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Promote Your Business Through Great Photography

May 23, 2011
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One of the most important aspects of marketing your business is having great images on your website and other marketing materials. In my position, I see a lot of websites, and I can’t tell you how many have lots of text but poor images. People today don’t have time to read all that you have [...]

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I don’t like Earth Day.

April 22, 2011
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Yes, it’s official: I don’t like Earth Day! And it’s for the same reasons that I don’t like Easter, Valentine’s Day or Thanksgiving either. What a cynic, you say! You may be right, but read more to find out why. Leading up to Earth Day I usually get a ton of spam announcing someone’s Earth [...]

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Social Media: Making Piggy Paint Fans from the Farm to Hollywood

April 4, 2011
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Nashville Wraps’ customer Piggy Paint is taking their eco-friendly, non-toxic nail polish business from the toes of little girls in Arkansas all the way to Hollywood. Melanie Hurley, founder of Piggy Paint, was a stay-at-home mom from Springdale, Arkansas. Melanie became concerned about chemicals in nail polish for her two little girls. One day while [...]

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Thistle Farms – Doing Business Exceptionally

March 21, 2011
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If you have been reading our blog you know that we occasionally feature one of our customers that we believe might be an inspiration for you. One of our best customers is Thistle Farms right here in Nashville, Tenn. We are so happy to be a packaging supplier for this special place. Thistle Farms is [...]

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The (gift) show must go on!

January 19, 2011
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Ice, snow and the most horrible traffic in America could not dissuade buyers and exhibitors from attending the big January Gift Show in Atlanta. That alone should give us a good heads-up for 2011 turning out to be a good year for retailers.

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2011 Retail and Business Projections

January 3, 2011
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While businesses like Target may not see big changes, we think the smaller entrepreneurial businesses will do better, especially in the food-related sector, with gift, jewelry and apparel running right behind.

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Spring 2011 Packaging: A Sneak Peek of Green.

December 20, 2010
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Preview our new Spring Collections to be released in January. Made in the USA, they are all part of our Green Way® line of eco-friendly packaging.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

December 8, 2010
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It is December and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go. There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well, the sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow… So you probably know the lyrics, but my point is I have noticed something different this year and I [...]

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Lead in Reusable Grocery Bags (again).

November 17, 2010
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Cadmium, lead, mercury, and hexavalent chromium are not household names but if you have any of those nice graphic reusable grocery bags, chances are good those dangerous and illegal heavy metals are in your house.

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A green flash in the pan?

November 8, 2010
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Has the economy changed your thinking towards green, eco-friendly packaging and other products? It seems that being green for many industrial suppliers was a just flash in the pan.

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