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What SEO is (and isn’t)

By Tim Priebe | October 8, 2026

When a client tells us they need SEO, we don’t nod and send a proposal. We say the same thing every time: “Tell us…

Marketing automation saves small  businesses time

By Tim Priebe | October 1, 2026

Someone fills out the contact form on your website at 9:40 on a Tuesday night. Your team sees it Thursday morning, sends a friendly reply, and hears nothing back. By then, the prospect has already…

How to set up a welcome email in Mailchimp

By Tim Priebe | September 22, 2026

If you manage a Mailchimp account, you’ve probably gotten this email. Maybe every week. “Your list grew by 5 new subscribers in the last 2 weeks. Set up an email automation to greet new subscribers automatically.” Most people ignore it. I get a stack of them for our clients’ accounts, and I understand the impulse.…

Is email marketing still worth it in 2026? 

By Tim Priebe | September 17, 2026

I’ve been doing email marketing for over fifteen years, long enough to watch it get declared dead more times than I can count. Social media was supposed to kill it. Then texting was supposed to kill it. Now everyone’s asking whether…

The fastest way to lose connections on LinkedIn

By Tim Priebe | August 27, 2026

I have been rethinking how I use LinkedIn lately, and one small habit has done more to filter out the noise than anything else I have tried. It is simple enough that…

When does a business need HubSpot? 

By Tim Priebe | August 13, 2026

Every few months, someone asks us the same question in a slightly different form. Should we get HubSpot? Is it worth the…

Why good SEO takes time 

By Tim Priebe | July 2, 2026

If you’ve ever been told that SEO takes time, you’ve probably also wondered whether that’s actually true or just something agencies say to buy themselves another six months. It’s a…

Using LinkedIn without feeling like a sleazeball

By Tim Priebe | June 11, 2026

I’m not against storytelling. Stories are powerful. I use them constantly when I teach, preach, write, or sell. But somewhere along the way, a lot of LinkedIn content drifted from relationship-building into…

Is mobile really the main experience in 2026?

By Tim Priebe | April 23, 2026

If you’ve spent any time around marketing or web design in the last few years, you’ve probably heard some version of this advice: “Everything should be mobile-first.” It gets repeated often enough that it feels like a rule rather than…

How B2B companies should use LinkedIn

By Tim Priebe | April 9, 2026

Most B2B companies are either ignoring LinkedIn or using it in a way that makes people scroll right past them. There’s not…