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Field notes from the agency.

Essays, playbooks, and field notes on building intelligence layers for B2B companies — by the team that ships them.

UpdatedWeekly · Mondays
Authored byImpulse team · 6 contributors
FormatLong-form · 5–13 min reads

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FIG. 01

Have Buyer Personas? The Tailor Stage of Loop Marketing Needs More

The age of broad-stroke marketing is officially over. For years, we’ve relied on industry profiles and buyer personas, but in an era ...

Remington Begg · Sep 13, 2025
FIG. 02
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

Google's AI Mode is Coming: Your Survival Guide for the Biggest Search Disruption in a Decade

A storm is gathering over the digital landscape, and it has nothing to do with ChatGPT. If you've seen a dip in your website traffic, ...

Remington Begg · Sep 7, 2025
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Inbound Marketing

HubSpot's 'Loop Marketing': Evolution, Not Revolution

As a HubSpot partner since 2012, we've had a front-row seat to the evolution of digital marketing. At Impulse Creative haven't just used ...

Remington Begg · Sep 4, 2025
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HubSpot Academy

Education-Led Growth: How a CRM-Native Academy Accelerates Your Go-to-Market Strategy

The role of corporate education has fundamentally changed. It's no longer a cost center but a primary engine for go-to-market (GTM) ...

Remington Begg · Aug 27, 2025
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Marketing Strategy

The Unified Metric: A Framework for Proving (and Comparing) Marketing ROI.

Justifying your marketing budget can feel like a constant battle. You know your organic content drives real growth, but how do you prove it ...

Remington Begg · Aug 26, 2025
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A Growth Strategy that is Hiding in Plain Sight [Unstructured Data]

In 2025, marketers are drowning in data but starving for insights. The key to unlocking your next wave of growth isn't in another dashboard ...

Remington Begg · Aug 18, 2025
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Content Marketing

The GTM Trifecta: Your Winning Strategy in the New AI-Powered "Zero Moment of Truth"

In today’s market, your go-to-market strategy must evolve to address the new "zero-click" reality, a world where AI overviews and Large ...

Remington Begg · Aug 15, 2025
FIG. 08

"BLUF and Semantic Chunking": A Modern Content Method for Marketers in the AI Era

In the digital era, marketing leaders face a central challenge: cutting through the noise. With audiences drowning in content and attention ...

Remington Begg · Aug 13, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Future is Omni-Channel: A Call to Action for Your Go-To-Market in the AI Era.

We spend a lot of time paying attention to our own analytics and business metrics and digging into our clients' accounts, and a stark ...

Remington Begg · Aug 12, 2025
FIG. 10
RevOps

On-Demand, Always-On, Agentic: The 3-Layer AI Strategy for Sustainable Growth

The playbook is broken. If you're a business leader, you feel it every day; the ground is shifting, and the strategies that fueled a decade ...

Remington Begg · Aug 9, 2025
FIG. 11 Imagine an assistant that not only provides helpful information but also works tirelessly to serve your employees, delight your customers, and guide prospects through their journey with personalized, intelligent interactions.
Conversational Marketing

Supercharge Your HubSpot: 9 Custom AI Agents to Create an Unforgettable Customer Experience

Your HubSpot portal is the central nervous system of your business, but are you using it to its full potential? All your customer, content, ...

Remington Begg · Jul 25, 2025
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SEO

Looking ahead in 2026: Your Marketing Plays for the New AI-Powered Search Era

As you begin to architect your 2026 strategic goals, a seismic shift is occurring in the digital landscape that demands your immediate ...

Remington Begg · Jul 22, 2025
FIG. 13
SEO

ChatGPT Agent & Perplexity Comet Have Arrived: Why a 36% AI-Readiness Gap Should Get Your Attention.

For years, the playbook for a successful website was clear. First, we optimized for human connection, building digital brochures that told ...

Remington Begg · Jul 18, 2025
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Social Media

The Marketing Time Machine: 18 Throwbacks of 2007 and 6 Trends Roaring Back

Step into a time machine and set the dial for 2007. The very first iPhone was about to be revealed, a curiosity that would soon change how ...

Remington Begg · Jul 8, 2025
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Social Media

Feeling the Squeeze from Slack and Facebook? It’s Time to Rethink Your Community’s Home

We care a lot about security and appreciate that data privacy is a challenging world to navigate right now... but you shouldn't be at the ...

Remington Begg · Jun 27, 2025
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Website Design

Introducing the CLEAR Framework - The New Dual-Audience Dilemma: AI Agent + Humans

For decades, sales and marketing teams relied on frameworks like BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline) to qualify leads. But their ...

Remington Begg · Jun 24, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Beyond the 404: Navigating AI Hallucinations for Higher Conversions

AI is rapidly changing the digital landscape, impacting everything from how users find information to how businesses measure success. ...

Remington Begg · Jun 17, 2025
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HubSpot CRM

Unlocking ROI: 5 Must-Do Steps to Deploying HubSpot's AI Customer Agent

The buzz around AI-powered customer agents, especially HubSpot's new offering, is undeniable. The promise of instant, 24/7 support is a ...

Remington Begg · Jun 13, 2025
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SEO

Marketing Playbook Becoming Obsolete? A Leader's Guide to Winning in the AI Era

The comfortable, data-drenched world we've known for two decades is giving way to something new, something that feels surprisingly... old. ...

Remington Begg · Jun 10, 2025
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HubSpot

Urgent PSA: The Hidden Costs of HubSpot's New 'Smart Fields'

The world of SaaS is buzzing with AI innovation, and HubSpot is right at the forefront. Last week, the company officially retired "Breeze ...

Remington Begg · Jun 10, 2025
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HubSpot

Understanding HubSpot's New Credit System: A Breakdown of the Changes

HubSpot has recently rolled out a new credit system, transitioning from "Breeze credits" to "HubSpot credits." This change has left some ...

Remington Begg · Jun 6, 2025
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Blogging

Beyond the Screen: Why Our Marketing Must Diversify (Now) in the AI Era

The marketing landscape is undergoing an undeniable transformation, driven by forces that demand an urgent diversification of our ...

Remington Begg · Jun 3, 2025
FIG. 23
Conversational Marketing

Unlocking HubSpot's Customer Agent: What You Need to Know About The New HubSpot Credits (Formerly Breeze Credits) Rollout

HubSpot's Customer Agent, a powerful generative AI tool, is becoming more widely available today (June 2nd), offering an exciting ...

Remington Begg · Jun 2, 2025
FIG. 24

deckerdevs Joins Forces with Impulse Creative

Impulse Creative, a leading full-service agency and HubSpot partner, is pleased to announce its merger with deckerdevs. Led by HubSpot ...

Remington Begg · May 29, 2025
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HubSpot

Beyond Training: 6+ Ways to Supercharge Your Go-To-Market Strategy with an LMS

In today's competitive landscape, a powerful Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy is non-negotiable. It's your roadmap for launching products, ...

Remington Begg · May 25, 2025
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Social Media

ChatGPT Helped Me Fix My Parents AC Unit: How Generative AI is Reshaping Decisions

I want to share two recent experiences that dramatically illustrate how generative AI is becoming a powerful alternative to traditional ...

Remington Begg · May 21, 2025