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.”
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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.
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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?
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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. Between cropped headers, stretched thumbnails, and text that disappeared on mobile, it didn’t take long to realize […]
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How to run a marketing campaign on a tight budget [expert tips & free tools]
Limited marketing budgets make marketers think creatively to get the most out of every cent. And those who see room for business growth rather than constraint create outstanding low-budget advertising campaigns. Surprisingly, many budget-friendly marketing ideas deliver a better return on investment than those that cost top dollar. The proof follows. I spoke to global […]
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Discrepancies experienced by Black content creators [new data + expert insights]
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 success. This piece is […]
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Using ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity for strategy
Since late 2024, major players in the chatbot game have been rolling out a deep research feature designed to provide what they call “expert-level analysis.” With a focus on multi-step research tasks and more source transparency, this new capability promises to deliver data-rich reports with applications in a variety of industries. Let’s explore what […]
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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?” It’s a fair question. After all, platforms evolve and audience habits shift. But the idea that blogs are irrelevant today? That’s a myth I was eager to investigate. […]
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36 landing page examples + conversion secrets from HubSpot strategists
Pretty landing page examples are nice to look at, but let’s be real: You want yours to convert well — which is exactly what these landing page examples do.
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What you’re doing wrong in your marketing emails [according to an email expert]
One of the hardest parts of our three-lesson format is deciding what NOT to include, and a lot of really useful advice is gathering dust in my Google Drive.
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