http://www.bannerisms.com www.bannerisms.com Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:32:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was growing up we "recycled". Today Arkansas' FlagandBanner.com is practicing "sustainable growth". 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 ... http://www.bannerisms.com/recycle-vs-sustainable/264/ 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's new through electronic transfer of files...facebook, website, twitter and e-mails. I like social networking for several reasons 1) it is less wasteful ... http://www.bannerisms.com/i-am-into-itsocial-networking/263/ So with the thanksgiving holidays I expected our Weight Loss Challenge to, well... 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!  ... http://www.bannerisms.com/even-the-turkey-couldnt-hold-us-back/261/ 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 "loss" for the week! Here is The Guru's message for the week - ----------------------------------------------- Progress! Good job everyone. Some pretty good progress was ... http://www.bannerisms.com/the-battle-of-the-collective-bulge/259/ So the weight loss challenge is picking up steam... just not in the right direction!  I didn't post anything last week because, well, the numbers did not look good.  This week? Not much better and it isn't even the holiday season yet! Two weeks ago we had lost 100 pounds as ... http://www.bannerisms.com/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/257/ 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 - the red, white, and blue teams.  The team that looses ... http://www.bannerisms.com/company-weight-loss-challenge/256/ So Sunday morning I am sitting at home sipping coffee, when the phone rings. It is Today's THV reporter, Faith Abubey, she says, "Is this Kerry McCoy owner of Arkansas Flag and Banner?" Faith had seen Dreamland Ballroom's press release about our new nonprofit status and wanted to do a ... http://www.bannerisms.com/dreamland-ballroom-on-thv-news/254/ Getting your GSA contract number is nothing to sneeze at. It is down right hard to fill out all the paper work and the government people you have for help well, they're government people. But after years of talking about it and a solid year of applying, I ... http://www.bannerisms.com/flagandbannercom-gets-gsa-certified-at-last/253/ Lucie Marie Hamilton’s funeral is today at 2:00 I never new Lucie as David, she applied and was given a job at FlagandBanner.com as Lucille Hamilton.  Lucie made no apologizes for the way she was and we did not expect one.  I am proud of my employees for ... http://www.bannerisms.com/lucie-marie-hamilton/251/ I first fell in love with the Taborian Hall from its outside appearance, a stately, three story, red brick building, standing alone on I-630, abandoned, with a huge hole in the roof, letting in the sun and rain. I always envisioned, my company, Arkansas Flag and Banner, housed in ... http://www.bannerisms.com/dreamland-ballroom-by-kerry-mccoy/246/