By Abby Brown, Creative Associate “Can you teach me how to use those emoji things?” my mother once asked me at the dinner table. Full disclosure: I don’t particularly love teaching my parents about technology. It requires a lot of patience and time, both of which I do not have. My mother sent me rat […]
By Abby Brown, Creative Associate Last Sunday, countless American families sat on their couches with enormous amounts of cheese-coated carbs and enjoyed the Super Bowl. If you’re anything like the Rasor staff, you were watching for the ads (and the cheese-coated carbs). We had a blast live-tweeting the event, and here are a few of […]
By Abby Brown, Creative Associate One of the things I love about working at Rasor is that my fellow employees value design. Being our in-house designer, it’s wonderful to work with people who are open to and excited about how design can strengthen our ideas. Marketing and design are so interconnected, yet many people disregard […]
By Abby Brown, Creative Associate Oh, the viral video. So simple, so…well, unpredictable. This new form of media, mysterious to many, has become a primary method for brands to communicate to a large audience. Ad Age recently released a list of The 20 Most Viral Ads of 2015, and the article made me question, what […]
By Victoria Knepp, Account Associate Did that title sound weird to you? Well, it should. If I said Kool-Aid, Pillsbury and Maytag, would that make a little more sense? Make the connection? That right there folks, is the brilliance of brand personification. I’m sure by now you’ve seen the Maytag Man campaign, and if you […]
By Abby Brown, Creative Associate You’ve barely digested all that Halloween candy when you start to see the signs. The decorations already line every retail store in America. The music starts infiltrating your favorite radio station. Your eggnog-loving friend is already getting jolly. Slowly you realize, despite the fact that it’s still early November, Christmas […]
By Victoria Knepp, Account Associate As a graduate with degrees in public relations and advertising, I like to think I am a master of knowing the difference between the two, but also knowing they are hopelessly intertwined. Any brand loves a good opportunity for publicity and positive association, but advertisers have an easy and lucrative […]
By Abby Brown, Creative Associate Unless you’ve been seriously avoiding computer usage lately, you’ve most likely noticed there’s something different about one of our favorite search engines. Google recently revealed its new logo, the biggest change to the brand since 1999. The wordmark now features a bold sans serif typeface (to spruce up your designer […]
By Victoria Knepp, Account Associate When scrolling through your Facebook newsfeed you’re probably liking, commenting, posting and interacting with your friends…unless you’re stalking, in which case I promise I won’t judge. But if you pay close attention, not to the person you’re Facebook stalking, but to the person with whom you’re interacting, chances are you’ve […]
Every February, millions of Americans settle themselves into their couches, consume copious amounts of food, and tune in to watch one of the most popular televised events: the Super Bowl. This annual phenomenon is the largest game in professional football, but if you’re anything like me, you only tune in to watch the ads. Although […]
