Video Killed the Radio Star

Just like the song that kicked off the MTV video revolution, web video has become a mainstream form of communication and advertising, not only for entertainment websites—such as the Webby award winning and highly entertaining www.askaninja.com—but for the business and political world as well. TRIAD recently produced a web video for client Rockport Square. Check it out at www.rockportsquare.com/
rockportsquare_video.asp. For more information on video production contact Interactive Media Director Todd Bertsch at todd.bertsch@triadadv.com

TRIAD was also recently presented with an Interactive Media Award for the Rockport Square website. For more on this story visit http://www.triadadv.com/press14.asp.





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Designer Mail

Designing custom mail pieces can be challenging, especially when questions arise regarding size, paper weight and color among others. One of the skilled senior designers at TRIAD is always available to answer any questions you may have, but for more complicated pieces turn to a Mailpiece Design Analysts (MDA). The MDA are specially trained U.S. Postal Service® employees who are available at your local post office to answer questions regarding mailpiece design. The MDA for the Akron area is Paul Hirschfelt and he can be contacted at paul.m.hirschfelt@usps.gov.

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Better than Draino®—TRIAD’s FTP Site

TRIAD now has an FTP site for clients to upload or download large files that tend to severely clog up email inboxes. Be sure to ask TRIAD about this new client feature!

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Affordable AirFare is Worth the Drive

Having a difficult time finding affordable airfare for your summer vacation? A new airline, Skybus, based in Columbus offers some of the lowest fares available. All flights are non-stop to over 12 cities across the country, with ticket prices starting at $10. That’s right $10! For more information about Skybus and to book your next trip visit www.skybus.com

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Sweet Charity

Two of TRIAD’s employees Pam Watson and Marsha Griswold recently participated in the American Cancer Society Cuyahoga Falls Relay for Life event on separate teams. One of TRIAD’s valued clients, North Akron Savings Bank also organized a team for the event. Their team won several awards for their Christmas theme, ‘Tis the Season for a Cure. In total the relay raised over $100,000 for the American Cancer Society.

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FreeHand Program Discontinued

Adobe recently announced they have discontinued development of FreeHand and users of this program are being encouraged to migrate towards Illustrator CDS3. Both FreeHand and Illustrator are vector drawing programs and share many common tools and commands, making the transition relatively simple. FreeHand files are also easily converted to Illustrator which can open FreeHand files up to Version 9. For any questions about the transition from FreeHand to Illustrator please contact Chris Price at christopher.price@triadadv.com

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TRIAD Teams with University Park Alliance For the Second Year

University Park Art Fair at Grace Park will be taking place Saturday August 18. Showcasing a range of artwork including jewelry, fine art, ceramics and photography from local and regional artists, the University Art Fair is organized by the University Park Development Corporation (UPDC). UPDC was formed to revitalize the diverse neighborhoods in the area surrounding The University of Akron and the Akron Central Business District. For more information about the Art Fair log onto www.universityparkartfair.org.



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