DeanHouston Welcomes Jake Hessling as Project Coordinator

DeanHouston, a business-first marketing firm that excels at creating meaningful communication strategies for technical products and services companies, today announced that Jake Hessling has joined the team as a new Project Coordinator. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Jake earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a minor in Marketing and brings a…

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Your Best Content May Already Be Written — It Just Needs to Evolve

If you’re an industrial marketing professional, the pressure to produce new content never stops. There’s always another blog to write, another white paper to develop, or another campaign to launch. Marketing teams are expected to fuel demand generation, support sales, improve search visibility and establish thought leadership — all while working with limited time and resources….

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Why Your CRM Isn’t Driving B2B Sales

There’s a quiet frustration that shows up in many B2B sales conversations, especially within industrial manufacturing organizations. It usually sounds something like this: “We have the data, we’re just not getting enough out of it.” What makes that frustrating is that, in most cases, the data isn’t the problem. The CRM is already full of…

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DeanHouston Releases 2026 Sales + Marketing Trend Report

DeanHouston, a business-first marketing firm specializing in growth strategies for industrial and technical brands, today announced the release of its 2026 Sales + Marketing Trend Report, a comprehensive look at how B2B organizations are navigating an increasingly complex commercial landscape. Built on insights from sales, marketing and C-suite leaders across industrial and technical markets —…

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Your Forecast Isn’t Broken. Your Trust In It Is.

There’s a moment at nearly every industrial manufacturing company when everything feels like it’s lining up. The growth targets are up on the screen, the pipeline appears solid, and the projections tell a reassuring story that the business is trending in the right direction. Leadership sees what they need to see, decisions start moving forward,…

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The Fastest Path to Revenue Growth in 2026

For most industrial manufacturers, growth conversations tend to circle back to the same ideas: developing a new product line or adding a new feature to an existing product. It’s a logical idea since innovation is almost always a driver of progress. However, this approach is also expensive, time-consuming and uncertain. What often gets overlooked is…

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Why Industrial Manufacturers Must Start Hunting for Customer Feedback

Most industrial manufacturers say they care about customer feedback. Very few actively hunt for it. And that difference — passive versus proactive — often separates companies that stagnate from those that scale. In complex, technical industries, feedback isn’t just about satisfaction scores. It’s market intelligence. It’s product insight. It’s brand signal. And when used correctly,…

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Survey Launches to Give Insights into Industrial & Technical Brands

DeanHouston is pleased to announce the launch of its Sales + Marketing Trend Report Survey. This comprehensive research project delves into the latest developments in the B2B sales and marketing industry. Participants in this survey will have the opportunity to contribute their expertise and gain valuable insights from fellow professionals in the field. Are other…

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The Power Duo Transforming Industrial Marketing: Always-On Content + AEO

The Summary An always-on content strategy and answer engine optimization (AEO) work together in industrial B2B marketing by ensuring brands stay visible, credible and discoverable — 24/7. Always-on content builds continual engagement across the buyer’s journey, while AEO structures that content to win answer boxes, voice searches, AI summaries and conversational queries. Together, they increase…

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Beyond Automation: Why High-Growth Industrial B2B Brands Win With Balance

How Strategy + Systems Drive Sustainable Manufacturing Marketing Success Across the industrial B2B landscape, one thing is clear: automation has become the default move. Manufacturers continue to adopt new marketing technology, AI-powered content tools, and integrated sales systems at a record pace. But with so much focus on technology, many organizations are discovering a hard…

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