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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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HubSpot

Growth Context is your Kernel: what HubSpot's Fall 2026 agents need before they work

Your buyers changed before your CRM did. A B2B prospect in 2026 starts in Claude or ChatGPT, asks it to compare vendors, and shows up to ...

Remington Begg · Sep 17, 2026
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Reputation Management

Your SEO Isn’t Dead. It’s Just Incomplete.

The question isn’t whether to replace your SEO strategy with AEO. The question is how to expand one into the other, because the brands that ...

Remington Begg · Feb 19, 2026
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Marketing Strategy

Why Your Marketing Funnel is Breaking in the Era of Gemini 3

For twenty years, business leaders have relied on a predictable equation: Keywords + Content + SEO Rankings + SEO traffic = Inbound Leads. ...

Remington Begg · Nov 24, 2025
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Marketing Strategy

GTM Growth: Mastering the Science of the Full-Funnel Conversion Path

For organizations striving for sustainable growth, cash flow is paramount. Every function, from marketing to sales and customer success, ...

Remington Begg · Nov 14, 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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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
FIG. 07
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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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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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
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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
FIG. 12 stacked website wireframe
Website Design

Rethink Your Website: Architecting Your AI-Enabled, Customer-First Content, Structure, & Strategy

The way our customers discover and interact with businesses is undergoing a seismic shift, and frankly, adapting is no longer optional—it's ...

Remington Begg · May 15, 2025
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Sales Strategy

Let's Get Real About Your GTM: Powering Through 2025 and Beyond

Alright, it’s the middle of May, and if you’re like me, you’re probably thinking, "Wow, this year is flying!" We're barreling towards that ...

Remington Begg · May 14, 2025
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SEO

How Reddit's Boom & Google's Nod to Forums Unveil Your Next GTM Play

Marketers, are you paying attention? Reddit's Q1 2025 earnings just dropped a bombshell that should reshape your strategy: a staggering 54% ...

Remington Begg · May 9, 2025
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Marketing Strategy

The AI-Forward Buyer: Create Confidence & Clarity for Smarter Growth

The landscape of sales and marketing is undergoing a rapid transformation, driven by fundamental shifts in buyer behavior. This isn't just ...

Remington Begg · Apr 29, 2025
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Sales Strategy

Are You Marketing to Humans or Agents? Preparing Your Website for the Future

Traditional marketing wisdom focuses on appealing to human emotions, pains, and aspirations. We craft compelling narratives, design ...

Remington Begg · Apr 25, 2025
FIG. 17
HubSpot

10 Powerful Plays with HubSpot's New Customer Journey Tool

For years marketers have been drawing customer journey maps. We've pieced them together like digital archaeologists, digging through siloed ...

Remington Begg · Apr 24, 2025
FIG. 18 Smart Content for Inbound Marketing - Impulse Creative Blog
Content Marketing

Smart Content Explained: Why It’s Badass + How-to Tips

Every visitor to your website is different. A first-time visitor needs an introduction. A returning lead needs a reason to buy. Your ...

Remington Begg · Apr 8, 2025
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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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Content Marketing

Content Syndication Explained + How to Properly Repost Articles

Table of Contents The differences between blog optimization and content syndication Benefits of content syndication Benefits of blog ...

Remington Begg · Apr 17, 2023
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Content Marketing

Campaign Strategy Is The Tactical Approach Your Marketing Needs Now

Content Strategy versus Campaign Strategy might not be the debate you thought you’d be reading about today, but quite often, when we ...

Remington Begg · Apr 13, 2023
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Content Marketing

How to Repurpose Your Content to Amplify, Engage & Nurture

Over the past few days, weeks, months, and years you’ve created content. Maybe even lots of content. Historically, that’s been the biggest ...

Molly Rigatti · Apr 3, 2023
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Content Marketing

Ultimate List of Delight Stage Content Ideas

The Delight Stage is all about delivering on the promises Sales and Marketing have made in the buyer’s journey. ↓ Jump down to learn more ...

Remington Begg · Mar 9, 2023
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Content Marketing

Bottom-of-the-Funnel Marketing: The Ultimate Decision Stage List

Bottom-of-the-Funnel Marketing Needs Decision Stage Content You’ve made it to the final stage of your buyer’s journey marketing content: ...

Remington Begg · Feb 27, 2023
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Content Marketing

Mid-Funnel Marketing: The Ultimate Consideration Stage Idea List

Mid-funnel marketing should be centered around evaluating effective options. The audience may not be looking for a specific solution just ...

Remington Begg · Feb 20, 2023
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Content Marketing

Top-of-Funnel Marketing: The Ultimate Awareness Stage Idea List

Top of Funnel Marketing Needs Awareness Stage Content At the top of the funnel, your audience is the widest. This is where you attract new ...

Remington Begg · Feb 14, 2023
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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