Dear Dale: Addressing Customer Pain Points

Welcome to the third installment of Dear Dale! In this special section, we post a question or two from our reading audience that our Founder, CEO and fearless leader at DeanHouston+, Dale Dean will personally answer! Here we go! Dear Dale, We’re currently developing a marketing campaign for a new product launch. As a B2B…

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Creativity Blooms: Living Art Inside DeanHouston+

At DeanHouston+, creativity unfurls from the desks of designers, writers and marketing experts, all coming together to inspire and transform – much like the natural living art shaped by Tyler Wolf from Urban Blooms. As the executive director and living wall designer at Urban Blooms, Wolf beautifully combines nature and design to make art that…

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An “Abridged” Look into the B2B Content Evolution

B2B marketing changes just as much as anything else. Despite what you might think, that change did not slow throughout the pandemic. At the beginning of 2020, we thought the world would come to a grinding halt. While true for some aspects of life and business, this halt didn’t apply across the board. B2B marketing…

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Do Androids Dream of Creating Content?

Imagine a future where artificially intelligent robots can analyze and replicate human behavior so perfectly that the robots themselves begin to believe they are actually human. This advanced technology would eventually make humans question whether they themselves are not simply robots programmed to believe they are human. Pretty trippy, right? This is the dystopian future…

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Marketing, Media & Musicals, Oh My! A Day in the Life of Sally Shireman

A lot of people wear multiple hats – personally and professionally – like a gilded badge of honor. But then there are those to whom such zeal comes so naturally that you’d wonder what they’d function like otherwise. Everyone, meet Sally Shireman, marketing director at DeanHouston+. Her journey began in suburban Chicago, then rolled on…

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Fastballs, Forklifts and the ‘Worst Profession’

Long before Jesse Severson became the content marketing manager at DeanHouston+, he rode a hot streak through the state baseball playoffs his senior year. Coming in from the bullpen, he locked down three crucial games before being called upon to slam the door once more – when it mattered most. For him, this was business…

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Lead Prosperity: How Account-Based Marketing Can Help

How is your audience engagement? Are you wasting a lot of time and resources on marketing? Are your returns on new customers worth the initial effort? If you’re unsure about any of these questions, account-based marketing (ABM) might be able to help! What is Account-Based Marketing? A juicy burger and an ice-cold beer is a…

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Dear Dale: Breaking Into Adjacent Markets

Welcome to another installment of Dear Dale! In this special section, we will post a question or two from our reading audience that our Founder, CEO and fearless leader at DeanHouston+, Dale Dean will personally answer! Here we go! Dear Dale, We manufacture a lot of products for multiple markets. What are some marketing tactics…

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Tales From The UNINSPIRED

Welcome to the Tales From The UNINSPIRED archive. Check out all of our latest comics below to get caught up on what you’ve missed from previous issues.   Issue 28 – April 2022  

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Are Sponsorships Worth It?

Sponsorships are a common partnership between two entities where both sides exchange something for each other’s benefit. It seems simple, but is it worthwhile? To find the answer to that question, we must define what sponsorships mean when it comes to marketing. When a business or organization becomes a sponsor – some common examples include…

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Right Place, Right Time: The Value of Product Placement

If you’ve watched a movie or television show at any time in the last century, you’ve almost certainly seen several examples of product placement. While some of the most prominent examples that come to mind might be scenes of characters drinking Coca-Cola with the label facing outward or driving prominently-featured Audis through exciting chase sequences,…

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Dear Dale: How to Generate Quality Leads

Welcome to the first installment of our new Dear Dale column! In this special section, we will post a question or two from our reading audience that our Founder, CEO and fearless leader at DeanHouston+, Dale Dean will personally answer! So, without further ado… Dear Dale, My company produces components for the oil & gas…

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