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		<title>Effective Promotions Or Extraneous Expenditures</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/12/01/so-much-more-than-extraneous-promotional-items/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/12/01/so-much-more-than-extraneous-promotional-items/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think of promotional products as extraneous promotional items? We don&#8217;t. The way we see it Ed O&#8217;Keefe had it right. No one wants to see government wastefully spend more of our money… cuts do need to be made, there&#8217;s no argument there. But there&#8217;s a difference between making smart cuts in unnecessary spending and throwing out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promotional Products - One Of Many Ways To Support A Cause</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/10/03/promotional-products-one-of-many-ways-to-support-a-cause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brand Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pinkwashing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a season of vibrant reds, oranges and yellows, there&#8217;s one rather unlikely color that&#8217;s become associated with the month of October. Pink. In fact, those now all-too-familiar pink ribbons first appeared in the fall of 1991 at a cancer fundraiser and were adopted as the official breast cancer support symbol the following year. As we mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proudly Patriotic</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/07/01/proudly-patriotic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BigPromotions.net]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[patriotic promotional products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriotism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe that we&#8217;re already at the time of year when patriotism takes center stage. As we gather at backyard cookouts or lounge on the beaches, attend parades or gaze up at fireworks to celebrate the birth of this nation, every one of us is proud to be an American. Yet how many can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call Them What You Will, Promotional Products Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/02/25/call-them-what-you-will-promotional-products-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2011/02/25/call-them-what-you-will-promotional-products-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BigPromotions.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Govenor Jerry Brown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=1636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to multiple reports including a recent Technorati piece, California Governor Jerry Brown referred to promotional products as &#8220;doodads and plastic gewgaws&#8221; and has forbidden state agencies from buying them, expecting to save his cash-strapped state somewhere between $7-$8 million over the next three years. He wants no more state money spent on items that make people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reusable Bags Loaded With Lead? Not Exactly.</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/11/23/reusable-bags-loaded-with-lead-not-exactly/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/11/23/reusable-bags-loaded-with-lead-not-exactly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BigPromotions.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday business gifts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=1422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It being sweeps, you&#8217;ll likely have heard news reports about unsafe lead levels in those handy imprinted reusable bags we&#8217;ve all gotten used to carrying to help the environment. Now that more and more communities are banning the landfill clogging plastic bags, reusable ones are making it onto the radar of a scandal hungry, ratings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from the front: How NOT To Do Email Marketing from Chili&#8217;s &#8211; No Place Else!</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/11/17/lessons-from-the-front-how-not-to-do-email-marketing-from-chilis-no-place-else/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/11/17/lessons-from-the-front-how-not-to-do-email-marketing-from-chilis-no-place-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Running Your Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=1442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a customer and fan of Chili&#8217;s for a long, long time. In fact, my ex-father in law actually built the first one in Dallas, so we go back a little. Imagine my joy when I see an email from Chili&#8217;s in my inbox, with the subject line &#8220;That Happy Little Place Between Work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Since When Are Bad Manners Good For Business?</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/08/19/since-when-are-bad-manners-good-for-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/08/19/since-when-are-bad-manners-good-for-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BigPromotions.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=1223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Am I the only one who&#8217;s noticed that more and more businesses just don&#8217;t care about service anymore? That bad manners and an indifferent attitude are the norm? In fact, within the last six months I&#8217;ve had experiences that illustrate this point only too well — when a major retailer makes it nearly impossible to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When There&#8217;s Cadmium In Your Kids Cup</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/06/18/when-theres-cadmium-in-your-kids-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/06/18/when-theres-cadmium-in-your-kids-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cadmium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recalls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recalls are so much in the news. Cars. Medicines. Spinach. Now our kids cups. No doubt you&#8217;ve heard about the McDonald&#8217;s recall of 12 million Shrek Foever After 3D promotional glasses due to unsafe levels of cadmium in the paint pigments on the glasses. In case you&#8217;re wondering how the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reversing Direction On BPA (Bisphenol A)</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/01/30/reversing-direction-on-bpa-bisphenol-a/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2010/01/30/reversing-direction-on-bpa-bisphenol-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bisphenol A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.bigpromotions.net/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ungodly screech of brakes that you&#8217;ve been hearing since mid January just happen to be the wheels of government as it shifts gears and reverses itself. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had come to agree with the U.S. National Toxicology Program after all, and indeed there was reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facing Down The Disdain Of A President</title>
		<link>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2009/07/01/facing-down-the-disdain-of-a-president/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bigpromotions.net/index.php/2009/07/01/facing-down-the-disdain-of-a-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not that anyone expects a President coming from the Democratic party to suddenly recognize the contribution, and necessity of business… that&#8217;s as realistic as expecting Republicans to support more government. But to see such glaring evidence of the disdain in which business is held by the current administration is discouraging to say the least.  [...]]]></description>
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