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color:#479D23; font-size:10px;">To Advertise Or Not to Advertise...That Is the Question</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" background="" style="background-image:url(../../nav_secondary_dash_bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom;"> <tr> <td width="10px" valign="top"><img src="http://www.greengroupmedia.com/GGM-Newsletter/May/images/nav_arrow.gif" alt="" width="6" height="9" style="padding-left:5px; padding-top:12px;"></td> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px; padding-left:5px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" width="150px" valign="top"> <a href="article2.html"style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px;">Tough Economy? Digital Signage Strikes Back!</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" background="" style="background-image:url(../../nav_secondary_dash_bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom;"> <tr> <td width="10px" valign="top"><img src="http://www.greengroupmedia.com/GGM-Newsletter/May/images/nav_arrow.gif" alt="" width="6" height="9" style="padding-left:5px; padding-top:12px;"></td> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px; padding-left:5px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" width="150px" valign="top"> <a href="article3.html"style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px;">How <i>Not</i> to Go Down the Drain With the Economy</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" background="" style="background-image:url(../../nav_secondary_dash_bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom;"> <tr> <td width="10px" valign="top"><img src="http://www.greengroupmedia.com/GGM-Newsletter/May/images/nav_arrow.gif" alt="" width="6" height="9" style="padding-left:5px; padding-top:12px;"></td> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px; padding-left:5px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" width="150px" valign="top"> <a href="article4.html"style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:10px;">Numbers Don't Lie</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="center" align="center"><a href="http://www.greengroupmedia.com/quote_contact.html"><img src="images/img_instant_quote.jpg" name="receivequote" width="121" height="121" border="0" alt="Receive An Instant Quote"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" valign="center"><a href="http://www.directcapital.com/apply/greengroupmedia" target="_blank"><img src="images/img_quick_finance.jpg" name="quickfinancing" width="121" height="121" border="0" alt="Quick Financing"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <!-- Main body Copy --> <td valign="top" width="500"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:24px; padding-left:5px; padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:3px; letter-spacing:.03em" valign="top"> <img src="images/art4.jpg" alt="art4" width="490" height="270" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#479D23; font-size:24px; padding-left:5px; padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:3px; letter-spacing:.03em" valign="top"> Numbers Don't Lie</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="117" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#464648; font-size:14px; padding-left:5px; padding-bottom:10px; letter-spacing:.03em"> <p>As you take a long, hard look at your business' advertising budget, Green Group Media invites you to keep some eye-opening figures to keep in mind:</p> <p>In a study of U.S. recessions, McGraw-Hill Research analyzed 600 companies from 1980-1985. The results showed that firms that maintained or increased their advertising expenditures during the 1981-1982 recession averaged significantly higher sales growth, both during the recession and for the following three years, than those that eliminated or decreased advertising.</p> <p>By 1985, sales of companies that were aggressive recession advertisers had risen 256% over those that didn't keep up their advertising.</p> <p>You can prepare with The Green Team's help. Large and small retailers alike depend on Green Group Media s high-quality digital advertising displays to accent their businesses and drive sales  even in a challenging economy.</p> <p><i><b>Sources:</b> Makmarketing.net and Scvhba.com</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" style="padding-top:15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px; color:#000;"> <img src="images/contact-number.jpg" alt="contactinfo" title=""><br> Atlantic City . Philadelphia . Dallas . Detroit . Los Angeles . Shanghai . Bogota . 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