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		<title>Best Promotional Products For Your Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many business owners think about promotional products, but are not quite sure what is best for their specific type of business. While there are many great product ideas to choose from, not every product will be right for every business. Take the time to think about your business, your customers, and what would be most effective.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/6NZIlq8XbGY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Promotional Note Pads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every business needs to advertise, and many types of publicity can be extremely daunting financially. Balancing cost with effectiveness is paramount. One medium that many companies are turning to is branded promotional materials. These items can either be handed out to potential clients and business partners or packaged with products for sale. However they are utilized, they are a simple, effective use of your company's advertising budget.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/nQnf68nrDy4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Promotional Marketing – Effective Promotion vs Cheap Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The notion that simply giving stuff away at a trade show is effective promotional marketing may be one of the biggest myths ... one of the biggest bottles of snake oil ever sold to business owners and marketers.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/uEJQMZjf7jc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Promotional Anti-Stress Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no getting around it. The office is a stressful environment. For most of us, people can either be triggers for our stress or sources for relief for our stress. Unfortunately, because of the need to maintain a professional rapport with our workers, we have to be conscious on exposing our feelings too readily. That stop valve we put on our emotions at work can be a cause of stress in itself, and we have got to make sure the containment of stress does not lead perversely to the angry and hostile release of stress.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/mp7CyS1ttps" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Marketing Fundamentals – Creativity with Direction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You may have your own ideas of what creativity means. You may also be struggling with your company's advertising and/ or income. With regard to marketing, the definition of creativity is very different than it is in relation to the arts. Marketing uses many of the artistic genres including composition, design, photography, film, music, dance, and theater, but the intention and outcome are not alike by any means.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/QpkVsKIqQWE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Summertime Promotional Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The weather is slowly beginning to heat up, the sun is out, and summer is heading our way. Now is the perfect time to start up your summertime promotions and advertising campaigns. It is an excellent time of year to boost your sales, create revenue and increase traffic.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/ymjRW_owGsg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Approaching Your Marketing – Networking is Necessary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is truly amazing just how many new clients are introduced to your business by the networking process. Networking is a major method of expanding your clientele base that must not be ignored. New opportunities, increased sales, and other accomplishments occur through establishing new contacts.

Become acquainted with a number of business contacts. This requires being comfortable making introductions, meeting new people, and putting yourself out there for the public. Importantly, networking is free. It can require absolutely no money, but has the potential to earn your business a great deal of money.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/Owk_SZ1xLoo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>The 7 Steps of a Successful Promotional Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To achieve a successful Promotional Campaign a great deal of effort needs to put into the planning and organizing stages, if your objective is to have the desired results. Initially you need to realize that your campaign should have three required outcomes:

To make sure that your marketing message reaches your target group
That your message is clearly understood by your target audience
That your message inspires your target group and they begin to act&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/ymRhv89Z1Zg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Earth Friendly Promotional Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What kind of message do you want your company to send out to your potential customers, staff and corporate associates? In this day and age it is important to show the public that you care about the environment that they have to inhabit. Companies who pollute and show clearly by their corporate actions that the wellbeing of the environment is not a priority do not do nearly as well in public opinion polls. You can start showing the public that you care about the environment by handing out "green" promotional gifts.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/6eN4oMnR7fQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Custom Water Bottles – The Perfect Promotional Summer Giveaway</title>
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		<description>Many promotional activities are organized throughout the summer season as the weather is delightful and people are more active during this time. Planning promotional campaigns during the summer helps in expanding your customer reach. People plan their outings during summer vacations and prefer to buy or carry water bottles anywhere they travel. Water bottles are handy and can be refilled whenever required. Moreover, they are the practical summer products and are in demand. Keeping this factor in mind, you can use custom bottles or promo bottles as your marketing instruments to connect better with your customers.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/lOGIwABmrgQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Custom Poker Chips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Understanding custom poker chips took me almost a year to sort out when I first started creating them - but here are the major types you will encounter when buying them custom for yourself or for your business:&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/iqyivUCAXTk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>History of the T-shirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who started wearing t-shirts and how did they become so cool? It all started in the early 1900’s during WWI. U.S. soldiers realized the Europeans had comfortable looking cotton shirts on and they figured those must be much better than the wool uniforms they were wearing. Next thing you know cotton shirts shaped like the letter T emerged into the battlefield.
Most would agree that the shirts were given the name t-shirt because of their shape, but even in this case there are other claims. Some claim they were referred to as "training shirts" as they were worn by training soldiers. Another crazy claim is that tee is short for "amputee" referring to the short sleeves. It's crazy how all of these claims kind of make sense but no one knows the definite truth. One thing's for sure; for a while t-shirts were worn as undershirts and for the specific purpose of staying cool.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basicxpressions/MtOC/~4/AWE_hBG7G6k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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