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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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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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Inbound Marketing

How to Write a CTA in 2024

Writing that compels someone to take action is kind of like magic. When you write it right, the reader is hooked, directed, and acting ...

Remington Begg · Apr 23, 2024
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Social Media

3 Inbound Marketing Trends to Fall in Love with for 2024

Every blog post or email offers the chance to generate leads. Each channel offers a chance to produce content that can educate, entertain, ...

Remington Begg · Dec 21, 2023
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Inbound Marketing

Traditional Conversion Paths are So Yesterday - Enter the Conversion Strategy

A conversion path is a journey planned by marketers and/or website developers to connect steps you want visitors to take through your ...

Remington Begg · Dec 1, 2023
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Inbound Marketing

17+ Best Practices for Smarter Landing Page Optimization

A high-converting landing page requires a baker-like calibration to achieve your goal. Let’s break down the ingredients (aka our best ...

Remington Begg · Aug 3, 2023
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Inbound Marketing

How to Attract New Customers with Inbound Marketing

TL;DR: Making it easy for your audience to find the great content that lives on your website (in blogs, pillar pages, and premium content) ...

Remington Begg · Dec 22, 2022
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Inbound Marketing

10 Stats to Prove Digital Marketing is Worth the Investment

TL;DR: Your audience is online more than any other media channel, so you should be too. Content that entertains, educates, and informs is a ...

Cathy Roth · Nov 11, 2022
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Inbound Marketing

5 Inbound Marketing Tactics for Your Next Campaign

TL;DR: You can start using inbound marketing techniques today! Once you figure out your buyer personas, you can create intentional content ...

Remington Begg · Nov 3, 2022
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Inbound Marketing

What Inbound Marketing Is and Isn't

TL;DR: Inbound marketing is not a trend, but a person-driven, tactical strategy for converting mere customers into brand evangelists.

Cathy Roth · Oct 12, 2022
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Inbound Marketing

A Marketing Manager’s Guide to Getting Buy-In for Digital Initiatives

Are you a frustrated marketing manager at a company where your management team holds back on digital marketing?

Remington Begg · Jul 10, 2020
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Inbound Marketing

How Digital Marketing Continues to Change

Marketing is the beginning of a conversation with ideal prospects; it can come from many different avenues. If marketing is the business ...

Remington Begg · May 14, 2020
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Inbound Marketing

Will Digital Marketing Replace Traditional Marketing?

How many years have marketers been beating the “traditional marketing is dead” drum? Since the old dial-up modem sound became synonymous ...

Remington Begg · May 4, 2020
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Inbound Marketing

How to Move Quickly into a Digital Marketing Strategy

Where have all the leads gone? Whether you're facing the 2020 pandemic, or the changing landscape of business thanks to the power of the ...

Remington Begg · Apr 21, 2020
FIG. 14 The Pros and Cons of Working with an 'In-Industry' Marketing Agency
Inbound Marketing

The Pros and Cons of Working with an 'In-Industry' Marketing Agency

The riches are in the niches. Have you heard this cliche? It's often used when talking about entrepreneurs. It has also helped many ...

Remington Begg · Feb 17, 2020
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Inbound Marketing

How a CPG Brand Can Use Inbound Marketing to Increase Brand Awareness

CPG brands—producers and distributors of consumer-packaged goods— face quite a marketing challenge today. The biggest brands in the CPG ...

Remington Begg · Jan 3, 2020
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Inbound Marketing

5 HubSpot Updates and 5 Definitions to Know for January

The end of the year often means wrapping everything up in a bow. But it also means looking ahead. At least, it should. As you take your ...

Remington Begg · Dec 23, 2019
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SEO

How Inbound Marketing has Changed Local SEO

You want your business to get found when people are looking for it, or for the things you offer. Search engine optimization (SEO) has ...

Remington Begg · Sep 4, 2019
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Inbound Marketing

8 Reasons Your Business Needs to Have a Digital Presence

Back in the dark ages, if your business wasn’t listed in something called a phone book, no one could find you. Imagine having a question ...

Remington Begg · Jul 5, 2019
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Inbound Marketing

HubSpot Membership and Integration Case Study: Piloxing Academy

A One-of a-Kind Fitness Experience Seeking a Better User Experience Meet Piloxing® Academy, the pioneer of a fitness discipline combining ...

Remington Begg · Jun 30, 2019
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Email Marketing

How to Create Emails that Convert

How do I create emails that convert? It's a common marketing and sales question. Once you realize email marketing is still the most ...

Remington Begg · May 31, 2019
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Inbound Marketing

Inbound Marketing Strategy Session or Snake Oil Sales Pitch?

How to Sift Through the BS of Buzzwords and Marketing Jargon Despite our best intentions, the current marketing landscape has become ...

Remington Begg · May 14, 2019
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Inbound Marketing

8 Signs it’s Time to Outsource Your Marketing

Fully developed, internal marketing departments can really support your brand. The problem is, unless you’re a huge company that can afford ...

Remington Begg · Dec 3, 2018
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Inbound Marketing

What to Expect During your 1st Year at a Digital Marketing Agency

Trusting another company to manage your business’ marketing is a lot like babysitting: it’s hard to hand over your baby to just anyone. You ...

Remington Begg · Nov 29, 2018
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Inbound Marketing

How to Get More Leads for Your Chiropractic Business

Chiropractors face the unique challenge of marketing services to prospective patients that may not understand or trust their industry.

Remington Begg · Nov 14, 2018
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Inbound Marketing

15 Inbound Marketing Halloween Costumes to Delight Your Coworkers

It’s officially spooky season, y’all! And if you’re as competitive as I am when it comes to Halloween costume contests, you’ll wanna keep ...

Remington Begg · Oct 23, 2018
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Inbound Marketing

Why You Aren't Hitting Your Goals: How to Write Successful SMART Goals

As a marketer or savvy business person, you understand that in order for things to get done, you have to set goals at work.

Remington Begg · Aug 13, 2018
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Inbound Marketing

How Campaign Offers Are Like a Variety Snack Box

You are only limited by your own creativity.

Remington Begg · Jul 26, 2018