Articles in Category: From the Mag
Not Your Dad’s Legos
Local Billings team wins state-wide competition using robotics, teamwork and problem-solving. Here at Ultra Graphics we love to highlight things happening in our community that show everyone how amazing Billings and its residents are – and this one is extra special: In late January, a Billings-based team succeeded in winning first place at the Montana FIRST Lego League state competition Read More…
Image Optimization: an Intro and Guide
With the rise of image-heavy social media networks like Instagram and Pinterest, the demand for “media-rich” websites is becoming less of a trend and more of a necessity. People expect to see multimedia during their browsing experience, and the days of text-heavy or bland content with no supporting imagery are numbered. On the other hand, the increase in media-rich sites Read More…
What to do when marketing makes you feel dumb.
It’s happened to all of us. Whether it be a multi-touch campaign, a Facebook ad, a direct mail piece, or just a gigantic sign outside your storefront – there have been those times that you were confident that customers would be marching in by the thousands. Days later, when it doesn’t happen, you’re scratching your head wondering why it was Read More…
Company Spotlight – Lynnrich Siding, Windows, and Doors
Lynnrich seamless siding, windows and doors shares some marketing tips that make their local business a successful one. We’ve probably all heard the catchy Lynnrich Your Home jingle on the radio. The owner was kind enough to answer some marketing questions to give us some insight into his customer-service oriented approach to running a local Billings business. What is the Read More…
Website Security – an Intro and Guide
Whenever a new system, program, resource, or technology is unleashed upon the world, you can make a sure bet that someone bad will do everything they can to exploit it. The most widespread technologies are also inevitably the biggest targets, and there’s fewer Content Management Systems (CMS) with a bigger bullseye on its back than WordPress. At the time this Read More…
Helping Others One Walking Stick at a Time
Eight year old Jacob Studer is a businessman and philanthropist. As founder of Billings Best Hiking Sticks, he started small with weekly “driveway sales” but it didn’t take long before he grew to online distribution and local deliveries. These days Jacob channels both his business sense and his creativity to help raise money for local charities. His first charitable donation Read More…
Company Spotlight – Cool Water Jewelry
Cool Water Jewelry, a popular Montana small business, shares some great insight into their marketing strategies. What is the one thing most people don’t know about Cool Water Jewelry that you wish they did? We have been in business for 22 years, and we just opened our Cool Water Jewelry Factory-Outlet Store! What kinds of things do you do to Read More…
Global Health Outreach: Providing health, medical care, and assistance to families in Haiti
Ultra Graphics recently teamed up with volunteers from the Global Health Outreach to provide 500 coloring books to children still reeling from Haiti’s massive earthquake in 2010. Ultra Graphics is at it’s core a print and marketing communications company. But when those products serve to help others – even in small ways – it truly is a joy to participate. Read More…
Company Spotlight – Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning
Comfort Heating shares with us some great insight into branding and marketing a long-time local business. What is the one thing most people don’t know about Comfort Heating that you wish they did? That we are a second generation family owned company that has been serving Billings since 1983. What kinds of things do you do to ensure marketing initiatives Read More…
How Google Teaches Us To Be Better Marketers
Ah, Google… The all-knowing, all-seeing super-algorithm that intrinsically embeds itself in our lives on every screen, 24 hours a day. Gone are the days of having to visit a library and read books to solve a problem, learn a new fact, or settle an argument when an answer is a quick online search away. Google has wrangled the search-able internet Read More…
The Myth of “Self-Service”
I bought it. It was my dumb decision. My wife rightly questioned me, and yet I assured her it’d be great. We moved a few years ago, and one of the many joys of moving are unexpected expenses. We needed a washer and dryer. Rather than go to a big box store or even research online what I should purchase, Read More…
Introducing a Special Boy in a Special Way
At Ultra Graphics, the center of what we do every day could be summarized in one word: Communication. While that sounds nice and certainly gives us all a standard elevator speech to quickly explain our work, it’s easy to forget how truly significant that word is to the people our communication impacts. A recent project to print a cartoon book Read More…
Company Spotlight – Special K Ranch
Special K Ranch shares a unique perspective on marketing for a non-profit organization. What is the one thing most people don’t know about Special K that you wish they did? Special K Ranch provides life-long homes for adults, ages 18 and older, who have special needs. The ranch was founded with the vision of being a place its residents can Read More…
Marketing Return on Investment: Drowning in Data (Part 2)
“Drowning in data” is an apt summarization of the past few years for most modern marketers. 2015 began with a bang – or more accurately an explosion – of more marketing channels, media, and metrics. With many businesses increasing their marketing budget as a result of either the economy slowly nursing itself back to health – and owners realizing the Read More…
Marketing Return on Investment: Drowning in Data
“Drowning in data” is an apt summarization of the past few years for most modern marketers. 2015 began with a bang – or more accurately an explosion – of more marketing channels, media, and metrics. With many businesses increasing their marketing budget as a result of either the economy slowly nursing itself back to health – and owners realizing the Read More…
Company Spotlight – Roger L Daniel Insurance
What is the one thing most people don’t know about your company that you wish they did? People know that we sell insurance – however most people do not know we are extremely proficient in creating income and protecting assets with different investment strategies. How did the downturn of the national economy impact your marketing efforts? Have you marketed differently Read More…