Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods

Wayne Cranford was a student of quality. A master of tone. Not only in the written and spoken word, but also in the way it was written and spoken. read more >

Ross Cranford likes to think his dad, Wayne Cranford, is “having a scotch and soda with Charles Portis somewhere.” read more >

Jim Johnson, the Little Rock artist who was a founding partner in Cranford Johnson and saw the ad agency blossom into Cranford Johnson Robinson and eventually into CJRW, recalled Ron Robinson last week for his prodigious memory. read more >

Shelby Woods with his marketing agency, Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods, became the state’s top tourism marketer, publishing the Arkansas Tour Guide for 50 years and helping rebrand Arkansas as a “Natural State” for visitors. read more >

It’s emblazoned on everything from pencils to pillows, jigsaw puzzles to hot-air balloons. It’s stamped into Arkansas license plates and enshrined as the state’s official nickname. read more >

At 82, Jim Johnson's mind is sharp, roaming through the decades he spent in advertising in Little Rock as one of the founders of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods. read more >

Kelly McLarty, Lukas Arnold and Josh Walker have new jobs at Cranford Johnson Robinson Wood of Little Rock. read more >

Rob Anderson, formerly the director of content strategy for three years at Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods in Little Rock, has been hired as director of public relations at Arkansas Farm Bureau. read more >

There was much ado in some media and marketing circles last week over potential layoffs at Little Rock’s Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods. read more >

The agency beat out two others for the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace contract despite not having the lowest bid. read more >

UCA opened its advertising contract a year before the end of its contract with CJRW and will hear presentations next week. read more >

Two trends dominating the 2015 South-by-Southwest Interactive festival are content marketing and "big data." Rob Anderson of CJRW of Little Rock reports on what’s hot at this influential annual event. read more >

What’s your story? If you own a business or have a product to sell and you don’t have an answer to that question, then you may be in trouble. Why? Well, let me begin with a story … read more >

The arrival in the market of the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism’s new publication, My Arkansas Wedding, came as a surprise to the for-profit publishers of magazines. read more >

Denver Peacock is the latest former Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods staffer hanging out his own shingle after leaving the Little Rock advertising, marketing and public relations firm. read more >

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s July 6 article catching up on the transitions underway at Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods touched on the touchy topic of the advertising agency’s employee stock ownership plan. Several executives who have departed in recent years still have ownership in the company through the ESOP. read more >

Jay, Ross and Chris Cranford have formed a new advertising agency called Cranford Co. — actually a limited liability company — to be located in downtown Little Rock. Their father, Wayne, will be “of counsel” to Cranford Co. read more >

Jay, Ross and Chris Cranford, who left Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods this spring, have formed Cranford Co. and are in negotiations for office space in downtown Little Rock. Their father, Wayne Cranford, will be "of counsel" to the agency. Cranford Co. is in negotiations on about 2,000 SF of office space in downtown Little Rock. read more >

Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock has hired Mark Raines as its new vice president of public relations. read more >

The shakeup continues at Cranford Robinson Johnson Woods: Last week three executives, including two of the Little Rock ad firm’s namesake Cranfords, resigned. read more >