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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

· all posts

FIG. 01 best-conversational-marketing-tactics-for-the-digital-security-field_hero
Marketing Strategy

Best Conversational Marketing Tactics for the Digital Security Field

Your digital security company is ready for growth. You’re working on content. You’re on social channels. You’re even working on a video ...

Remington Begg · Oct 21, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Bring Your Marketing into Focus in 2020: Get Ahead of Your Competitors

While everyone else scrambles in the fourth quarter to meet their 2019 goals, what are you doing to set your business up for a different ...

Remington Begg · Oct 18, 2019
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SEO

10 Local SEO Tactics for Home Services Brands

Listen up real estate agents, house cleaners, home renovation businesses and anyone else in the home services industry. You need to connect ...

Remington Begg · Oct 14, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

12 Things You Can Do to Your Website Today to Push into 2020

Welcome to the end. As the fourth quarter opens, you should already be looking at Q1 and beyond for the next year. It’s time to think about ...

Remington Begg · Oct 11, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

4 Reasons Why RFPs Need to Die (and 2 Reasons to Save Them)

“We’ve always done it this way. It’s an industry standard.”

Remington Begg · Sep 23, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Homepage Bounce Rate Case Study: Impulse Creative

Overview At Impulse Creative, we are Wayfinders. Wayfinding is all the ways in which people orient themselves and navigate from place to ...

Remington Begg · Aug 30, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

What Should You Track as a Demand Gen Ninja?

Tasked with generating demand? Need to send qualified leads to your sales team? If you’re working to be a black belt demand gen ninja, ...

Remington Begg · Jul 10, 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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Marketing Strategy

Has Digital Killed Printed Marketing and Sales Collateral?

When was the last time you used a printed flier to make a buying decision? We’ve traded phone books for Google. Or WhitePages.com. Instead ...

Remington Begg · Jul 1, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Do You  Have Thinkers or Doers on Your Marketing Team?

Is your team full of thinkers or doers? What do you need to fill in your gaps? It’s important to know the make up of your marketing team to ...

Remington Begg · Jun 27, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Why the First Thing a New Marketing Manager Does is Critical

Maybe it’s growth. Maybe it’s change. Maybe it’s a new chapter in some way. Whatever the reason for needing a marketing manager (or similar ...

Remington Begg · Jun 19, 2019
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Branding

5 Keys to Owning and Honing Your Brand Identity

A brand can be a fragile thing. Make the wrong move with your customers, and your reputation - your brand - takes a hit.Say the wrong thing ...

Remington Begg · Jun 14, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

10 Marketing Services to Build Your Business

From small businesses to solo entrepreneurs to major brands, growth is always a goal. It may be the top goal. Of course marketing is part ...

Remington Begg · Jun 12, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

9 1/2 Tips for Marketing Your Small Business

Small businesses around the country face a constant barrage of information, new tactics, the latest strategies, and a whole slew of garbage ...

Remington Begg · Jun 5, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

7 Marketing Terms You Better Know as a Modern Marketer

The evolution of marketing has grown beyond "The 4 Ps" and ad buys on local TV and radio stations. If you're a modern marketer, you're ...

Remington Begg · May 28, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

What Game of Thrones Has Taught Us About Marketing and Branding

Confessions of a Marketing Geek Who’s Never Watched a Frame of Game of Thrones I admit it. I’ve never seen an episode of Game of Thrones. ...

Remington Begg · May 17, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Time is Running Out: Florida Real Estate Rule Changes Effective July 1

It’s the one constant in life: Change. The Florida Real Estate Commission has a new set of rules. While they’ve been coming for a while, ...

Remington Begg · May 15, 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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Website Design

Do You Really Need a New Website?

When a prospect says, “I need a new website,” I often encourage them to take a step back and get to the “why.” A website redesign doesn’t ...

Remington Begg · May 8, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

How to Justify a Marketing Audit to the C-Suite

When you're ready for a marketing audit, but you're not sure if the CEO, CMO or even the CFO will approve the budget, you need the tools to ...

Remington Begg · May 3, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Cup of Soup or Bowl? Marketing Tips, Commercials, Branding & More

See what I did there?

Remington Begg · Jan 25, 2019
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Marketing Strategy

Why a Discovery-First Approach to Marketing Wins, Every Time

Okay, you finally admit it. Your team has their hands full, and you need some help promoting your brand. Now’s the hard part: choosing the ...

Remington Begg · Jan 23, 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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Marketing Strategy

Creative Black Friday & Cyber Monday Marketing Ideas to Build Holiday Hype

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are crazy busy shopping holidays. In fact, 74% of Americans are planning to spend money on either, according ...

Remington Begg · Nov 21, 2018
FIG. 25 Old Navy's Overnight Millionaire Campaign
Marketing Strategy

5 Amazing Thanksgiving Marketing Campaigns to Inspire You

It’s stretchy pants season, y’all. Thanksgiving is just a few days away, which gives your business the perfect opportunity to get festive ...

Remington Begg · Nov 20, 2018
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Marketing Strategy

Redefining Your Marketing Metrics: "Success" isn’t All ROI

As a marketer, we often have a few different ideas of what “success” at work means. Caught in this radical digital age, it’s a common ...

Remington Begg · Sep 19, 2018
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Social Media

Digital Marketing Versus Social Media: What's the Difference?

Digital takes the cake in the modern marketing world and social media is an important slice. But, they’re not entirely the same thing.

Remington Begg · Jun 4, 2018