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AI Is Not Replacing Marketers. It Is Replacing The Blank Page.

Written by Mark Hullin | Nov 12, 2025 8:00:01 AM

How HubSpot’s Content Assistant Turns Ideas Into Campaigns In Minutes

There is a moment every marketer dreads.

You open a blank Google Doc.
The cursor blinks.
You know what you want to say, but your brain has absolutely no intention of co-operating.

You tell yourself you are brainstorming.
In reality, you are procrastinating.

We romanticise the creative process as if inspiration shows up wearing a cape.
But most of the time, creativity starts with frustration. The blank page is not a workspace. It is a wall.

This single moment is the reason so many campaigns are delayed.
Not strategy.
Not design.
Not approvals.

The blank page.

HubSpot’s new Content Assistant AI changes that single moment.
Instead of starting from nothing, you start from something.
A first draft. A structure. A headline. A hook.

AI is not replacing marketers.
It is replacing the blank page.

For the first time, Content Assistant makes writing the fastest part of campaign execution, not the slowest.

This blog will show:

  • what Content Assistant does
  • how it works in a real campaign
  • where humans still matter
  • how teams use it to build full campaigns in hours, not days

And if you want to see it live, we are running a webinar where we build a complete campaign in HubSpot using AI agents.

 

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The lie marketers have been sold about AI

There is so much noise around AI that it has become hard to decode what any tool actually does. We get dramatic statements like:

  • AI will replace writers
  • AI will kill creativity
  • AI will automate your entire marketing department

None of that is true.
At least, not with HubSpot Content Assistant.

HubSpot’s AI agent does not try to be a genius.
Instead, it tries to be a starter.

You still set:

  • the strategy
  • the message
  • the tone
  • the customer insight
  • the call to action

AI’s job is to give you a starting point so that your brain can focus on shaping, not generating.

What AI has eliminated is not creativity.
It has eliminated the blank page.

That is why marketers who use HubSpot AI stop asking:

"What should I write?"

and instead ask:

"Which version should we use?"

The shift is not in what gets created.
The shift is in how quickly teams reach the first draft.

 

 

Why Content Assistant is different from ChatGPT

You might be thinking:

Isn’t this just ChatGPT inside HubSpot?

No.
And here is the difference.

ChatGPT writes content in isolation.
It has no idea:

  • what campaign you are building
  • who the persona is
  • what the CTA is
  • what emails or social posts connect to the landing page you are drafting

HubSpot Content Assistant writes in context because it:

  • uses CRM data
  • knows what asset you are working on
  • understands where it fits in the campaign

Example:

  • You are writing a landing page
  • Content Assistant automatically generates email variations that match the landing page copy
  • It then generates social variations aligned to the same campaign tone

ChatGPT could never do that.

HubSpot is not an AI writing tool.
HubSpot is a campaign building environment where AI writes inside the workflow.

Content Assistant does not generate content.
It generates cohesion.

 

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The problem it solves is not writing. It is starting.

Marketing leaders often assume the slowest part of campaign creation is:

  • design
  • approvals
  • automation

But the real bottleneck is always the start.

Example scenario:

  1. CMO: We need a landing page, a nurture sequence and social promos.
  2. Copywriter: Sure. I will get started as soon as I finish this other thing.
  3. Days pass.

Not because writing takes long.
Because creating something from nothing takes long.

With Content Assistant:

  • You click Generate draft
  • HubSpot produces the first version
  • Then you edit, improve and approve

This flips the workload.

Instead of typing, you are refining.

That is where marketers add the highest value.

 

 

What building a campaign looks like using HubSpot Content Assistant

Here is an actual example.

Asset 1: Landing Page

You click:

Generate landing page copy

HubSpot produces:

  • headline options
  • subheadlines
  • hero paragraph
  • key bullet points
  • CTA variations

You edit tone, messaging and clarity.

Time: 4 minutes.

 

Asset 2: Email Sequence

Instead of starting again, you click:

Repurpose for email

HubSpot drafts emails that match the landing page messaging.

Time: 8 minutes.

 

Asset 3: Social Posts

You highlight the email or landing page text and select:

Write social variations

HubSpot creates 5 to 10 variations with different tones:

  • curiosity
  • direct CTA
  • provocative
  • storytelling
  • emotional

Time: 3 minutes.

 

Summary Table

Campaign Asset

AI Draft Time

Human Editing Time

Landing page copy

40 seconds

6 minutes

Email sequence (3 emails)

2 minutes

14 minutes

Social promos

1 minute

8 minutes

Final review and publishing

0

45 minutes

Total campaign build time: 73 minutes

AI generated the draft.
Humans supplied the alignment, tone and authority.

That is what AI should do.

 

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Where humans still matter

Here is the truth that nobody selling AI will tell you:

AI cannot decide what matters.
Only humans can.

AI cannot:

  • choose the strategy
  • understand organisational politics
  • connect messaging to commercial outcomes

AI can write the email.
Only you can ensure it drives revenue.

AI can generate a hook.
Only you know if that hook resonates with your ICP.

Your value is not disappearing.
Your value is moving.

From typing content
to making decisions

 

 

What happens to your team after adoption

These are the changes we see in every company that adopts HubSpot Content Assistant:

  • Campaign quantity increases
  • Messaging consistency improves
  • Workloads reduce
  • Time to value shrinks
  • Strategy becomes the focus

Marketing leadership stops measuring output, and starts measuring outcomes.

Teams shift from:

  • multiple tools
  • multiple documents
  • multiple workflows

to: One platform. One campaign. One AI that drafts across every stage.

 

If you want to see Content Assistant build a campaign live, join our webinar.

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