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		<title>Is 3-D Direct Mail Your Secret Weapon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our history as an agency, we have mailed out a colorful array of 3-D items on our client&#8217;s behalf. Used strategically, dimensional mailings can certainly cut through the clutter and get your message noticed. The key is finding the right item. It should be completely relevant to your message or promotion. In August we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/08/is-3-d-direct-mail-your-secret-weapon/</link>
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		<title>New Look for Taylorsville Savings Bank</title>
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We have just wrapped production of a new branding campaign for Taylorsville Savings Bank. The campaign is designed to increase awareness of TSB’s long history serving the citizens of Alexander County. It includes a new logo design, newspaper ads, radio spots and outdoor designs. EKA has represented the Bank for the past 15 years. Under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/07/new-look-for-taylorsville-savings-bank/</link>
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		<title>Bringing Home The Gold!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We won a Gold MAC Award in Comprehensive Marketing Strategy for our web, direct mail and advertising work on behalf of The Boys and Girls Clubs of North Carolina at the 2010 BGCA National Conference.
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		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/06/bringing-home-the-gold/</link>
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		<title>Gearing up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at the agency, we&#8217;re in the process of gearing up for what we feel will be a significant increase in business in the near future. For the last couple of years, we&#8217;ve been treading water &#8211; holding our own until the economy caught it&#8217;s breath and started moving again. It&#8217;s still early in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/05/gearing-up/</link>
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		<title>EKA Welcomes Leigh Ann Venable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce the addition of our newest associate, Leigh Ann Venable. Leigh Ann is the former owner of 360 marketing in High Point, NC.  Leigh Ann brings with her several valuable clients and a vast depth of knowledge. In addition to client service, Leigh Ann will also lend her expertise in new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/05/eka-welcomes-leigh-ann-venable/</link>
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		<title>Giving Birth To An  Annual Report Without  The Excruciating Labor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of creating an annual report for Skyline Rural Telecom Cooperative, we were given a compliment.  “This isn&#8217;t nearly as hard as we thought it would be!”  For some companies, annual reports are an arduous process and a necessary evil.  We try to make the process easy and even fun.  EKA staff brings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/04/giving-birth-to-an-annual-report-without-the-excruciating-labor/</link>
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		<title>Making Small Budget TV Look Big Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of our clients face the same challenge – creating local TV spots to compete with big-budget national commercials.  At EKA, we&#8217;ve always felt that a strong concept well executed with creative resourcefulness can trump a big budget.
Recently, we did just that for North State Communication&#8217;s PLEX Voice, Wireless, Broadband and TV products.
Using a combination [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/04/making-small-budget-tv-look-big-budget/</link>
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		<title>Is Social Networking Working?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JON&#8217;S NOTES
Strategic Marketing Advice and Tips from EKA President Jon Kemp
Twitter, Linked-In, Blogs, Facebook&#8230; Is it alll Worth it?
One minute I’m thinking “social networking is great – I’ve reconnected with people I haven’t seen since high school.” The next minute I’m thinking “why do these people spend hours every day yakking on these sites &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/04/is-social-networking-working/</link>
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		<title>We Remember&#8230; Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our EKA family mourns the passing of our long time friend and colleague, Bill Campbell. For the past eighteen great years, Bill was a brilliant and consistent source of great ideas and beautifully expressive copywriting. Bill possessed the rare ability to take a pile of chicken manure and transform it into gourmet chicken salad. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/03/we-remember-bill/</link>
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		<title>Newest addition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce the arrival of EKA&#8217;s most junior, junior art director. Adorable Emmi McLawhorn was born in August (yes we know it is now March!) to interactive director David McLawhorn and his lovely wife Betsey. Her parents claim she is already exhibiting PhotoShop prowess.
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		<link>http://jonsnotes.edkemp.com/2010/03/newest-addition/</link>
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