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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

Content Marketing: You're Doing it Wrong

In the internet world after the Panda and Penguin algorithms have been released, content marketing has been seen as a beacon of hope to ...

Remington Begg · Nov 3, 2015
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SEO

How the Use of Lexicons Can Improve Your SEO Strategy

Lexicons are words or phrases that correspond to someone's specific dialect. These changes in verbiage come about because of specific ...

Remington Begg · Oct 15, 2015
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Content Marketing

Understanding the Art of Storytelling in Content Marketing

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440. The first radio news program was broadcast in 1920, and the television became ...

Remington Begg · Aug 2, 2015
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Content Marketing

7 Tools Every Content Marketer Needs in their Toolkit

Being a content writer means a lot of things - researching industries you know nothing about, writing about several different topics each ...

Remington Begg · Aug 1, 2015
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Content Marketing

Fatal Content Marketing Mistakes That Are Holding Back Your Business

Content marketing is an important element in inbound marketing, and it’s something that your business can’t afford to ignore. Unlike ...

Remington Begg · Jul 22, 2015
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Content Marketing

Fact or Fiction: 5 Content Marketing Myths Debunked

Content marketing has grown in popularity over the past several years, and the term is thrown around a lot in inbound marketing. After all, ...

Remington Begg · May 7, 2015
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Content Marketing

Why Spelling and Grammar Still Matter in Content Marketing

Have you ever read through a blog, article, or social media post and thought, "This post is pretty good, but all of these spelling and ...

Remington Begg · Feb 23, 2015
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Content Marketing

The 7 Best Gifts To Buy A Content Marketer

'Tis the season for joy and giving! Now that Thanksgiving has passed, you can start thinking about the best part of the year. Whether you ...

Remington Begg · Dec 4, 2014
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Content Marketing

How to Write E-mail Content to Avoid the Dreaded Spam Filter

What is the purpose of writing content? There are three main purposes: entertainment, information and promotion. The written word is the ...

Rachel Begg · Sep 5, 2014
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Content Marketing

Context Marketing vs. Content Marketing

TL;DR: Context marketing inserts timing into the equation so your great content marketing reaches the right person at the right time.

Rachel Begg · Apr 18, 2014
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Content Marketing

How Not to Be Creepy When Using HubSpot's Smart Content

Even if you’re brand new to the methodology behind inbound marketing, you’ve mostly likely heard of the term “smart content” as a tactic ...

Remington Begg · Apr 10, 2014
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Content Marketing

Content is Marketing’s DNA

If you paid attention in science class, you know that DNA is the biological molecule that’s responsible for coding the functioning and ...

Remington Begg · Apr 1, 2014
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SEO

Focus on Creative Content to Build a Highly Visible Web Presence

In part because of the fact that a staggering 93% of all online experiences begin with a trip to Google or another search engine, the ...

Rachel Begg · Jan 6, 2014
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Social Media

Top 9 Marketing Predictions for 2014

January 1 has come and gone, and many companies are looking to set sales goals and develop advertising campaigns that will carry them to ...

Rachel Begg · Jan 6, 2014
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SEO

6 Reasons to Incorporate Video into your SEO for 2014

As 2013 draws to a close, business owners are gearing up for next year and setting goals for 2014. Part of the strategy should include ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 30, 2013
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Content Marketing

Signs Your Website is Doing its Job or Needs Fine-Tuning

Is Your Website Naughty or Nice? Even if you’ve been a good business owner this year, your website could still get a lump of coal for being ...

Rachel Begg · Dec 26, 2013
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Inbound Marketing

The Vacuum Salesmen Pitch doesn't Work Anymore, and Why Sales People Need to Embrace Inbound Marketing

Gone are the days when you could go door to door to sell vacuums. How many people avoid opening the door for this guy? Today you have to ...

Rachel Begg · Oct 30, 2013
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Content Marketing

4 Website Elements that Help Gaining Your Visitors’ Trust

Gaining your website visitors’ trust is the basis of the success of your internet marketing. Your website should be a representation of ...

Rachel Begg · Apr 19, 2013
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Inbound Marketing

Super Bowl Commercials vs Inbound Marketing - More Alike Than You Know

Marketers are up against a growing fight... Today's consumers are getting better than ever at blocking out advertisements. From simply ...

Remington Begg · Feb 4, 2013
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Social Media

RIP Linked In Answers: What does it mean for Marketers

After looking through some reading on Mashable and hearing from Linked In about them stopping their "answers" portion of their website. At ...

Remington Begg · Jan 21, 2013
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SEO

Why High-Quality Content Matters: Improve Search Visibility With Cornerstone Content

A big part of SEO article marketing is publishing content on websites other than your own. By writing guest blog posts, distributing your ...

Remington Begg · Dec 5, 2012
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SEO

Is your Website Healthy? 3 Things to help your SEO

Have you paid any attention to Google's recent updates? If so, the main buzzwords that are getting your attention are Panda or Penguin. For ...

Remington Begg · Aug 6, 2012
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SEO

The Future of SEO for your Website: Content Marketing

Google is notorious about being vague with its SEO guidelines but one thing is very clear: Google wants high quality content so users get ...

Rachel Begg · Jul 20, 2012