{"id":1594,"date":"2012-04-10T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2012-04-10T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:46:19","slug":"lights-camera-ad-specialties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/04\/10\/lights-camera-ad-specialties\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, Ad Specialties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of reporters were drawn to ASI\u2019s recent San Diego show, resulting in a ton of great press for the industry. One TV reporter called the show \u201cthe coolest convention of the year\u201d thanks to the creativity and ingenuity on display.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XivmKAUI_MY\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/SDvid.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The TV reports and newspaper stories provided a strong showcase for the power of promotional products, along with terrific exposure for a number of companies, including BamBams (<em>asi\/38228<\/em>), All-In-One (<em>asi\/34256<\/em>), Pingline (<em>asi\/78137<\/em>), Alight Promotional Products (<em>asi\/34194<\/em>), Panther Vision (<em>asi\/75825<\/em>), Outdoor Cap Co. (<em>asi\/75420<\/em>), Yanlee Trading Co. (<em>asi\/98766<\/em>), CleggPromo (<em>asi\/45450<\/em>), PopOut Products (<em>asi\/68650<\/em>) and A Plus Wine Designs (<em>asi\/30223<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Reporters interviewed numerous people at the show, including Brett Gent of Openers Plus (<em>asi\/63073<\/em>), Jeff Grippando of WorkflowOne (<em>asi\/333647<\/em>) and Carl VanderSchuit of LiteFx (<em>asi\/67740<\/em>). I hope they enjoyed their time in the media spotlight!<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s Dave Vagnoni was on hand to expertly guide the news crews through the trade show maze, show off products to the viewing audience and discuss the amazing ROI of our $18.5 billion industry \u2013 a number that really impressed the media.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sddt.com\/files\/media\/view.cfm?media=IE1I53E2&amp;_t=ASI+Show+swings+through+San+Diego\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/SDvid4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t already, check out the coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KUSI-TV<\/strong> aired a total of six morning show segments from      the convention center. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XivmKAUI_MY\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MSA3KAj9A7Y\">here<\/a> to watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KFMB, <\/strong>the CBS affiliate, aired a segment on its evening      newscast. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7CFsXU95fCc\">here<\/a> to watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The San      Diego Union-Tribune<\/strong> published a      detailed story. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2012\/apr\/04\/tp-convention-highlights-companies-that-find\/?print&amp;page=all\">here<\/a> for the coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The San      Diego Daily Transcript<\/strong> posted a      multimedia package, including a video report. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sddt.com\/files\/media\/view.cfm?media=IE1I53E2&amp;_t=ASI+Show+swings+through+San+Diego\">Click      here<\/a> to watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For all of ASI\u2019s press coverage, visit our press page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/AboutASI\/pressRoom\/videos.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FYI, we hate the use of the word \u201cswag\u201d too but we can\u2019t control what the press says \u2013 as hard as we try.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think of the coverage by posting a comment or e-mailing me <a href=\"mailto:tim.andrews@asicentral.com\">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>Scores of reporters were drawn to ASI\u2019s recent San Diego show, resulting in a ton of great press for the industry. One TV reporter called the show \u201cthe coolest convention of the year\u201d thanks to the creativity and ingenuity on display. The TV reports and newspaper stories provided a strong showcase for the power of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,6,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asi-shows","category-media-coverage","category-members","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594","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=1594"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}