Recent Awards

Orange City Schools Wins OHSPRA Achievement Award

September 2011

At the 2011 Ohio School Public Relations Association Spring Conference, the Orange City Schools website won an Achievement Award in the website category. The Achievement Awards "recognize exemplary school public relations plans, practices and projects." All entries are judged according to how well they met best practices established by a panel of expert judges.  In particular websites were judged on content, design, writing, editing, graphic, photo and video enhancements, and ease of use.

The Orange City Schools website reflects the mission of the schools and serves the community as an informative and useful tool.  Realizing the potential of Social Media for reaching parents, students and community members, Orange began Twitter and Facebook campaigns. And since Orange utilizes WRIS's custom website development services, it was easy to add on a utility (WRIS inTEGRATED) to coordinate social media efforts. Now with just one click of a button, Orange can push updates to Facebook, Twitter and their website via WRIS inTEGRATED.

View the full case study and visit OHSPRA website to learn more about the OHSPRA Achievement Awards.

WRIS Web Services Wins W3 Silver Award for Heather Moore Jewelry

October 2010

The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs. Simply put, the W³ is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. WRIS was named a Silver Winner for the work on the Heather Moore Jewelry website in the Fashion Category.

WRIS Web Services Wins COSE 10 Under Ten Award

October 2010

Each year, COSE recognizes 10 businesses with 10 or fewer employees for their best practices in innovation, growth/success, value to the community and environment, diversity, promotion and customer service excellence.

COSE's Ten Under 10 Awards celebrate the best of the Northeast Ohio region's smallest employers.

From the COSE Update:

"Last year was the most profitable year so far for WRIS Web Services, a web design, development, hosting and search engine optimization firm. By counteracting the tough economy with efficiency-boosting tools - a support ticket system and project management platform - WRIS offset losses, increased revenaues by 8% and boosted net income by 200%." More >

Euclid City Schools Site Wins WebAward

September 2010

WRIS received an "Outstanding Website" award in the School category for the site it created for Euclid City Schools. The Euclid City Schools website scored well above the industry average for design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use. The Euclid City School District houses students in over thirteen academic buildings, so their redesign was a challenge to consolidate information into one audience-specific website. The redesign needed to cater to the entire Euclid City Schools community. As a result, the site includes an updated identity and layout with audience-specific navigation and RSS feeds. Judges from the WebAward competition referred to the site as “a nice site visually with great photos that capture the spirit of Euclid City Schools.” Another judge called it an “absolutely wonderful site. Easy to follow and filled with useful information. I am jealous that my community schools do not have such a wonderful user friendly site.”

Mayfield Village Site Wins WebAward

September 2010

WRIS received a "Standard of Excellence" award in the Government category for the site it created for Mayfield Village. The Mayfield Village website scored above the industry average for innovation, technology and ease of use. Mayfield Village wanted to create a website that would serve as a tool for the residents and business community in the area. The website now features various areas specific to audience, including Government, Services, Residents, Planning Development and Recreation. One WebAwards judge commented that the “calendar and CMS (Content Management System) pieces are well integrated. The site maintains a consistent flow without gaps. Layout is simple, clean and well orchestrated.” Another judge stated, “The quick links and calendar seem very useful for the audience.”

WRIS Web Services Wins Weatherhead 100 Award

August 2010

The Weatherhead 100 was forged as a venue for encouraging the truest spirit of entrepreneurialism and rewarding those companies that serve as a beacon to all businesses in Northeast Ohio. The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University uses a ranking system that acknowledges and brings together the region's fastest growing companies. Today, the Weatherhead 100 incorporates a method for further differentiating and distinguishing qualifying businesses that are both larger (Centurion) and smaller (Upstarts) companies like WRIS Web Services.

Orange City Schools Wins NSPRA/Ohio Achievement Award

April 15, 2010

At the 2010 National School Public Relations Association Achievement Awards, the Orange City Schools website won a Mark of Excellence Award in the web category. The Achievement Awards "recognize exemplary school public relations plans, practices and projects." All entries are judged according to how well they met best practices established by a panel of expert judges.

Last year WRIS upgraded the Orange City Schools website to reflect the mission of the schools and better serve the community as an informative and useful tool. The site improvements included a new design interface, multimedia section and Content Manager for easy site updates. Orange also uses the WRIS Email Engine to distribute routine correspondence and expand their audience. View the full case study and visit the NSPRA website learn more about the NSPRA/Ohio Achievement Awards.