INSPIRE Podcast: Episode 22 | Interactive Product Demonstrations

In this episode of DH+ INSPIRE Podcast, DeanHouston+’s Walter Bonnett, Dana Arrasmith, and Colton Stombaugh discuss Interactive Product Demonstrations (IPDs) and why they should be a part of your marketing plan. Along the way, we discuss the variety of pain points IPDs solve while providing visual examples. We also discuss just how dynamic IPDs can…

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The Rise of Automation

You may be thinking that headline sounds like a discarded subtitle from one of the Terminator movies, and that’s not too far off-base. There can be an uneasy, even scary feeling about delegating tasks to a machine. After all, that’s how it starts, isn’t it? You give a machine some simple tasks, it masters them,…

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Make Your Online Presentations & Meetings More Interactive

Let’s be honest, at one point or another, you’ve probably worn sweatpants to an online meeting or presentation (it’s okay, we’ve done it too). And while the added comfort and flexibility that those virtual meetings bring are certainly nice, it’s also easier to tune out or get distracted when you’re staring at a screen. A…

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Inspire Podcast | Episode 24 Julie Mueller – Importance of Defining Company Culture

In this episode of the DH+ INSPIRE podcast, we had the pleasure of enjoying an insightful conversation with Custom Design Benefits CEO and President Julie Mueller. Custom Design Benefits, one of the Midwest’s largest independent, full-service Third Party Administrators of self-funded health benefit plans, has long been dedicated to providing excellent cost containment solutions. Throughout…

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Is it Time to Up Your Ad Game?

Normalcy, at least a version of it, is here. For now. Businesses have reopened, people are out and about, and the economy is picking back up. In other words, people are out there searching and buying. There’s no better time to get in front of potential customers. I remember one day walking into a local…

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Video Production Made Simple – Your How-To Guide

No other form of content conveys and captures emotions and allows your audience to engage better than video. When executed properly, video puts your passions, knowledge, expertise and feelings on display in powerful, relatable ways. Recently, we explored the reasons why video is so important for your business. Now, let’s look at some basic ways…

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Planning Virtual Events in a Topsy-Turvy World

Back in early 2020, everything got turned on its head. And upside down, inside-out, backwards, sideways and topsy-turvy. We all know the story. For the past year-plus, common outings like sporting events, concerts, vacations, trade shows, and most other social activities in our work and personal lives have changed. Much of it is still different…

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Digital Selling: The Glue of Modern Sales

No good college or pro basketball team is complete without the “glue guy.” Some teams are lucky to have more than one. These are the players who aren’t the best or most heralded, but how they play is crucial to the team’s success. They don’t put up big numbers. They rarely get much praise. Few,…

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Tapping Into the Needs of the Customer

We’re all consumers. Whether it’s food, clothes, vehicles, music – there’s a customer in all of us. At some point while on the path to the thing we were buying, our needs were met to whatever degree. For sellers and marketers, just knowing that your customers exist isn’t enough. The goal should be to not…

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The 5 Foundations of Brand Building

Your brand may be defined simply as the image and impression customers have of your business. Perception, in this case, is reality. But building a brand involves much more than that. Your brand is comprised of features that identify not only who you are as a business, but what sets you apart from everyone else….

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Warming Up To Influencers – The Important Role of B2B Influencer Marketing

Did you ever have popular classmates who would show up one day toting the latest fad-a-ma-jig and suddenly the entire class just had to have it too? In essence, that’s a form of influencer marketing. Like other marketing buzzwords, you may have heard the term “influencer” before, and wonder what it is, how businesses and…

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