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		<title>Get Your Free, Extra ESP License</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2012/04/25/get-your-free-extra-esp-license/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1964, the great R&#38;B singer Sam Cooke sang “The Best Things in Life are Free,” live at the Copa. The moon, the stars, flowers in spring – all free. To that list, I’m happy to add a free, extra ESP® license for members subscribed to the ad specialty industry’s largest and most accurate product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth First</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2012/04/20/earth-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still have the $10 Earth Day T-shirt (my first ad specialty tee!) I helped sell in the quad in 1982 during my first fundraiser as secretary of the Society of Professional Journalists at Ball State University.
I’m still involved in ad specialties and still concerned about doing all I can to help protect the Earth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Promo Products</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2012/03/22/vote-for-promo-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no end to the creativity – and money – to be found in election-related ad specialties. As of this week, the Obama campaign reported already stocking nearly $800,000 in merchandise and apparel in its Chicago election store. 
Some election products, like dog T-shirts, iPhone cases, basketball jerseys, can koozies, cufflinks, martini glasses, jewelry and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sourcing City And ASI Form Strategic Alliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASI is very pleased to announce a new strategic alliance with Sourcing City, the market leader of digital services and networking trade events for the ad specialty industry in the U.K. Together, we’ll work closely together to foster connections and introduce best practices that will benefit the U.S. and U.K. markets. 
To that end, Sourcing City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESP Mobile Is Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drumroll, please. You can now download the free iPhone app from the Apple App store, free with your ESP subscription.
For a video with all the reasons why this should be your No. 1 app, click here. Any iPhone user can download the app today directly from iTunes here.

ASI’s development team has automatically applied an ESP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Grab Bag</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2011/12/28/business-grab-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you gave gifts to clients and prospects this year? According to a recent gift-giving survey from ASI, average spending on such gifts was up 13.9% to about $30 per gift this year.
Our executive director of research, Larry Basinait, found clients aren’t the only ones benefiting from corporate beneficence. Employers who answered our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marching Toward Success with ASI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASI’s ongoing commitment to advanced technology is moving two giant steps forward with the launch of two new initiatives: ASI SmartSales for distributors and ASI SalesPro for suppliers.
Designed specifically for this industry – in cooperation with tech giant Oracle – ASI SmartSales and ASI SalesPro represent the next generation of sales tools for industry professionals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do End-Users Really Want?</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2011/11/09/what-do-end-users-really-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, ASI released its latest study, which addresses the key question, “Are you delivering what end-users really want?” The answer may surprise you.
In the first industry study to tell suppliers and distributors if they’re delivering the right products, ASI documents the discrepancies in attitudes and opinions between buyers, sellers and end-users of the products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counselor Names Power 50</title>
		<link>http://timandrewsblog-asicentral.com/timblog/2011/11/08/counselor-names-power-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timidity has no place in business. And if Polyconcept’s recent history has shown us anything, it’s exactly that. When Polyconcept’s Philippe Varnier, Yann Leca and David Nicholson purchased Trimark Sportswear, they changed the game by becoming the first major supplier to sell both hard goods and apparel.
This big, bold move also helped propel them from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s In Your Bag?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again our industry is tapping into a growing worldwide trend by capitalizing on the plastic bag bans enacted in states as diverse as Alaska, California and North Carolina, and countries like Italy and India. According to Counselor’s 2011 State of the Industry report, bags accounted for 9.7% of all revenue from the sale of promo products last year, or $1.7 billion. ]]></description>
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