# Marketing Against the Grain

- **Website:** <https://marketingagainstthegrain.com>
- **Primary alias:** `marketingagainstthegrain.com`

## Description

Marketing Against the Grain is a HubSpot marketing publication and learning community for professionals looking for practical insights and unconventional ways to grow. It brings together more than 150,000 marketers and explores strategies that challenge conventional thinking, with coverage spanning bold marketing strategy, audience intelligence, smart systems, community building, actionable tactics, and applied AI.

The publication offers articles, a newsletter, a podcast, YouTube content, and free resources. Its reporting and expert perspectives address topics such as brand voice, audience growth, events, conversion optimization, social platforms, and the use of AI in marketing. Readers can also access practical materials, including a free guide with 60 ready-to-use Claude workflows for campaign planning, content creation, reporting, and strategy.

Marketing Against the Grain emphasizes lessons from real marketers and experiments, aiming to make ideas useful in day-to-day work. Its content is designed to help marketers sharpen their thinking, improve campaigns, and adapt to changing tools and audience expectations. Visitors can subscribe to the newsletter or join the community for ongoing insights and resources.

## Industries

- 📊 Business and Consumer Services
- 📊 Marketing and Advertising _(under Business and Consumer Services)_
- 📰 News and Media

## Links

- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/hubspot-masters-in-marketing)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/marketingatg)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idEOumISqH/w/250/h/53/theme/light/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1791003974808)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idEOumISqH/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1791003975158)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pearl Lusta | #fcead7 | accent |
| Mine Shaft | #1f1f1f | dark |
| Atomic Tangerine | #ffa766 | light |

## Fonts

- HubSpot Sans — asset _(custom)_
- HubSpot Sans — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idEOumISqH/w/1584/h/396/idyXPriEyy.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1791003974964)

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