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Rockhurst Athletics' new hawk logo sits on a blue background.

Would you look at that!? During Family and Alumni Weekend a couple of weeks ago, Rockhurst University Athletics officially unveiled their new visual identity. The crowd responded with cheers, applause, and some dashing to the bookstore to grab new gear sporting the new hawk.

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Rubik’s cubes, acting, not checking social media every half hour. A lot of things look easy from far away, but then you get closer to them and realize they are much more complicated. This is especially true when it comes to price quotes for marketing efforts. READ MORE →

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. is the world’s largest payment network for prepaid mobile top-up and the second-largest global money transfer company. They also operate one of the largest independent ATM networks in Europe, and guess what? They chose us for an exciting upcoming project celebrating their 25th anniversary. READ MORE →

The JLSA team working from home

If you’re a business owner or brand manager during this time, marketing, next to licking your neighbor’s door handle, may be the last thing on your mind. But it shouldn’t be. Countless studies show businesses that continue or even increase ad spend during a recession have a huge advantage. Plus, people are still spending money, just in different ways.

Here in Kansas City, a “Stay at Home” order was enacted on March 24th, leaving many businesses to wonder how to operate and what to do. Yes, everything sucks everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be bad for your brand long-term. READ MORE →

10 Years Ago

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One of our first official owners’ portraits. Not enough piercings or turtlenecks.

Hey! James, David, and Josh here. We’d like to take you back for a moment to 2009 when this picture was taken.

It was the Great Recession, AKA the best worst time to start a business. None of us were happy with our agency jobs at [REDACTED]. And well, we figured if the ship was sinking, we should at least try and steer the thing.
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A smartphone with a responsive mobile website for bwtrailerhitches.com in the foreground

Do you even tow, bro? What’s your max tow rating?

Let’s say, just for this example, everyone doesn’t know their max tow rating. Or even their gross combined weight rating. You’d have trouble buying the right hitch! READ MORE →

Meet Account Manager Jace Kaleikau

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A new member joined our crew recently! And by recently, we mean March. And by new member, we mean our new account manager, Jace Kaleikau. Isn’t it about time you met the guy? We think so!

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2018 JLSA Year in Review

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It’s hard to believe 2018 is almost over. It’s even harder to believe our last end-of-the-year recap was in 2014. Where has the time gone? We wanted to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve been up to here at Johnny Lightning Strikes Again: READ MORE →

We’re Walmart famous.

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It’s true. We’re in Walmart. At least a client of ours is, so that probably makes us famous.

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JLSA KCU Logos on Purple Background

We’ve got some exciting news—we recently started a partnership with Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences (KCU for short) to serve as an extension of their marketing and communications team. READ MORE →