Marketing Against The Grain

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Ep 430

55% of buyers of a $10 playbook became paying users for Beehive, driving massive business value.

Kipp and Tyler Denk (Co-Founder and CEO of beehiiv) dive into how founder-led content, owned audiences, and strategic digital products can supercharge growth—even without massive scale. Learn more on the power of email as a direct, owned channel, building trust and community through transparency, and why even niche, high-intent audiences can unlock serious monetization and brand loyalty in the creator economy.

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Tyler Denk https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk


beehiiv https://www.beehiiv.com/


Morning Brew https://morningbrewinc.com/


Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/


Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/


David Senra https://www.davidsenra.com/


Loop: Outlearn. Outmarket. Outgrow. https://a.co/d/03y0GZHi

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Ep. 425

You can create a second brain in 15 minutes and for free.

Kipp and Matt Wolfe (Future Tools) dive into how to build your own "second brain" using tools like Obsidian and Codex, so you can finally make use of all the information you’re gathering. Learn more on setting up a personal wiki to organize your knowledge, harnessing AI-powered agents to automate and interlink content, and turning your information hoarding into proactive recommendations and smarter business decisions.

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Matt Wolfe https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-wolfe-30841712/


Future Tools https://futuretools.io/


Obsidian https://obsidian.md/


Obsidian Web Clipper https://obsidian.md/clipper


Codex https://openai.com/codex/


Claude Code https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview


Cursor https://cursor.com/


Andrej Karpathy https://karpathy.ai/


Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/


Notion https://www.notion.com/

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Ep. 427

Are Dhar Mann videos more therapeutic than talking to friends, family, or even a therapist?

Kipp, Kieran, and guest Dhar Mann (founder of Dhar Mann Studios), dive into how brands can unlock explosive growth and deep audience connection. Learn more about what it takes to move hearts and communities through storytelling, how to balance emotional connection versus gaming the platform algorithm, and the step-by-step HEART framework that transforms content into impact.

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Dhar Mann https://www.youtube.com/@DharMann


What Happens Next - The Dhar Mann Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR9M5Nh-CftZxJZqfcNnIYw/featured


Adobe Premiere https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html


Loop: Outlearn. Outmarket. Outgrow https://a.co/d/0bliMe9t

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Ep. 429

Is AI-powered data analysis light years away from replacing humans? 

Kipp and guest Sundas Khalid (data science and AI leader) dive into how agentic analytics is transforming data science, what human judgment still brings to the table, and how to master cutting-edge AI tools for your work.  Learn more on how to leverage Codex and other AI tools for real-world data analysis, the crucial mindset shifts and skills every data-driven professional needs, and why asking the right questions—and validating AI output—will set you apart in the age of agentic analytics.

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Sundas Khalid https://www.youtube.com/sundaskhalid


Codex https://openai.com/codex/


Gemini https://gemini.google.com/


Claude https://claude.ai/

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Ep. 428

93% of searches in Google’s new AI mode end without a single click—are your SEO dashboards lying to you?

Kipp dives into Google’s biggest search overhaul in 25 years and what it means for marketers and businesses. Learn more on why keyword ranking is dead, how AI-driven search is changing consumer behavior, and the three strategies you need to shift your marketing for the new era of AI-powered search.

Mentions


Logan Kilpatrick https://x.com/OfficialLoganK


Google I/O https://io.google/2026/


ICODA https://icoda.io/

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