{"id":1173,"date":"2011-08-11T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2011-08-11T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T15:42:05","slug":"brave-new-world-for-sales-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2011\/08\/11\/brave-new-world-for-sales-pros\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave New World for Sales Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASI took another giant step forward this week with an announcement about our upcoming launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/salespro\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASI SalesPro<\/a> for suppliers. Powered by Oracle exclusively for the ad specialty industry, our latest sales and marketing tool will help suppliers close more sales and increase profits.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spent a year developing ASI SalesPro and committed millions. It\u2019s money well spent. The plug-and-play business platform will integrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle<\/a>\u2019s cloud-based technologies with all of ASI\u2019s products to create a unique, highly secure platform.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/salespro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/salespro.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ASI SalesPro will feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maximum efficiency<\/strong>. One location for management of all customer, contact, lead and opportunity information, with 5,000 top distributors preloaded into the program. <em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>A 360-degree business view<\/strong>. The digital marketing component allows you to send e-mails, track opens and easily follow up with prospects.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Cross-team collaboration<\/strong>. Tools for reporting, forecasting and real-time analytics, as well as lead generation and customer ranking, for sales managers and inside and outside sales reps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0To be the first to receive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/salespro\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASI SalesPro<\/a> when it becomes available sometime in the fourth quarter, e-mail salespro@asicentral.com or call 800-546-1226. For a video demo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/salespro\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 Receive ASI\u2019s new CRM complimentary as part of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/ProductsAndServices\/supp\/BusinessSolutions\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CreditConnect<\/a> Prospect Hunter subscription, or as a stand-alone product.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you want more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/AboutASI\/pressRoom\/index.aspx?id=6490\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to read our press release. And stay tuned for launch details on SalesPro and the upcoming launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/smartsales\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASI SmartSales<\/a> <strong>\u2013<\/strong> a customized Oracle-powered technology platform designed exclusively for distributors and decorators.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen the demo of either SalesPro or SmartSales, let me know what you think by posting a comment or e-mailing me <a href=\"mailto:tim.andrews@asicentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Andrews_ASI\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timasitv\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASI took another giant step forward this week with an announcement about our upcoming launch of ASI SalesPro for suppliers. Powered by Oracle exclusively for the ad specialty industry, our latest sales and marketing tool will help suppliers close more sales and increase profits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,29,8,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-initiatives","category-member-benefits","category-news-about-asi","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1177,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}