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The Creative Company’s Yips Yogurt Chips Video Awarded Bronze in Food & Beverage — Branded Content in 43rd Annual Telly Awards

MADISON, Wis. (July 7, 2022) —  The Creative Company announced today the Director’s Cut of the Yips Yogurt Chips Video is the Bronze Winner in the Food & Beverage — Branded Content category in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards. The winning visual content is a one-minute promotional video for a start-up food brand based in Madison, Wisconsin — Yips Yogurt Chips. The video …

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Dane County Small Business Awards: The Creative Company

June 28, 2022 by Joe Vanden Plas, In Business magazine Laura Gallagher might have redefined the term “perfect storm” in the spring of 2020.Gallagher, president of The Creative Company, had moved into a temporary space for 15 months after her old building was torn down and while a new building was under construction. Shelter in place happened two weeks after …

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Dear Graduating Students

Dear students who are graduating from college in May and those who support them, You may have received a glorious degree from one of the finest universities in the world, have a stellar GPA, and have other academic accomplishments. Good for you. However, if you haven’t learned how to communicate, you will likely not land a job at my company …

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Visual Effects Bring Video to Life

3 simple ways Visual Effects (VFX) can bring your Brand Message Video to life Whether a website succeeds or fails is the direct result of the expertise of your website’s designers, developers, project managers, and all of the other professionals who contribute to the outcome. Your website is often the first gateway to your brand and defines or “pre-fluences” the …

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Careers Page Guide

Checklist for Making a Standout Careers Page In a competitive job market, your company’s career page becomes even more important. It needs to be more than a list of job opportunities with stock photography. It also needs to include your “Why.” Why should someone join your team? What’s in it for them? What can they expect? We never go somewhere …

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The Creative Company Welcomes Ben Sefarbi

Former NBC15 Journalist Joins Creative Company As PR Specialist The Creative Company welcomes Ben Sefarbi as a Public Relations Media Specialist. With more than 10,000 hours of newsroom experience as a content producer at NBC15 in Madison and as digital content manager for Gray Television station WIFR in Rockford, Illinois, Ben has the inside track. He knows how a newsroom …

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Can Your Website Have It All?

Big Powerful Images, HD Video, e-Commerce, and SPEED? Whether a website succeeds or fails is the direct result of the expertise of your website’s designers, developers, project managers, and all of the other professionals who contribute to the outcome. Your website is often the first gateway to your brand and defines or “pre-fluences” the initial opinion a customer forms about …

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“Networking on the Rooftop”

The Creative Company Hosts Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin’s August Networking EventOn Tuesday, August 3rd, we hosted our first networking event at our new offices! We were joined by the Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin’s members, clients and guests.  It was a beautiful evening to enjoy an evening looking over downtown Madison in the all-new West Washington Place and the home of …

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Even a robot needs help: How an idea becomes a TV news story

The Right Touch at the Right Time Yields Results. Public Relations By The Creative Company. The mention in the Willy Street Co-op’s May newsletter spotlighted a new machine about to debut at the store’s East location. It would also be a first for Madison. The Co-op’s Prepared Foods Manager wrote about Sally the Salad Robot, created by Chowbotics. Sally offers …

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Is YouTube running ads during your videos and paying you nothing?

How does YouTube get away with it? Does your business use YouTube to host and play videos? A short time ago, you may have noticed that YouTube’s Terms of Service changed. A specific change to the “Right to Monetize” enables Google to run ads on content from your channel even if you are not in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). …