{"id":1765,"date":"2012-07-02T11:29:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2012-07-02T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:29:22","slug":"opening-the-lines-of-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/07\/02\/opening-the-lines-of-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening the Lines of Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite movies was \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0128853\/\" target=\"_blank\">You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/a>,\u201d an oldie but goodie starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. And even though my computer no longer chimes the long-familiar AOL catchphrase, I do still love getting mail.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0128853\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/mail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever since ASI\u00ae introduced our <a href=\"http:\/\/support.asicentral.com\/mktg\/mktgasp\/211-825393\/form.asp\" target=\"_blank\">ESP Websites<\/a>\u2122 and recent improvements across our entire suite of products, I\u2019ve received a ton of feedback and suggestions worth sharing (last names deleted to protect privacy):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Mike: I have been using my site with walk-in      customers, and it has served as a very good selling tool. I think it makes      us look more credible and puts the customers at ease, and they feel more      confident in buying from us. Keep up the good work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>From Sheri: We love all the new improvements! If      I had one wish for the site, it would be that at checkout my customers      would have an option (drop-down list?) to identify their sales rep. I\u2019d      like my salespeople to drive more traffic to the site, but they are      concerned with losing commissioned sales. If their customers were able to      identify their sales rep, then I feel like my salespeople would be really      excited about driving Web traffic! (<em>I      replied to Sheri that I loved her idea and also suggested we could set up      individual sites for each person off her main site, which would allow the      individual salespeople to link to their own social media, put up their own      videos, product picks, etc.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>From Sally: We promoted the new website on our company      Facebook page, and several of our clients and friends have already used      it. Needless to say, it is miles ahead of the LogoMall\u00ae website, and we      have had excellent feedback so far. I am going to try a presentation to      see how that goes. Nice job. I also mentioned to one of our groups on      LinkedIn that they should take a look at that as well as the webinar on ASI SmartSales\u2122 which we saw this week.      Congratulations to ASI for these great improvements from a company that      has used ASI for about 20 years!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/ESPwebsites\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/espw.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>From Jan: I am really excited about the new ESP Website. My experience with ASI over the last 7-1\/2 years is that everything ASI does is top-of-the-line and innovative, and the      distributor support I receive is excellent. I happened to call in      yesterday, and the man I spoke with walked me through doing a presentation      as well as applying my customer\u2019s logo to the items in my presentation. He      was very helpful and patient, and he did run into a couple of problem      areas. I was impressed that he told me he was making note of the areas      that could be improved, and would be reporting what he had discovered that      needed to be fixed. I have been waiting a long time for the shopping cart      and am thrilled to have gotten mine set up. Thank you and all of your      staff for all of their ideas, creativity and hard work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>From David: What can I say? The new ESP Website has inspired me to move forward with a      fully functional e-commerce promotional products store. The improvements      from the old LogoMall are so vast, it\u2019s like going from a dialup modem to      full T1. I feel this is a high-quality, professional product I can display      to my clients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To upgrade your site, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/ESPwebsites\" target=\"_blank\">www.asicentral.com\/ESPwebsites<\/a> or call ASI\u00ae support at 1 (800) 546-1350. Remember: New ESP Website customers are eligible to receive a free ESP Website to brand for a best customer. Contact your ASI account executive at 1 (800) 546-1350 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/ESPwebsites\" target=\"_blank\">www.asicentral.com\/ESPwebsites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really proud that we continue to build the best products in the industry, and you can certainly expect more moving forward. Your comments, feedback and suggestions are invaluable \u2013 so keep those cards and letters coming.<\/p>\n<p>And let me know what you think of ESP Websites by posting a comment, and if you have any questions, please e-mail 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<p>P.S. Since I mentioned the movie I want to acknowledge the recent passing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/27\/movies\/nora-ephron-essayist-screenwriter-and-director-dies-at-71.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Nora Ephron<\/a>, a real gem who wrote and directed \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0128853\/\" target=\"_blank\">You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/a>.\u201d She is missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite movies was \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Mail,\u201d an oldie but goodie starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. And even though my computer no longer chimes the long-familiar AOL catchphrase, I do still love getting mail. Ever since ASI\u00ae introduced our ESP Websites\u2122 and recent improvements across our entire suite of products, I\u2019ve received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-about-asi","category-using-ad-specialties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765","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=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}