July 27, 2026
Spend five minutes scrolling LinkedIn or walking the floor at any manufacturing conference, and you’ll hear the same conversation repeated again and again: AI is changing everything. In many ways, that’s true. Artificial intelligence is helping manufacturers work smarter and faster by streamlining operations, uncovering insights from data, supporting product development, and enabling sales and…
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July 14, 2026
If your website is driving plenty of traffic but your sales team is still searching for high-quality leads, you’re not alone. For industrial manufacturers, a website should do far more than showcase products or reinforce credibility. It should actively support business growth by attracting the right buyers, educating them and helping move them closer to…
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June 29, 2026
Looking for the secret formula for finding the perfect marketing agency partner for your technical B2B company? There are a lot of agencies that look good on paper — but choosing your agency based on a beautiful creative portfolio, rather than deep technical and systems literacy, could be a million-dollar mistake. Here’s the good news:…
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June 15, 2026
For years, marketers measured SEO success by a simple question: “Where do we rank?” Today, that’s no longer enough. As search behavior evolves and AI-powered platforms increasingly deliver answers directly to users, manufacturers must think beyond traditional search engine optimization (SEO) and embrace answer engine optimization (AEO). The challenge isn’t simply earning rankings; it’s ensuring…
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June 8, 2026
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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June 4, 2026
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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May 21, 2026
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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May 19, 2026
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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May 15, 2026
Walk into almost any industrial manufacturing facility and you’ll hear a familiar claim: “We’re data-driven.” And in many ways, that statement isn’t wrong. Most B2B manufacturers today are surrounded by dashboards, regularly scheduled reports, active CRM systems and marketing platforms that track everything from engagement to pipeline movement. From a distance, it looks like exactly…
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May 6, 2026
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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April 23, 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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April 9, 2026
There’s a quiet truth in industrial marketing that doesn’t get talked about enough: Most companies don’t fail at marketing because they hired the wrong industrial agency. They fail because they never fully leverage the one they hired. On paper, the relationship looks right – the B2B agency is capable, the internal team is aligned and…
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