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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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FIG. 01 A Wayfinder's sailboat docked at dawn, facing the open horizon.
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The Digital Marketing Shift Companies Need to Be Ready For

The biggest shift in digital marketing in over a decade is already underway: organic traffic flattening, AI Overviews answering questions ...

Remington Begg · May 26, 2026
FIG. 02 Bulk SEO Editor Launched
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Introducing the HubSpot Bulk SEO Editor

We built a HubSpot Bulk SEO Editor. It's now live in the HubSpot App Marketplace, and the first ten pages are free. The reason: we were ...

Remington Begg · May 14, 2026
FIG. 03 Marketer reviewing HubSpot AEO tool dashboard
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HubSpot Just Launched an AEO Tool. Here's What It Doesn't Tell You.

Your buyers are already using ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews to research vendors. They are typing questions, getting ...

Remington Begg · Apr 14, 2026
FIG. 04 Remington Begg, Impulse Creative CEO, at a HubSpot strategy whiteboard
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Do You Have a HubSpot Setup or a HubSpot Strategy? Here's How to Tell

Most companies using HubSpot have a setup. A working one, even. Emails go out, deals get logged, and the dashboard shows activity. But ...

Remington Begg · Apr 9, 2026
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Why Your B2B Website Redesign Needs More Than a Visual Refresh in the Age of AI

Before a human buyer ever visits your website, an AI agent has likely already scanned it, judged it, and decided whether you make the cut. ...

Remington Begg · Mar 30, 2026
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The Three Marketing Problems Nobody Wants to Admit They Have

Why Your Website Traffic Is Up, Your Conversions Are Down, and Your Content Strategy Isn't Working Here's an uncomfortable truth: most ...

Remington Begg · Jan 24, 2026
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Adapting SEO for the Answer Engine Era - From Architecture to Algorithms

For the last decade, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been dominated by structure. We built our websites like vast, static libraries, ...

Remington Begg · Jan 20, 2026
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Search Intent Evolution: Future-Proofing SEO Strategies for AI with AEO

The search landscape is transitioning from a "retrieval-first" model (surfacing links) to a "synthesis-first" model (generating answers). ...

Remington Begg · Nov 19, 2025
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Looking ahead in 2026: Your Marketing Plays for the New AI-Powered Search Era

As you begin to architect your 2026 strategic goals, a seismic shift is occurring in the digital landscape that demands your immediate ...

Remington Begg · Jul 22, 2025
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ChatGPT Agent & Perplexity Comet Have Arrived: Why a 36% AI-Readiness Gap Should Get Your Attention.

For years, the playbook for a successful website was clear. First, we optimized for human connection, building digital brochures that told ...

Remington Begg · Jul 18, 2025
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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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AEO, GEO, SEO: Beyond the Hype – Building a Human-First AI Marketing Strategy That Wins

I've been watching the market with a keen eye lately, and it's genuinely exciting to see a shift in thinking. More and more, we're ...

Remington Begg · May 15, 2025
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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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The Digital Transformation Your Company May Be Missing: Your B2B Buyer

Few milestones over the last decade spurred digital transformation like the pandemic a few years ago. It certainly compelled businesses to ...

Remington Begg · May 7, 2025
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3 SEO Trends to Look for in 2024

Many trends come and go. MySpace statuses, puka shell necklaces, inflatable furniture, etc. And there’s a good reason why they’re no longer ...

Remington Begg · Mar 21, 2024
FIG. 16 How to Use HubSpot’s Topics SEO Tool to Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy
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Use HubSpot’s Topics SEO Tool to Improve Content Marketing Strategy

If you’re a part of the HubSpot community, you probably know a thing or two about the HubSpot CRM’s built-in search engine optimization ...

Remington Begg · Apr 5, 2021
FIG. 17 Adding Google’s “How-To” Structured Data to Your Content - A Beginner’s Guide
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Adding Google’s How-To Structured Data to Your Content for Beginners

If you’ve stumbled upon this post, chances are you’re intrigued by the way the “how-to” featured snippets display in search results— more ...

Remington Begg · Dec 17, 2020
FIG. 18 How to Use SEMrush’s SEO Writing Assistant with Google Docs
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How to Use SEMrush’s SEO Writing Assistant with Google Docs

As a content generator, you know everything that goes into creating top-notch web pages and blogs. First, you have to think up the big idea ...

Remington Begg · Dec 16, 2020
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The Under-Utilized SEO Strategy: Mission-Driven Content Marketing

Here you are again— clicking an article to learn about a shiny, new search engine trick. Maybe you’re hoping this one will be the gamer ...

Remington Begg · Oct 26, 2020
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What are Buyer Personas and Can Creating them Accelerate My Marketing?

“You gotta know your buyer!” That’s a statement we hear over and over again, to a point where it starts to lose its meaning. Well, ...

Remington Begg · Jul 20, 2020
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What a Child’s Nursery Rhyme Can Teach You About the Customer Buyer’s Journey Stages

What’s more frustrating than being pressured to “Buy, Buy, Buy!!”? If the very first thing a visitor gets on your website is a sales pitch, ...

Remington Begg · Jul 16, 2020
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The Right Way to Manage Multiple Locations Through Google My Business

As a business owner, you know the importance of listing your business on Google, the world’s largest search engine. Searchers “google” your ...

Remington Begg · Apr 3, 2020
FIG. 23 How to Pick Strategic Blog Post Ideas Using Topic Clusters
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How to Pick Strategic Blog Post Ideas Using Topic Clusters

Content marketers everywhere are searching for new ways to enhance their content/blogging strategy. One of the latest and greatest tactics ...

Remington Begg · Feb 25, 2020
FIG. 24 the-3-ss-of-business-growth-in-2020_hero-final
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Social, Search and Stats - The 3 S's to 2020 Business Growth

Want to grow your business in 2020?

Remington Begg · Dec 4, 2019
FIG. 25 whats-with-googles-bert-algorithm-update-tech-talk-simplified-hero
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What’s with Google’s BERT Algorithm Update? Tech Talk Simplified

The world’s largest search engine is always looking for ways to improve its user experience. We know that it’s Google’s incredible ...

Remington Begg · Nov 14, 2019
FIG. 26 website-optimization-tips-for-quick-business-growth
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8 Website Optimization Tips for Quick Business Growth

Whether you’re optimizing your website for local search or trying to increase your national ranking, improving your SEO can seem like a ...

Remington Begg · Oct 25, 2019
FIG. 27 10-local-seo-tactics-for-home-services-brands
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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