A growing share of Google searches now end without a click, as AI tools can now answer questions before potential buyers visit websites. The traditional marketing funnel assumed buyers would come to you. That playbook has changed.
HubSpot’s response is the LOOP, a continuous, four-stage methodology in which marketing learns from every interaction and compounds growth over time. Understanding it takes less time than your morning coffee. Implementing it correctly can transform how you generate demand.
Why linear marketing stopped working
Buyers complete almost all of their research before contacting sales. They’ll ask ChatGPT for recommendations, check Reddit for reviews, and watch YouTube demos. So when most searches now never leave Google because AI answers the question directly, traditional top-of-funnel tactics generate less traction.
Linear funnels can’t adapt. LOOP acknowledges that modern buyers engage across multiple channels in unpredictable sequences, and the best way to stay relevant is to learn continuously from every interaction.
The four stages
LOOP operates as a continuous cycle through four stages. Each builds on the previous one, and the entire loop feeds back into itself.
1. Express: Define your brand identity
Express establishes who you are before AI does. AI systems synthesize patterns from public content and brand signals. When prospects ask ChatGPT to recommend a solution in your space, the answer reflects whatever patterns the model found.
Express includes documenting your brand voice, ideal customer profile, and positioning with enough precision for AI to understand and reference them correctly. HubSpot’s brand identity tools let you create style guides that inform every piece of content, whether written by humans or AI.
The goal is that when platforms cite your expertise, they accurately represent your perspective.
2. Tailor: Personalize with data
Traditional personalization meant inserting a first name in an email. Tailor uses unified customer data to make every interaction contextually relevant.
Your CRM knows which pages prospects visited, which emails they opened, which products they researched. Tailor connects that data to create experiences that feel personally crafted. A landing page changes based on industry. An email adapts based on behavior. A chat response reflects where the prospect sits in their decision process.
HubSpot’s Smart CRM and AI-powered segmentation tools build audiences based on intent signals rather than just demographics. The system learns which messages resonate with which segments and adjusts accordingly.
3. Amplify: Diversify across channels
Amplify pushes you beyond owned channels. Modern buyers discover solutions through creator partnerships, community discussions, and AI-powered search. Amplify means showing up where buyers actually spend time, not just where you want them to go.
This includes optimizing content for AI Engine Optimization so ChatGPT and Perplexity cite you as the authoritative source. It means repurposing content across formats: blog posts become video scripts, webinars become social snippets, case studies become podcast talking points.
Optimizing content for AI retrieval and citation is a growing practice, though not formalized as a universal discipline yet. HubSpot helps you stay ahead of this rapidly-changing curve. Its Content Remix tools transform existing assets into multiple formats, while other tools help you optimize for AI visibility alongside traditional SEO.
4. Evolve: Iterate in real time
Evolve replaces quarterly reviews with continuous optimization. Instead of six-month campaigns evaluated after launch, you measure performance in real time, run rapid experiments, and adjust immediately based on what works.
AI helps you model expected performance before campaigns launch. Email engagement optimization provides predictive performance insights before you hit “send.” A/B testing runs continuously across headlines, CTAs, and audience segments. Each test makes the next campaign sharper.
The feedback loop tightens with every rotation. What you learn in one cycle informs how you Express, Tailor, and Amplify in the next.
How it compounds
The power of LOOP comes from repetition. First rotation: you establish baseline performance and gather initial data. Second rotation: you apply what you learned and see modest improvements. Fifth rotation: your targeting is sharper, your content resonates more, your conversion rates climb. Twentieth rotation: you’ve built a system that learns faster than competitors can copy.
Companies running LOOP effectively see campaigns launch in days instead of months, deeper customer connections through data-driven personalization, and continuous improvement as AI learns from every interaction.
What industrial firms should know
Most industrial companies still run quarterly campaigns with annual planning cycles. Marketing creates content, waits months to measure results, then adjusts the next campaign based on lagging indicators.
LOOP inverts this model. You launch smaller tests continuously, measure immediately, and adjust in real time. Your content strategy evolves weekly based on which technical topics generate engagement. Your sales enablement materials update monthly based on which objections prospects raise most frequently. Your service team’s insights feed back to marketing within days, not quarters.
For energy and industrial firms selling complex solutions with long sales cycles, LOOP creates a competitive advantage by delivering faster. While competitors run annual brand refreshes, you’re iterating weekly. While they guess which messages will resonate, you’re continuously testing and learning.
Implementing LOOP
1. Start with Express
Document your brand voice, ideal customer profile, and positioning clearly enough that anyone on your team can create on-brand content. Convert these standards into reusable templates.
2. Move to Tailor
Use your CRM data to segment audiences by behavior and intent, not just company size or industry. Build dynamic content that adapts based on how prospects engage.
3. Add Amplify channels incrementally
Pick one new distribution channel per quarter: creator partnerships, community engagement, or AI optimization. Master it before adding the next.
4. Build Evolve into your weekly rhythm
Set aside 30 minutes every Monday to review performance data, identify what worked, and adjust current campaigns accordingly.
The mistake most companies make is trying to perfect all four stages simultaneously. Start with one stage, get it working, then add the next.
Whether you’re running annual campaigns that feel too slow, struggling to personalize at scale, or ready to build a system that learns continuously, HexaGroup can help you move from theory to a proven growth platform so that you can take flight faster.
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