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Insights and Analysis

Research and perspective on marketing, technology, and business growth from the Arising Media team.

AVIF vs WebP vs JPEG: Web Performance Analysis

Every business we work with eventually asks some version of the same question: "why is our website slow on mobile?" The answer is almost always images. A single unoptimized product photo or hero banner can weigh more than the entire rest of the page combined. Instead of...

Five Business Automation Trends That Will Define 2026

The automation conversation in 2024 and 2025 was mostly about single-purpose tools: a chatbot that answers FAQs, a script that sends a follow-up email. In 2026, the businesses pulling ahead are the ones deploying AI agents that carry a task through multiple steps without a human...

Wan2.2 Animate 14B: Open-Source AI Animation

Wan2.2 Animate 14B is an open-source AI model built for character animation: taking a reference image or video of a person or character and generating new motion, expressions, or full animated sequences driven by a source performance. Unlike the closed, subscription-gated...

30 Hours of Autonomous AI: What Actually Happened

We gave an autonomous AI coding agent a real, bounded engineering task from our own internal backlog and let it run continuously for 30 hours with minimal human intervention, checking in periodically rather than supervising every step. The goal was not a stunt, we wanted a...

Why Organic Traffic Does Not Convert to Local Leads

A business owner tells us their website gets a healthy number of visitors from Google, sometimes hundreds a month, but the phone rarely rings and the contact form barely gets used. The instinct is to blame the traffic source, or to assume the website itself is broken. In our...

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Global Lion Property Management
University at Buffalo School of Law
Chip's Family Restaurant
Floor It Hardwood Floors
LT's Pizza and Subs
La Rosa Pizzeria
Empower Skin and Scalp Spa
What we write about

Infrastructure thinking applied to growth problems.

Client result

Lahr Auto Spa

Auto detailing, Waterloo NY

Full website Designed and built
Online booking Live in-flow
Local SEO Finger Lakes region

We needed a website that matched the quality of the work we do. Arising Media built the site, the booking flow, and the local search presence so customers can find us and book without calling. It made the business easier to run.

Jessica Lahr, Owner, Lahr Auto Spa
What clients say

Results from businesses that trust us.

Excellent on Google ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 · 14 reviews
★★★★★

Andre and Arising Media are incredible at what they do and they have more than doubled our business. They go above and beyond to make sure that we succeed.

Brian Sirois
★★★★★

Absolutely loved working with the Arising Media team. They are extremely helpful in explaining any process and answering questions thoughtfully. This is an awesome team that provides quality and expertise.

Venus Vega
★★★★★

We have been working with Arising and Andre for years and their attentiveness to us is unmatched. Insightful direction on strategy and execution is perfect and has helped our business grow!!

Lana Camera
★★★★★

Andre and his team at Arising Media are the most professional team I have come across in terms of Google Search with SEO and SEM. They are extremely knowledgeable and know how to execute a successful plan that converts to leads and revenue growth.

Jamie Taylor
★★★★★

Could not be happier with Andre and his team's experience, professionalism, and support. They are so detail oriented. I could not be more grateful for all the time they took to get to know my brand so they could envision what I could not for myself.

Lily Ignatowski
★★★★★

I've worked with Andre on and off for almost four years. He's kind, courteous, and professional. His work is always top quality and he's always available to answer any questions I might have.

Charlie Serabian
★★★★★

I am very happy with my webpage. Andre & his crew are very technologically up to date, creative & talented. He goes above & beyond the call of duty. Good quality workmanship, great value, very professional & responsive.

Anne Lahr
★★★★★

Arising media is the best company to quickly develop a website or design a menu board.

Altin Muhaxheri
★★★★★

Very responsive throughout entire process. Good experience.

Sean R
★★★★★

Not only were they able to give me new digital boards for in-store but did a complete new website for me which is very easy to navigate. Very professional and hands on.

erolind simnica
★★★★★

Andre and his team are amazing and keep the calls coming in. Keep up the good work.

Chuck Haug
★★★★★

Best digital signage I've ever had! Awesome customer service! I love my website!

Marissa M
★★★★★

High recommend Arising Media to anyone looking for digital solutions.

Jamie Taylor
★★★★★

Andre and Arising Media are incredible at what they do and they have more than doubled our business. They go above and beyond to make sure that we succeed.

Brian Sirois
★★★★★

Absolutely loved working with the Arising Media team. They are extremely helpful in explaining any process and answering questions thoughtfully. This is an awesome team that provides quality and expertise.

Venus Vega
★★★★★

We have been working with Arising and Andre for years and their attentiveness to us is unmatched. Insightful direction on strategy and execution is perfect and has helped our business grow!!

Lana Camera
★★★★★

Andre and his team at Arising Media are the most professional team I have come across in terms of Google Search with SEO and SEM. They are extremely knowledgeable and know how to execute a successful plan that converts to leads and revenue growth.

Jamie Taylor
★★★★★

Could not be happier with Andre and his team's experience, professionalism, and support. They are so detail oriented. I could not be more grateful for all the time they took to get to know my brand so they could envision what I could not for myself.

Lily Ignatowski
★★★★★

I've worked with Andre on and off for almost four years. He's kind, courteous, and professional. His work is always top quality and he's always available to answer any questions I might have.

Charlie Serabian
★★★★★

I am very happy with my webpage. Andre & his crew are very technologically up to date, creative & talented. He goes above & beyond the call of duty. Good quality workmanship, great value, very professional & responsive.

Anne Lahr
★★★★★

Arising media is the best company to quickly develop a website or design a menu board.

Altin Muhaxheri
★★★★★

Very responsive throughout entire process. Good experience.

Sean R
★★★★★

Not only were they able to give me new digital boards for in-store but did a complete new website for me which is very easy to navigate. Very professional and hands on.

erolind simnica
★★★★★

Andre and his team are amazing and keep the calls coming in. Keep up the good work.

Chuck Haug
★★★★★

Best digital signage I've ever had! Awesome customer service! I love my website!

Marissa M
★★★★★

High recommend Arising Media to anyone looking for digital solutions.

Jamie Taylor

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