Search no longer rewards keywords alone — it rewards clarity. Large language models now read, reason, and restate information, deciding which brands to quote when they answer. An AI search strategy adapts content for that shift, focusing on being understood...
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, people, places, or things — and connect them through the Knowledge Graph to interpret meaning...
What we learned building SalesBot — HubSpot’s AI-powered chatbot selling assistant
When I first joined HubSpot’s Conversational Marketing team, most of our website chat volume was handled by humans. We had a global team of more than a hundred live sales agents — Inbound Success Coaches (ISCs) qualifying leads, booking meetings,...
Setting up for better targeting
Automated email segmentation uses dynamic rules and real-time data to group contacts automatically, eliminating manual list updates while boosting campaign relevance. By connecting unified customer data, you can build segments that update based on behavior, lifecycle stage, or engagement, and...
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. I’ve created (and received) hundreds of personalized marketing assets in my day, and it’s crystal clear when something was created in a half-hearted...
Best AI workflow automation tools for growing businesses
AI workflow automation tools connect apps, data, and departments to execute tasks automatically — reducing manual work and improving efficiency across organizations. Unlike traditional rule-based automation, these tools use artificial intelligence to predict next steps, learn from outcomes, and continuously...
In 2026, the Most Differentiated B2B Teams Will Use Less AI, Not More
By Win Dean-Salyards, Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing By 2026, “AI-powered” will mean nothing in B2B. Every SaaS platform will have copilots. Every GTM team will run agents. Every roadmap will be padded with automation, predictions, and generated insight....
What marketers need to know now
Marketers use AEO and GEO interchangeably, but there is a difference, and that’s what will be defined and explained in this article. In brief, AEO optimizes content for answer boxes and voice search results, while GEO targets AI chatbot citations...
Content Marketing Trends 2026: How to Win When AI Takes Over
By Brittany Lieu, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Every year, content marketing predictions come out, and most of them feel familiar. More AI. More tools. More noise. They usually describe where things are headed, but not what it actually feels...
Building systems of trust in the age of AI while staying human at heart
When I joined HubSpot, I stepped into a rare position. I had already spent years as a customer, learning how to build systems creatively with the tools I had access to. Then, I joined the company with the responsibility of...


