Search is shifting again, and this time, AI is stirring the pot. GEO, AEO, and SEO all play into how answers are delivered, but they aren’t interchangeable. The rise of AI search optimization has businesses asking the right question: Will my company still show up when buyers go looking?
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At the September 2025 INBOUND Spotlight, HubSpot dropped a bomb – actually, a few hundred bombs. In mere hours, the software platform giant announced 200+ product updates and features, a Loop Marketing AI playbook for customers, and an AI Ready Partner Playbook for agencies. What does this all mean for your day-to-day? Or your marketing agency’s? To give you answers for 1, 3, and 5 years from now, I sat down with Justin Graci, manager of Partner GTM and enablement at HubSpot.
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HubSpot Spotlight is a twice-a-year event where the sales and marketing software giant unveils major features across its many hub platforms. We attended the summer/fall spotlight, held during HubSpot’s annual INBOUND marketing conference Sept. 2-5, 2025, in San Francisco – and, boy, do we have news to share with you.
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“Inbound marketing is the bee's knees! Unlike many other marketing strategies, inbound focuses on everything from getting noticed through delighting current customers. As you could guess, there are many moving parts to any successful inbound marketing strategy...some easy, minimal tasks, some time consuming, difficult tasks."
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Marketing requires a significant amount of time and effort. While there are tools available to help maximize your effort, you might still hesitate to use them - how much does inbound marketing actually cost?
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If you're a marketer, you know how important your work is to generating sales, leads, and sign-ups. Proving to the “powers that be” that your content or campaign sparked that eventual revenue opportunity? Not as easy. And if you're using multiple software platforms to gain traction with customers, it can become even more confusing to track where all these conversions originated. That's where an attribution tool comes in and can be a critical component when analyzing user behavior from start to finish.
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Modern marketers know that calls-to-action (CTAs) are powerful tools for guiding users toward conversion. CTAs support goals like increasing traffic, generating leads, and encouraging certain behaviors at key decision points.
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Ever stared at an intricate piece of machinery and wondered how all the parts sync together to create an impactful whole?
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You can have the best content in the world, but it won’t mean anything if people can’t find it! Ranking well on Google search results pages is the best way to ensure visibility for your website. Sometimes it's necessary to go back to the basics of SEO (search engine optimization), because ultimately the groundwork needs to be laid for success to follow.
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Today, even B2B buyers expect e-commerce functionality from their vendors. You’re likely no exception. Historically, many B2Bs avoided e-commerce altogether or cobbled together solutions with WordPress plugins like WooCommerce. Others leaned on HubSpot’s limited payment features to get by.
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If you are executing digital marketing, congratulations! You are most likely already one step ahead of your competition, and making strides to meaningfully connect with prospects online. But, how do you know if you’re seeing continual success year over year, and improving your metrics?
Without the tools in place to analyze and benchmark your efforts, it is impossible to scale your online marketing and ensure continuous success.
