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Recent Aggregated WRL News Features
01.27
Doing Good in a Community
Community involvement is incredibly important to the staff at WRL. While we don’t all reside in the city of Canton, many of us are also deeply involved with activities in our hometowns as well as other local areas in which we do business. WRL Senior Art Director David Jensen is very involved in the town [...]
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12.08
How UX Design Improves Brand Value
User experience design (UX) is a relatively new web design discipline practiced in our industry. However, it’s based on decades of practice backed up with psychology and design research. Simply put, visitors to your website must have a good interactive experience. According to Econsultancy, 88% of online consumers are less likely to return to a [...]
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12.08
WRL & Pathway Partner for the Giving [Tree] Season
This holiday season, WRL employees will give back to local children through the Pathway Caring for Children’s annual giving tree program. A giving tree – adorned with snowflake tags, each including a child’s name, age and a suggested gift – is on display in the WRL entrance. Members of the WRL team can choose a [...]
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11.29
What are Motion Graphics?
By Jeff LeBeau Show, don’t tell. We’ve all heard this famous phrase reiterated throughout our industry, and attempts at showing a client’s story can challenge even the best storytellers to ask themselves, “What have you really done to differentiate and go above and beyond to inform your audience?” Powerful tools to consider for your stand [...] Tags #:09.15
WRL’s Medium for Media – Jacquie Mazziotta
With the wave of strategic communications and social media options continuing to grow, and the ever-increasing need for creative, attention getting content, WRL Advertising is expanding public relations support to meet client demands. Recently, Jacquie Mazziotta joined WRL as public relations director for the agency and leads the PR department expanding media outreach, communication initiatives [...]
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09.15
Why WordPress Makes Sense for Your Business
Your website is your primary marketing tool. It’s the public face you show the world and for many businesses, it’s the primary point of contact for customers. Every modern website is created using some form of content management system (CMS). When picking a CMS to build your site, the most important question to answer is, [...]
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08.02
Google Analytics and the Big Picture
By Bob Isenberg Although I’ve come to advertising from the creative point of view, I’ve always had a strong need to understand the way the various advertising channels work in unison to create effective campaigns. By understanding how all of these pieces work together, it allows me to become a better project manager and strategist [...]
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08.02
Keep it Simple to Get Millennials’ Attention
By Jeff LeBeau, President, WRL Advertising I have seen some amazing marketing campaigns with bells, whistles and even flashing lights complete with the latest tools to share everything a company can say about its brand. They can certainly be eye-catching, but not necessarily effective. In today’s world of advertising, public relations, graphic design and overall [...]
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07.06
Athena Awards – The Impact of One Woman
“Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other successful women who have her back.” – Unknown WRL Art Director, Tracy Arenson believes this couldn’t be more true for the Greater Stark County Athena International Awards. In 2015, she chaired this program and is honored to be a part of the organization’s effort once [...]
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06.30
How Photos Can Benefit Your Bottom Line
We’ve all heard the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, but we continue to say it because it’s true. Photography remains a powerful tool to help build your brand, differentiate your product from its competitors, and help increase conversions. Based on the results from comparative A/B testing between ads, websites, and [...]
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