photo of the neon Hanson welcome sign in the lobby, courtesy of Steve Bumbaugh

Yet Another 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hanson

Let’s say you’re interested in working at Hanson or hiring us to build your new iPad app, but you want to know more about us before getting in touch. And let’s say that for the sake of time, you’d like us to sum up our culture with a quick List ‘o Facts.
Yet Another 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hanson
Yet Another 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hanson,
Mike Osswald, VP for Experience Innovation at Hanson Inc

Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo

Got a ticket to next week’s TEDxToledo at the SeaGate Centre? If so, one of the many remarkable presentations you’ll get to see is “Making Sense of Marketing in the Digital Age” by our own Mike Osswald, VP for Experience Innovation.
Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo
Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo,

iOS Stats for Hanson Apps, May through July 2013

Back in May, we launched our first quarterly report on iOS statistics for apps we’ve developed. Now as we approach the release of the new iPhone and iOS7, let’s take a look at current iOS version installations and devices across Hanson-managed properties.
Maria Simmons
Maria Simmons, Software Engineer
Chris Kujawski, Senior Metrics and Media Strategist
Charles Ryder, Director of Design
Welcome to Hanson Inc in Maumee Ohio (near Toledo)

User Experience Toledo Region Event on Sept 12

Back in May, a group of us from Hanson joined other digital user experience experts, organized by our friend Keith Instone and the User Experience Toledo Region, for a great virtual conference led by Rosenfeld Media. Now a new UX event is coming in September, and we have the privilege of hosting the virtual event right here in our offices.
Mike Osswald
Mike Osswald, Vice President, Experience Innovation
Hansonite Zak Jaskinski on the campus of his alma mater, the University of Toledo

What I Learned Interning at a Digital Agency

Move from Alabama to Ohio for an internship? Yes, it was an opportunity of a lifetime that I was determined to build on. In 2011, I transferred to the University of Toledo and became a Hansonite to learn the digital landscape. Following my internship, Hanson offered me an opportunity to become a part-time strategy coordinator while finishing school, and I jumped at the chance. And now, post graduation, I’ve joined the Hanson team full-time as an account manager. I’ve learned so much since I first arrived.
Zak Jasinski
Zak Jasinski, Market Development Manager
Hanson welcomed the Toledo Web Professionals to the June 12 meetup

Toledo Web Professionals on AWS

Pizza and PowerPoint were on the menu at our offices last Wednesday night for the June meetup of the Toledo Web Professionals. This month, it was our privilege to both host the event and provide one of our own as the speaker. Steve Bumbaugh, a director of engineering here at Hanson, gave a presentation about Amazon Web Services (AWS), including an overview of AWS and how we use these services for our clients.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
Social media panel at the 2013 Sebo Series

Social Economics at the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship

There’s something so invigorating about being on a university campus, especially when you’re participating in an event to inspire current and future business leaders. That’s what happened last Friday when the Hanson team and over 650 registered guests descended on the campus of Bowling Green State University for the 2013 Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
Jason Follas talks about HTML5 Canvas Element

Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element

On March 13, Hanson was proud to host this month’s meeting of the Toledo Web Professionals. Forty-plus designers, developers and other creative professionals from the Toledo area crowded into our purple conference room to hear Jason Follas of Perficient, Inc. speak about designing interactive applications and games with the HTML5 canvas element.
Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element
Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element,
Hanson clients win 2013 Addy Awards

Hanson Clients Celebrated at the 2013 Toledo Addy Awards

Hanson clients were front and center at the Advertising Club of Toledo’s annual “AddyJam” last week. Amid live music, dancing and hors d'oeuvre noshing, the local ad club handed out awards honoring traditional and digital design work submitted by Toledo-area creatives.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
Hanson takes the Bing it on Challenge

Hanson Takes the Bing it On Challenge

Have you seen the Microsoft TV ads suggesting Gmail users are being “Scroogled”? Or the ones where people on the street are given blind tests to reveal whether Bing or Google is their preferred search engine?
Hanson Takes the Bing it On Challenge
Hanson Takes the Bing it On Challenge,
crossword made of terms used at digital agencies

What is a Digital Agency?

We didn’t invent the term digital agency, and we’re certainly not the only company that uses it to describe themselves. But it’s a term that sometimes spawns questions. Just what is a digital agency? And what exactly do we do? To answer these questions, it might help to explore other terms we could use---and why we choose not to use them.
What is a Digital Agency?
What is a Digital Agency?,