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May 12, 2008 NYC Results – More Business for You, Barbara Corcoran Tips, USA Today MentionFiled under: News About ASI I wanted to let you know about last week’s ASI New York Show and some feedback I’ve received from distributors and suppliers. Attendance was higher than we anticipated – more than 2,800 distributors – and was up 50% from last year’s Philadelphia show. Suppliers told us that distributors attending were large customers and prospects and that they did above-average business. Many said that high-quality counts just as much, if not more than, quantity. Early results from distributor surveys show that they were pleased with the variety of exhibitors – 500 suppliers total – including 100 not appearing at any other Northeast show. Of course, there are things we’ll do differently next year, when the show moves to early March. And, I welcome any suggestions. In addition to Education Day and the two days of exhibits, we also hosted nearly 400 people at the annual Counselor Top 40 Awards dinner, where we named Jack Teague of BIC Graphic USA as Counselor Person of the Year. He was honored for his leadership in product safety, social responsibility, sustainability and product innovation – and we can all learn several things about good business from Jack.
Our keynote on Thursday was real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran, who encouraged companies to use the press to market themselves. Check out her tips for success in our video interview from Counselor PromoGram, at http://easylink.playstream.com/asitv/nycorcoran.wvx. She was also on the TODAY Show the next day: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24528877/. Also, check out some of the products featured in an article about the ASI Show in today’s USA Today, at www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2008-05-11-ad-briefs_N.htm.
For complete multimedia coverage of ASI New York and the Counselor Awards, visit www.asicentral.com or www.asicentral.com/counselorawards. There are too many people to thank by name for New York’s success, so my personal thanks go out to every individual who helped to make this year a memorable, business-building event. See you for ASI New York in 2009. Tell me what you think about the show, or anything else on your mind – post now on the blog or email me at tim.andrews@asicentral.com. Also, stay informed and submit your email in the window called ‘Enter your email for updates’ at the top right of the screen and you’ll get a note when my next post is live. 5 CommentsLeave a Comment |
Enjoyed the show. Have made several sales already with info from the show.
Found it difficult to deal with the hotel through your agent. Tough to get them on the phone. Tough to get service from them.
Was very disappointed in the hotel Pennsylvania!!
Our room had paint peeling off the ceiling, mold on the ceiling and paint completely off the bathroom door. On top of that we had bites from from bed bugs. After two days of that we were moved to a nicer room, that didn’t have bugs!!!
The hotel didn’t meet our standards and won’t be on the list next year. Sorry
After attending the Florida show last year, I was very shocked to not find the big vendors there at this show. I’ll certainly check before I come to another one.
More comments on Hotel Pennsylvania – the check in process was a disaster. They also would not answer their phones the three times I called the front desk. Started the whole event on a bad note.
As a first timer, we found the education day to be terrific. Great job to the staff who were very helpful as well.