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25 Sep 2026
Marketing never had a system of record. Agents make that a problem.
The CRM records contacts and the ad platform records spend, but nothing records what marketing tried and learned. Why that gap gets worse once agents propose campaigns, and how we built Growth Method so the campaign is the record and the conversation is the log.
25 Sep 2026
Changing How a Marketing Team Works Is a Culture Change, Not a Tool Change
Moving a marketing team from calendar-driven projects to a continuous plan, launch, analyse loop is a culture change, and successful teams are the hardest to change. FreshBooks had to build a secret competitor to do it. Here is why, and what marketing leaders should take from it.
25 Sep 2026
Mailchimp MCP Server: Is There an Official One? Setup & Alternatives Compared
Mailchimp's only official MCP server covers Transactional email (Mandrill). The Marketing API most marketing teams actually want has no official server — here's how the community options compare.
25 Sep 2026
Stripe MCP Server: What It Is, the Tools It Exposes, and How to Set It Up
Stripe ships an official MCP server two ways: a hosted OAuth server at mcp.stripe.com and a local, open-source Agent Toolkit server. Here's what each exposes, how to set them up, and a change landing 31 October 2026 you need to know about.
24 Sep 2026
Monday.com MCP Server: Official vs Third-Party Setup Guide
Monday.com ships an official hosted MCP server, a local apps-mode variant, and an established third-party option. Compare all three, plus setup steps and FAQs.
24 Sep 2026
Segment MCP Server: Comparing Every Option for AI Agents in 2026
Segment has no official MCP server yet. Compare Composio, StackOne, Pipedream, Activepieces and the open-source option for connecting AI agents to your CDP.
22 Sep 2026
Asana MCP Server: Official vs Third-Party Setup Guide
Asana now ships an official MCP server. Compare it against the established third-party alternative, plus setup steps and FAQs.
19 Sep 2026
Semrush MCP Server: Connect Semrush to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
Semrush MCP is Semrush's official, hosted Model Context Protocol server for its SEO, Trends and Projects APIs, live in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini-era Antigravity and Perplexity. What it covers, how it authenticates, which plans include it, and how it compares with the community Semrush servers and DataForSEO MCP.
19 Sep 2026
Salesforce MCP Server: Does Salesforce Have One? Setup & Options Compared
Salesforce actually ships four separate things called an MCP server: Hosted MCP Servers (GA April 2026), Agentforce's native MCP client (Beta), the developer-only Salesforce DX MCP Server (Beta), and the Marketing Cloud Engagement MCP Server (GA June 2026). Here's what each does, how to set them up, and how they compare.
16 Sep 2026
From Forward Deployed Engineer to Forward Deployed Marketer
A forward deployed engineer embeds with one customer and builds inside their real environment. Here is where the role came from, how it differs from a GTM engineer, and why the deployment is now running the other way, with marketers taking on the engineering.
16 Sep 2026
Moz Data MCP Server: Domain Authority and Keyword Data in Claude and ChatGPT
Moz Data is Moz's official, hosted, read-only MCP server for the Moz API: Domain Authority, Page Authority, Spam Score, links, ranking keywords and keyword metrics in Claude, ChatGPT and Claude Code. What the 28 tools cover, how rows and pricing work, how it differs from Moz Pro, and a real campaign we ran from it.
14 Sep 2026
Linear MCP Server: Official Setup Guide for Marketing and Growth Teams
Linear runs an official hosted MCP server at mcp.linear.app. Here's how to set it up in Claude, Cursor and VS Code, how it compares to community servers, and when to use each.
14 Sep 2026
Notion vs ClickUp for Marketing Teams (2026 Comparison)
Notion vs ClickUp for marketing teams: compare task management, pricing, AI agents and analytics integrations to pick the right workspace in 2026.
Updated21 Sep 2026
Do Things That Don't Scale (Marketing Edition)
Paul Graham's "Do Things That Don't Scale" was written for founders, but marketers need it more. Five unscalable habits for B2B marketing teams, and why automating too early scales a message nobody has tested.
14 Sep 2026
Intercom MCP Server: Is There an Official One? (Now Under Fin)
Yes - Intercom runs an official remote MCP server at mcp.intercom.com, now maintained by Fin after Intercom's 2026 rebrand. How it works, security considerations, and marketing use cases.
4 Sep 2026
Microsoft Clarity MCP Server: Ask Claude Why Visitors Rage Click
Microsoft's official Clarity MCP server puts dashboard metrics and session recordings inside Claude, Cursor and Claude Code. What the three tools do, the daily request limit nobody mentions until they hit it, setup for each client, the prompts Microsoft recommends, and how it fits with Clarity's AI Visibility reports.
4 Sep 2026
Canva MCP Server: The AI Connector vs the Developer MCP Server Explained
Canva has two MCP servers, not one. Here's the difference between the AI Connector for ChatGPT and Claude, and the Developer MCP Server for building Canva Apps.
Updated25 Sep 2026
HubSpot MCP Server: Official Setup, CRM Tools & Alternatives Compared
HubSpot runs an official remote MCP server at mcp.hubspot.com, GA since April 2026, plus a separate local Developer MCP server. Here's the setup, the tools each exposes, and how community options compare.
4 Sep 2026
Webflow MCP Server: Connect Webflow to Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor
The Webflow MCP server connects your Webflow site to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor so you can build pages, update the CMS and query site analytics in plain English. Setup, tools, guardrails and what changed in MCP 2.0.

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