Trash AI Content, Experimental Budgets, and TikTok for B2B: Ross Simmonds Unfiltered
If you’ve ever stared down a sea of bland AI content and whispered, “Is this my job now?”, you’ll enjoy this master’s take: “The amount of blog posts that are written with AI is at an all-time high… And all of it is trash.”
The actual recession marketing tactics that helped brands survive + how your team can implement them
In 2020, I interviewed Andrea Lisbona for Forbes about her less than two-year-old hand sanitizer brand, Touchland. The pandemic was wreaking havoc and the very green startup needed to act quickly and smartly. That they did — tightening their marketing strategy to meet the demands of the times. It was a real-time masterclass in surviving […]
The unconventional, scrappy tactics I used to grow a newsletter to 40K subscribers
You know that moment when you stumble on a brilliant growth tactic hidden in a Reddit thread or buried deep in a comment section? That’s the kind of stuff I live for.
I run a zero-employee marketing agency entirely with AI tools — here’s how
A few years ago, I was head of content at a health insurance company — a role that required a team of full-time employees and freelancers to get the job done. But once ChatGPT hit the scene, I realized I could strike out on my own.
The HubSpot Blog’s AI Trends for Marketers Report [key findings from 1,000+ marketing pros]
With 66% of marketers globally using artificial intelligence in their roles, it’s no longer a matter of if you should use AI but how. How are other marketers (and your competition) using AI? How can you use AI ethically?
Social media image sizes (2025 update) for every platform
When clients first started asking me to handle their social media, I figured the image part would be easy. Create one clean graphic, upload it across platforms, and the tools would adjust everything automatically. Boy, was I wrong.
The state of inclusive marketing in 2025 [new data + expert insight]
Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
AI can boost conversions from your web page — HubSpot’s CMO shows you how [tutorial]
Look, we‘ve all been there — you know your website could be converting better, but figuring out exactly what to fix feels like solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded. You‘re running A/B tests, analyzing heat maps, and guessing at what’s actually going to move the needle.
Zappi’s CMO shares her secrets for building AI agents that nail brand voice, manage compliance, and more
“I tried using AI for our marketing content, but it just doesn’t sound like us.”
Are blogs dead? I asked 10 marketing experts
Every few years, a new channel takes center stage — short-form video, podcasting, or AI-generated content — and people start asking the same question: “Are blogs dead?”