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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Understand the Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like Flag and Banner&#8217;s sales will be clipping along just fine and then the news media will start reporting negatively about the economy and BOOM sales drop off. Nobody can ruin the economy or stir up the hate groups faster than mainstream media. I hope they don&#8217;t start neging everybody out before Christmas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Flag Season Has Come and Gone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, with the Fourth of July behind us we have made it through another flag season here at Arkansas&#8217; FlagandBanner.com.? And I am happy to report it was a fabulous one!!!? So far this year we have met all our monthly goals and are up almost 15% for the year! A big THANK YOU to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old State House Needs Your Help in Preserving Historic Flags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen Martin Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:11 CDT The Old State House Museum recently added two flags to its Arkansas Civil War Flag Collection. The flags are currently mounted on linen and encased in dark netting to keep the aged, fragile fabric intact. These antiquated methods of conservation prevent the ventilation of the fabric and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/flag-news/old-state-house-needs-your-help-in-preserving-historic-flags/</link>
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		<title>Recycle vs Sustainable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up we &#8220;recycled&#8221;. Today Arkansas&#8217; FlagandBanner.com is practicing &#8220;sustainable growth&#8221;. Whatever you call it I like it and we are doing our part. Just this week we had Allied Waste Management drop off a big dumpster for cardboard and paper only. This is something we tried to do years ago but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/my-business/recycle-vs-sustainable/</link>
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		<title>I am totally into it&#8230;Social Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like the new trends in advertising. No more printing fliers, buying address lists, stuffing envelopes and mailing. Now you can keep your customers abreast of what&#8217;s new through electronic transfer of files&#8230;facebook, website, twitter and e-mails. I like social networking for several reasons 1) it is less wasteful of our natural resources, 2) it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even the Turkey Couldn&#8217;t Hold Us Back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So with the thanksgiving holidays I expected our Weight Loss Challenge to, well&#8230; gain weight! But that was NOT the case. We overcame, against all odds, and defeated phase one of the holiday weight gaining season. With Thanksgiving behind us we can focus on preparing mentally for the challenge of Christmas!? So, if you&#8217;re making [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/my-business/even-the-turkey-couldnt-hold-us-back/</link>
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		<title>The Battle of the Collective Bulge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our company wide weight loss challenge looks to be back on track this week.? No big losses by any of the three teams but collectively we had a pretty good &#8220;loss&#8221; for the week! Here is The Guru&#8217;s message for the week - &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Progress! Good job everyone. Some pretty good progress was made this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/creative-stories/the-battle-of-the-collective-bulge/</link>
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		<title>One Step Forward&#8230; Two Steps Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the weight loss challenge is picking up steam&#8230; just not in the right direction!? I didn&#8217;t post anything last week because, well, the numbers did not look good.? This week? Not much better and it isn&#8217;t even the holiday season yet! Two weeks ago we had lost 100 pounds as a group. This week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/creative-stories/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/</link>
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		<title>Company Weight Loss Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, about a month ago we started a company wide weight loss challenge.? Every week we have a fitness guru (Jean-Paul Francoeur of JP Fitness) come in and weigh all the participating employees.? We are divided into 3 teams &#8211; the red, white, and blue teams.? The team that looses the most weight by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bannerisms.com/creative-stories/company-weight-loss-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Dreamland Ballroom on Today&#8217;s THV news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Sunday morning I am sitting at home sipping coffee, when the phone rings. It is Today&#8217;s THV reporter, Faith Abubey, she says, &#8220;Is this Kerry McCoy owner of Arkansas Flag and Banner?&#8221; Faith had seen Dreamland Ballroom&#8217;s press release about our new nonprofit status and wanted to do a story on the place. Faith [...]]]></description>
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