A marketer’s guide to choosing AI

“What’s better: Claude or ChatGPT?” is the mind-boggling question every marketer is asking right now. As AI tools become essential to content workflows, understanding the differences between Claude and ChatGPT for marketing can mean the difference between a streamlined operation and a frustrating bottleneck.

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Which tool delivers better ROI?

As businesses adjust to the new AEO landscape, marketers are seeing increasing convergence with marketing automation—HubSpot’s recent acquisition of Xfunnel signals this shift, bringing AI search optimization directly into the CRM ecosystem where attribution and revenue tracking happen.

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Marketing experiments every growth team should run

Every reliable tactic marketers now love, from video content to email marketing and blogging, was once a new experiment that early adopters tested and developed. Creating new marketing strategies is foundational to marketing, helping brands reach new customers and gather data that helps facilitate smarter business decisions.

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What We’re Building with Starter Story

  We have some big news: HubSpot Media is acquiring Starter Story, one of the most trusted and beloved media brands in the entrepreneurship space. If you’ve spent any time in the world of bootstrapped businesses, online startups, or the indie founder community, you already know what Starter Story is. But if this is your first introduction, buckle up, because …

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Our top picks for growing businesses

If you’re managing social media marketing without a social media scheduler, I’ve got one thing to say to you: You’re making your job harder than it needs to be. A social media scheduler eliminates the chaos of logging into multiple platforms, posting in real-time, and hoping you remembered to hit publish at the right moment — freeing you to focus …

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How to win with a small budget in 2026

In a past work life, I stole search rank positions #1 and zero and even featured snippets from much larger companies, including HubSpot. That’s why I firmly believe bootstrapped small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB) can compete with big-budget corporations. Strategies like SEO, social media, and generative engine optimization for small business make it possible.

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24 generative engine optimization statistics marketing leaders should know

I never thought I‘d see the day when “Googling” something and sifting through links would become passé. But, like many marketers over the last year, I’m seeing a massive shift in how people find brands, products, and answers online. More and more consumers are getting their answers directly from AI platforms like ChatGPT, and marketers are leveraging generative engine optimization …

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