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898 Marketing Recognized With Gold Award at 2021 Akron-Canton American Advertising (ADDY) Awards

When Mahoning County Public Health approached us about creating a campaign to promote healthy tips and habits during the holidays, the 898 team developed several concepts including one featuring local children answering questions and giving their thoughts on the Coronavirus pandemic. The children delivered funny, insightful, and honest answers and the campaign ran on local TV as well as across …

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Kids Say the Smartest Things- PSA from Mahoning County Public Health

Kid’s say the smartest things sometimes, don’t they? This holiday season, we teamed up with Mahoning County Public Health to share what kids have to say about the Coronavirus, wearing a mask, and keeping a safe physical distance. For more videos from this series, head to Public Health’s Facebook page. We hope you have a safe and healthy holiday!

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Ryan Peplowski Settles Into New Role

As 898 has experienced tremendous growth over the past year, so, too, have our clients’ digital needs. To address this, Ryan Peplowski has shifted positions from Digital Integrations Specialist to Digital Marketing Manager. With this promotion, Ryan will go from a web development role to a more managerial position, handling optimization and strategic digital development. His duties as Digital Marketing …

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The Current Episode 9- Marketing Through Community Engagement

Content marketing is nothing new, and is an integral part of any marketing strategy. Knowing how to properly distribute your content may be even more important than the content itself. In this episode, 898 President Jeff Ryznar sits down with Lisa Resnick of the Homes and Hops podcast to discuss the power community engagement and proper content distribution can have …

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Intern Michael Merdich Extended Through Fall Semester

Michael Merdich, our Digital Integration Intern in the Summer Semester, has been extended through the Fall Semester as he continues pursuing his degree from Youngstown State University. During his time with us in the summer, Michael demonstrated his knowledge and talent in web development and SEO, and has earned the trust of our team and clients. He has been a …

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The Current, Episode 8 – Finding a Solution to a New Problem in the Market

While the pandemic forced many businesses to close, it also created opportunities for new businesses to arise and meet new challenges being created in the community. One example is contagion-CLEAN, a local company with an EPA-approved solution to disinfect businesses and homes that is safe and highly effective. In this episode of “The Current,” learn how contagion-CLEAN was able to launch …

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Client Spotlight: Greenwood Chevrolet’s Extra Mile Stories

Last month, 898 Marketing helped Greenwood Chevrolet in Austintown launch their new “Extra Mile Stories” campaign, which featured real Greenwood customers telling their stories. Learn more about how Greenwood went the Extra Mile for Eric, Kim, Kayla, and Louis: Family comes first at Greenwood, and no one understands that like Eric Rothbauer. Eric has been driving Chevrolet vehicles for the …

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898 Marketing Hires Maddie Abrigg as Full-Time Designer

On June 15th, 898 Marketing officially announced the hiring of former Graphic Design Intern Madeleine Abrigg as our newest full-time Creative Designer. Madeleine started with 898 as an Intern during the Spring 2020 semester, quickly demonstrating her ability and knowledge of design and content creation. Madeleine is a graduate of the University of Mount Union with a Bachelor of Fine …

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My Internship Search Experience

I’ve always found weightlifting as a great parallel to life. Life, like weightlifting, takes consistency and doing things with proper form and full repetitions. In real life, cutting corners will leave you disappointed in your results or even hurt. Personal records are something people strive for in weightlifting, as well as in life. You follow a plan and test yourself …

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