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Monday
October 1, 2007 Recalls on Products From China – Be Aware, Prepared and OpenFiled under: Education, Media Coverage I’m sure you’ve seen stories in the popular press about recalls of products made in China, including the recent news in Counselor PromoGram about promotional products distributed by California that were found to contain more lead than permitted under guidelines acceptable in North America. Obviously all of us are concerned about safety — for our end-users, our customers, ourselves and our businesses.
Monday
September 10, 2007 Guest Blog: New Stitches Roadshow – More Growth IdeasFiled under: Members, News About ASI I just received the below internal e-mail from Matthew Cohn, president of ASI Show!, and wanted to pass it along to you. We’re very excited internally about this announcement, and also by our integration between Stitches magazine and our colleagues at ASI Show! I think the Stitches Roadshow, in three cities in 2008, will be a great way to bring the power of the magazine alive for readers and advertisers. I’d love to know your reaction to our plans. Please post here, or send your e-mail to me at tim.andrews@asicentral.com. Best regards, TA
Tuesday
September 4, 2007 ASI Acquires TEAM Task Force, Canada – More Sales for Firms – Listen to Conference CallFiled under: Industry Initiatives, Members, News About ASI, Using Ad Specialties Leslie, Fred and I hosted an industry conference call about ASI Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Distributors, suppliers and decorators in Canada have been asking me for more ways to connect and do more business, and U.S. customers have expressed an interest in doing more business with companies in Canada. I believe that there are also many untapped opportunities in Canada for U.S.-based suppliers and distributors and ASI intends to help companies discover those.
Friday
August 3, 2007 Social What? Watch Video About Social Networking to Grow BusinessFiled under: Education, News About ASI, Using Ad Specialties Distributors, suppliers and decorators have been asking me about the concept of social networking and what it means for them. Social networking allows us to bring our customers, peers and colleagues together online to share ideas, feedback and thoughts openly – like with Webinars, chat rooms, blogs and other online forums.
People can visit a series of social networking sites, which can all come together to comprise what essentially is a virtual, online community in cyberspace. People stop at and visit their sites whenever they want, stay as long as they like, and come and go as they please.
Thursday
July 12, 2007 Chicago Action|Counselor Awards Winners and Watch Video for “Green” Products to SellFiled under: Education, News About ASI, Using Ad Specialties I wanted to share with you some of the new “green” products that are environmentally-friendly and a trend that is providing more selling opportunities for suppliers and distributors in the advertising specialty industry this year. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/videos/timchicagoshow2007final.flv /]
Tuesday
July 10, 2007 Suppliers can Update Product and Pricing Information for BuyersFiled under: Members, News About ASI Suppliers tell me that they appreciate all the work ASI does entering all of their product information and pricing from their catalogs, marketing materials and websites into ESP Online and LogoMall websites for distributors. But many have asked me for the ability to update pricing themselves or to tweak the product descriptions as needed. So today we’re launching a new easy-to-use database tool that enables ASI suppliers to easily update their product and pricing information in ESP Online.
The new feature complements ASI’s large staff of editors, who will continue to enter the vast majority of information for the 750,000 products in ESP Online. In addition to their work, suppliers will be able to review and edit product information and pricing, ensuring their information is as current as possible.
Monday
July 2, 2007 Save Big with Shopping Program for Office SuppliesFiled under: Members, News About ASI ASI members have been telling me that one of the largest expenses they have is for office supplies. So today I’m excited to announce a personalized savings program, providing average savings of 30% off commercial list prices on more than 10,000 office supplies from OfficeMax – including business furniture and equipment.
I’m particularly proud because ASI members who sign up for the program will work directly with an OfficeMax representative to receive personal pricing for a list of up to 50 of their most frequently purchased items, allowing them to save even more off the average retail discount. ASI members can use the substantial savings to invest in more advertising, marketing and staff resources to grow sales and will have more time for selling by being able to shop anytime from almost anywhere. |
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