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	<description>Where ordinary products become extraodinary promotions</description>
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		<title>Response to President Barack Obama’s “Mandate” against Imprinted Promotional Products</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard, President Obama has mandated that government agencies stop using what he refers to as “swag”, a term that I myself have found to be typically used by people who have no understanding of the power of imprinted promotional products and what they can do for them. (To learn more about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=151&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Pyramid Award&#8211; 1977 &#8211; Lincoln Utilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<title>Gold Pyramid Award&#8211;1977&#8211;The Pour House Lounge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<title>Silver Pyramid Award&#8211;1977&#8211;J.M. McDonalds Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<title>With over 46 National &amp; International Awards, Nobody Even Comes Close.</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/with-over-46-national-international-awards-nobody-even-comes-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The team at Proforma Big Dog Branding has been recognized for their creativity and exceptional service on a regional, national and international level, a combined 52 times, with 46 of those being in national and international competitions! As we look forward to the next decade of success, we also reflect back on our past with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=165&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half-a-Cent &#8211; Study finds that Promotional Products average a Cost Per Impression of only $.005</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/half-a-cent-study-finds-that-promotional-products-average-a-cost-per-impression-of-only-005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beating out Radio, Newspaper and Television, Promotional Products score big with smart advertisers looking to make big time impressions on small time budgets. A 2010 study was conducted with businesspeople in the New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, London, Sidney, Toronto and Montreal metro areas to determine the value of media and the cost per [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=163&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know what this is?</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/do-you-know-what-this-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don’t recognize it, maybe you will recognize the next picture… Believe it or not, the first picture is of the first IBM 1 GB Hard Drive from 1981. Man how far we have come! It was just 30 years ago where we had a 1 gb hard drive that was the size of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=160&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cotton prices reach the highest level since the civil war.</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/cotton-prices-reach-the-highest-level-since-the-civil-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿ Valued Customers, Increased cotton and other raw materials costs have prompted industry suppliers Gildan, Hanes, Port &#38; Company and Jerzees to announce price increases. These increases will range from 5% on basic t-shirts to 10% on sport shirts and fleece. These prices will be effective Monday, Nov. 1.   Cotton prices are at record [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=138&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Promotion To Be Remembered&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/a-promotion-to-be-remembered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Alzheimer’s Society hits a nerve with a memorable promotion: ERASER USB FLASH DRIVE The goal: Design a memorable piece of communication that raises awareness of the disease’s early warning signs, like memory loss, as well as reminding everyday New Zealanders of the importance of Alzheimers New Zealand. Concept: Actual working erasers were hollowed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=135&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking &#8211; Do you Poken?</title>
		<link>http://bigdogbranding.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/social-networking-do-you-poken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigdogbranding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking just got easier! A lot easier! Poken, the newest and coolest way to re-connect with the outside world once you get back in front of your computer. Poken is your electronic business card that gives people everything you want them to know about you. When you meet someone and want to exchange information, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigdogbranding.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5717421&amp;post=119&amp;subd=bigdogbranding&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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