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Topic: AI and search. Recorded on 23 October 2026.

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Kieran Flanagan

SVP of Marketing, HubSpot

On how AI search summaries are reshaping content marketing strategy for companies

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The SVP of Marketing at HubSpot raises how AI search summaries, falling form fills and weaker email response are pushing content marketing toward creator programs, founders with a distinct point of view, and original work. A reader can take the sequence from it: the piece sets a set of falling channel signals beside the tactics it lists as replacements, with a couple of company examples as support. Our reading is that teams whose pipeline leans on gated blog content and email nurture could use it to test how exposed that mix is. The figures are stated without sources, the examples come from two companies, and the post is cut off, so it cannot show that creator programs would work for a smaller brand, a niche market or a sales-led motion.

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