At ruef, to keep our minds engaged and the creativity flowing through the office, we screen movies. All day, every day, in the background while we do client work. Typically, we just have TCM (Turner Classic Movies) running, but we have an extensive DVD collection, with favorite genres including horror, western, animation, etc. We have movie themes for many months; …
Last summer, we held a free music video contest offering to produce, film, and edit a music video for a local band or artist completely free of charge, no strings attached. Nearly 40 Dayton bands/artists entered the contest, making the decision super difficult. After interviews were held with four finalists, the band Yuppie was chosen for their combination of talent, …
Today launches the second season of Disney+’s immensely popular (and meme-generating) The Mandalorian. Millions around the world celebrate the return of Baby Yoda and ruminate on the possible appearance of one Boba Fett. It is well known that Star Wars films have a legacy of innovations in production. Arguably each Star Wars movie has brought forth another giant leap in …
With all of the challenges of this last year, it is safe to say we are all ready for a new year ahead and settle our sights on more positive and promising horizons. One area that many companies are focusing on right now is adjusting their marketing plans for the new business environment and incorporating the new mode of communicating …
In another thanks to all the local talent we had the opportunity to listen to, we wanted to give recognition to every artist. Here is a full alphabetized list of every Dayton band/artist/musician/songwriter that entered the our FREE Music Video Contest: ___ Alyssa Hanson is an independent soulful folk style singer-songwriter with an album on the way! Listen to her …
We would like to give a huge shout out to every incredible artist that made submission to our FREE music video contest! This was an extremely difficult decision for us to make but we would like to thank our runners up in the competition for all of their hard work and amazing music. Seriously, Dayton has some crazy talented artists …
First, we want to thank all the Dayton artists and bands who submitted their music for our FREE music video contest. This was definitely a hard decision for us to make, considering the amount of talent that was submitted but we finally have a WINNER! We are pleased to announce that the band we have chosen as the winner is …
ruef Design is a small digital marketing company with a huge range of skills and services, which means low overhead compared to the large or even mid-size marketing agencies. We like to speak directly to our clients, because we are the ones doing the creative work. There’s no need to play telephone between the account executive, the strategy team, the …
Having been a child when cell phones became a thing, I find it crazy how quickly new technology is developed. For example, I am dictating this blog on my phone and, with very few exceptions, the software does a superb job of translating my voice into text. In my childhood, this would have been the stuff of dreams, or at …
The term “company culture” has become an increasingly popular buzzword over the past several years. This has sparked an interest in many companies across the country to create or define a culture, often focusing on employee health, internal communications, environmental and community efforts, commitments to product and service quality, and so on. Company culture – which can be loosely defined …
