Creating Video for Instagram: 13 Tips from Brands You Love [+ Examples]

Creating video for Instagram is one of my favorite marketing tasks. </span></span><!– end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code –></p> <p>From in-feed videos to Reels, Instagram Live, and…

What Were 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…

Top 7 use cases for AI personalization in marketing

As a marketer and consumer, few can explain the impact of AI personalization quite like yours truly. Executive Summary What is AI personalization? Why use…

Profound vs. Bluefish AI for AEO: Which tool wins for marketers?

If a brand is not visible in answer engines, it’s missing critical early-stage influence. According to McKinsey, 50% of consumers now use answer engines, and…

Do backlinks matter for AEO (answer engine optimization)?

Roughly 58% of consumers now use AI answer engines in their product research each week — and that number is rising fast. As AI-powered answer…

How to humanize AI content to rank, engage, and get shared

My first taste of AI was “SmarterChild” in the early 2000s. It was a chatbot you could have a “conversation” with when your real friends…

Loop Marketing software that grows with your business strategy

AI has drastically changed the marketing industry. From remapping the buyer’s journey to changing the way we analyze data, to reshaping how we connect with…

Entity-based SEO: An explainer for SEOs and content marketers

Entity-based SEO is a content optimization strategy built around concepts, relationships, and context rather than isolated keyword phrases. Search engines identify entities — distinct concepts,…

Scrunch vs Semrush: AI visibility or traditional SEO?

Scrunch vs Semrush comes down to one question: Do you need a dedicated AI visibility tool, or a full SEO suite that now tracks AI…

Campaign optimization strategies that actually work in 2026

Recent data shows that 88% of marketers now use AI every day to guide their biggest decisions, and for good reason. Marketing automation has been…