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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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Content Marketing

Does Content Length Matter?

In inbound marketing, content is king; we all know that. Your blogs, website, and other marketing strategies need to have remarkable ...

Remington Begg · Dec 20, 2015
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Inbound Marketing

4 Exciting Reasons Why You Should Start a Small Business in 2016

With the New Year comes a new you! But not everyone wants to lose 10 pounds, stop smoking, or meet new people. The best resolution is one ...

Remington Begg · Dec 19, 2015
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Understanding Your Leads

7 Ways to Usher in New Year Leads

Lead is defined as someone who has “shown interest in you and has filled out a form with more than just an email address, often for some ...

Remington Begg · Dec 18, 2015
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SEO

How To Attract the Most Millennial Shoppers This Holiday Season

Here’s a sobering fact for small business owners: Walmart’s 2014 sales were $343 million, Target’s totaled $72.6 million and Amazon’s ...

Remington Begg · Dec 17, 2015
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Inbound Marketing

5 Keys To Delivering The Best User Experience

Delivering the best user experience means you care about addressing and helping users reach their goals. Crafting a website that is ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 15, 2015
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Website Design

How to Use Photoshop: 6 Basic Things You Need to Know

Like “Google” and “Shop-Vac”, “Photoshop” is so popular it has actually become its own verb. It's one of the best known software ...

Remington Begg · Dec 14, 2015
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Marketing Strategy

Why Contextual Marketing is Essential To Your Business Goals

Not all of your customers are the same. They don’t have the same needs, they don’t approach your site with the same intent, nor do they ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 12, 2015
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Marketing Operations

5 Steps to Ensure Your Buyer Personas Stay Fresh

Evan if you have a limited understanding of the inbound methodology, you probably know how important buyer personas are. They are the ...

Remington Begg · Dec 11, 2015
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Inbound Marketing

How to Handle a Client Leaving

Breakups are never fun. Whether there was a big mistake on your end, they were poached by a competitor, or they simply no longer need the ...

Remington Begg · Dec 10, 2015
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Social Media

5 Festive Ways to Add the Holiday Spirit into Your Social Media

One of the best ways to keep your social media account both engaging your current followers and attracting new people is to share relevant ...

Remington Begg · Dec 9, 2015
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Social Media

Integrating Social Media Into Your Inbound Marketing Campaign

Incorporating a optimized social media presence into your inbound marketing campaign will help you gain and nurture your connections. An ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 6, 2015
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Email Marketing

How To Make Sure Your Next Email Marketing Campaign Is a Success

Email marketing is still an efficient tool for reaching your target audience. The fact that most consumers are obsessive when it comes to ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 5, 2015
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SEO

6 Reasons Why Your Landing Page is Not Converting

Landing pages. Whether you love them or hate them, they are an integral part of converting visitors to leads. Use best practices to ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 4, 2015
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Sales Strategy

Why Having Your Sales and Marketing Teams Collaborate Is A Great Thing

Rachel Begg · Dec 3, 2015
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SEO

3 Ways To Use SEO Keyword Strategy To Optimize Your Site

There may be a lot of buzz surrounding the constant updating of algorithms by Google, but when it comes to the best practices of boosting ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 3, 2015
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Content Marketing

5 Things You Need For Content Marketing Success Beyond Great Content

By now, you already know that great content is necessary for your inbound marketing success. Content is king! So you write some a few good ...

Remington Begg · Dec 2, 2015
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SEO

The Ultimate Guide to Meeting Mobile Users’ Needs

Recently, we discussed that Google released the guidebook they provide to their raters, giving SEO gurus their first true glimpse into ...

Remington Begg · Dec 1, 2015
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Inbound Marketing

3 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Inbound Marketing

Businesses, both locally and beyond, are jumping onto the idea of inbound marketing. And that’s great! Inbound marketing has been proven ...

Remington Begg · Nov 30, 2015
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Website Design

Beyond a Cool Design: 3 Questions Before Getting a New Website

We get a lot of questions about Impulse Creative when small businesses are frustrated that their websites aren’t converting people they way ...

Remington Begg · Nov 29, 2015
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Inbound Marketing

How to Make Black Friday Work for Your Brand

After Thanksgiving, the holiday season really heats up for many industries, beginning on the most infamous day of the year- Black Friday. ...

Remington Begg · Nov 25, 2015
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SEO

3 Things Small Businesses Should Know Before Planning an SEO Budget

The inbound marketing industry is all about ideas and strategies, and that’s very exciting for a small business who is looking forward to ...

Remington Begg · Nov 24, 2015
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Social Media

6 Tech Skills You Need in Any Industry

In today’s demanding job market, being tech-savvy isn’t a niche skill to put you ahead of the curve, it’s a necessity no matter which field ...

Remington Begg · Nov 21, 2015
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SEO

Google Just Released the Characteristics of a High Quality Page

For the first time ever, this week Google released the full version of its Search Quality Raters guidelines and handbook. Essentially it is ...

Remington Begg · Nov 20, 2015
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Social Media

Pinterest Launches New Search Function: 4 Things You Need To Know

Pinterest is one of the most widely used social media platforms on the internet, but often overlooked by small businesses in their social ...

Remington Begg · Nov 20, 2015
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SEO

6 Basics You May Be Leaving out of Your Inbound Marketing Strategy

The inbound methodology has quite a few key aspects to it, including doing your research to develop your buyer personas and then creating a ...

Remington Begg · Nov 19, 2015
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Social Media

Liking Your Own Post and 5 Other Things Not to Do on Facebook

Author's Note: This blog was last updated in 2015. Want more up-to-date social media tips? Read the following: LinkedIn Best Practices for ...

Remington Begg · Nov 18, 2015