Flags are a great way to show things off. When they blow in the wind, they attract attention. Putting a custom flag in front of your home or business can advertise an event, show off your pride for something, and so much more.
Advertising
Custom flags are perfect for advertising. If you're having a sale, expanding your store, or opening a new location, you can tell everyone with a flag. Customers who were coming to your store will quickly learn the news you have to share. And, people who may not have stopped by otherwise could end up bringing their business to you. Flags are perfect for advertising various other events. Church bake sales, city festivals, school carnivals, and any other event you can think of can be advertised with flags. If the event is a frequent or even yearly occurrence, you could potentially reuse the flag over and over instead of having to make new signs advertising the event every time it happens.
Showing Pride
Drive through any neighborhood in the country and you'll probably see at least one flag. Flags are often a symbol of pride. People all over fly the American flag in their yards. They may also fly the flag of their state, their city, their favorite sports team, or a group they're part of. Flags are an easy way to proclaim you care about a certain thing. You could create a flag for your child's sports team or a local team that doesn't have one already. If you have a family crest, you can fly it on a flag. Your knitting group, your neighborhood association, or your book club can have a flag to unite its members.
You can fly almost anything on a flag. The only limit is your imagination. As long as it's a design you love, it's worth flying. Vexillographers (people who design flags professionally) will tell you to follow a certain set of rules. Use only a few colors, keep the design simple, have everything mean something, don't use words or seals. But, these rules can be bent and broken. The flag of Seychelles uses five colors. The city flag for Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a hot mess of symbols. Several state flags have the state's name directly on the flag. Not even flags for important places always follow the rules. It's your custom flag, so you make the rules.
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