February 24, 2026
If you lead industrial marketing inside a technical products or services company, you already know something most people don’t talk about. The hardest audience you market to isn’t your customer. It’s your own leadership team. Before a campaign launches, a trade show investment gets approved, you hire an agency or commit to a content strategy,…
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November 7, 2025
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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August 7, 2025
Are economic downturns the best time to grow your industrial B2B brand? The short answer is: Yes. Industrial B2B brands that maintain visibility and target the right opportunities often emerge stronger and gain share from slower competitors. When economic pressure rises, most companies freeze. They cut budgets, delay launches and avoid risks. That hesitation creates…
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July 31, 2025
What Does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Mean for B2B Brands? It’s official… the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA*) has passed. Behind the catchy name is a piece of legislation that’s anything but superficial. This sweeping new bill is poised to inject billions of dollars into American infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, supply…
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October 3, 2023
Picture this: You’re the captain of a B2B ship sailing through the vast digital marketing sea. Your goal? To conquer new markets, woo potential clients, and make your brand shine brighter than a supernova. But here’s the catch – the sea is filled with unpredictable waves, hidden whirlpools, and mysterious creatures you’ve never encountered before….
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May 6, 2023
DeanHouston+: “Hi! How can we help you?” You: “Tell me about conversational marketing.” Conversational marketing uses chatbots and messaging platforms, like SMS texting (phone messaging) and Facebook Messenger, to engage with customers in real time. These chats build customer loyalty while providing valuable insight that can help create new ways to improve your marketing strategy…
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April 13, 2023
Not long ago, business owners relied on reaching their local customers by paying neighborhood kids to spread promotional flyers around the community. This old-school type of marketing may have worked well in the past (back when most people still believed the internet would only be a fad), but nowadays, there’s a better digital approach. It’s…
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September 13, 2022
Okay, being the empathetic (see what we did there?) souls that we are, we understand that you may not have time to read through all this right now, so the short answer is: Absolutely! But here’s the longer answer (we’ll still try to execute some semblance of brevity.) Empathy is something that most people wish…
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April 27, 2022
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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April 14, 2022
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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March 17, 2022
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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January 18, 2022
Nearly 71% of the earth is made of water. That’s significant, especially when you realize that more than 80% of the ocean remains unexplored. Even with modern technology, there is so much we have not experienced. Just imagine what wonders we have yet to find under the surface! The possibilities are many – and a…
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