing ops lies in harnessing connected AI models.
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Claude 4 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4
Claude’s Opus 4 https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus
Zapier https://zapier.com/
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Ep. 330
What if you could create a world-class presentation with just two AI prompts?
Kieran dives into how marketers, founders, and salespeople can harness the latest AI tools to instantly generate slide decks using proven expert frameworks. Learn more on selecting your ideal presentation type, using AI to tap into methodologies from the best in the business, and streamlining the entire process by plugging in brand style guides for pitch-perfect slides every single time.
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Genspark https://www.genspark.ai/
Claude’s Opus 4 https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus
Ramp https://ramp.com/intelligence
Asana https://asana.com/
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Ep. 329
What if you could create a world-class, MBA-level marketing course on AI with a single prompt—and for free?
Kieran dives into the exact prompt and process he used to build a $200k-value AI marketing curriculum in less time than a coffee break. Learn more on crafting custom AI courses tailored to your organization, building real-world hands-on AI lessons (not just theory), and unlocking insider methods to integrate AI across every facet of your marketing team.
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ChatGPT o3 https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
ChatGPT-4 Turbo https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4-turbo
OpenAI Tasks https://community.openai.com/t/new-feature-tasks-beta-rolling-out/1091180
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Ep. 328
Could an AI model be the world’s best creative director?
Kipp dives into how o3 can instantly generate ad campaigns that nail your brand style, why combining smart AI prompting with image generation gets unprecedented results, and what it means for the future of creative work. Learn more about seamlessly turning brand guides into campaigns, mastering AI prompt chains for marketing, and the top ways to use o3 as your high-skill creative partner.
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OpenAI’s o3 and o4 https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
HubSpot Style Guide https://offers.hubspot.com/create-brand-style-guide
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Ep. 327
Kieran dives into how marketers (and anyone) can use AI and just a few smart prompts to create a Prompt Engineer. Learn more on turning PDFs into practical marketing templates, building a custom AI prompt engineer for your specific business goals, and generating marketing tactics.
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Lee Boonstra’s Prompt Engineering PDF https://www.gptaiflow.tech/assets/files/2025-01-18-pdf-1-TechAI-Goolge-whitepaper_Prompt%20Engineering_v4-af36dcc7a49bb7269a58b1c9b89a8ae1.pdf
Claude https://claude.ai/
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
OpenAI https://openai.com/
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Ep. 326
What if you could replace (or supercharge) your entire marketing team in under 45 minutes?
Kipp and Kieran dive into how AI can build you an elite-level paid marketer, brand marketer, and product marketer, all powered by custom GPTs. Learn more on step-by-step instructions for creating expert marketing AI profiles, building custom GPTs that act as top-tier marketers, and how to leverage these virtual teammates to solve real business challenges—without hiring new humans.
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ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
Claude https://claude.ai/
DALL·E https://openai.com/index/dall-e-3/
Brian Balfour https://brianbalfour.com/
Slack https://slack.com/
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Ep. 325
What if you could be 10x more productive—just by letting AI organize your workday?
Kipp dives into how to leverage new AI assistants to automate your workflows, optimize your meetings, and finally banish daily chaos. Learn more on integrating Claude and ChatGPT with your Google tools, using AI to map and improve your daily routines, and building a custom personal assistant agent that keeps you one step ahead.
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Claude https://claude.ai/
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
Zapier https://zapier.com/
Make https://www.make.com/en
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Ep. 324
Did you know you can create a high-quality, on-brand pitch deck for your product in under 30 minutes—with almost no design work?
Kipp dives into how to instantly create standout pitch decks using AI, blending style, content, and speed like never before. Learn more on why most slide deck generators still suck, how to use tools like Genspark and ChatGPT to nail your brand’s look, and pro tips for turning AI-generated outlines into sales-ready presentations—all without spending hours in PowerPoint.
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Genspark https://www.genspark.ai/
ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/
Claude https://claude.ai/
Gemini https://gemini.google.com/
DeepSeek https://www.deepseek.com/
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Ep. 323
Did you know you can build a custom AI-powered marketing grader for any tactic in just minutes?
Kieran dives into the exact process he uses to instantly evaluate and improve marketing work with AI—from legendary copywriting principles to advanced product positioning feedback. Learn how to swipe timeless tactics, engineer prompts for your unique needs, and create a universal marketing grader to upgrade your product launches, landing pages, paid campaigns, and more.
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David Ogilvy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogilvy_(businessman)
HubSpot’s CRM https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm
Pipedrive https://www.pipedrive.com/
Gong https://www.gong.io/
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Ep. 322
What if you could steal the AI prompt library of any elite marketer—or even Albert Einstein or Elon Musk?
Kieran dives into how leveraging AI and prompt engineering can help marketers automate, scale, and transform their work in minutes. Learn more on building advanced prompt libraries for every marketing discipline, supercharging your teams with insights from legendary strategists, and using cutting-edge tools to unlock genius-level playbooks—no matter your level or background.
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Lenny’s Newsletter https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/
“Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609626/obsessed-by-emily-heyward/
“How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know” https://www.amazon.com/How-Brands-Grow-What-Marketers/dp/0195573560
Famous Prompts https://famousprompts.com/
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Ep. 321
How much time could you save if your creative team could generate weeks’ worth of campaign assets in just an hour?
Kipp and Kieran dive into the game-changing impact of OpenAI’s new o3 model for marketing teams, and why AI-generated creative is about to upend everything you thought you knew about fast, personalized content. Learn more on 5 non-obvious ways to use o3 for marketing, breakthroughs in rapid creative prototyping and testing, and the hidden superpowers of ChatGPT’s new memory and library features that make brand consistency and iteration effortless—even for the busiest teams.
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OpenAI o3 and o4 https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
ChatGPT Pro https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pro/
DALL·E https://openai.com/index/dall-e-3/
Sora https://openai.com/sora/
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