{"id":2029,"date":"2012-11-14T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2012-11-14T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T20:35:03","slug":"asi-releases-landmark-research-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/11\/14\/asi-releases-landmark-research-study\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Releases Landmark Research Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, ASI\u00ae<\/sup> released the Global Advertising Specialties Impressions Study V.3<\/a>, which contains the most powerful data available to convince clients of the cost-effectiveness of promotional products.<\/p>\n

Unveiled at the 2012 ASI Power Summit<\/a> in Naples, Florida, this definitive research study shows customers, prospects and end-buyers how promotional products can increase sales and brand exposure.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I encourage you to circulate this study as widely as possible, and to visit a specially-designed Web page on asicentral.com for a downloadable PDF, convincing graphics specific to each and every highlight, and a video. Each chart can be seen in full-screen format \u2013 and comes with a \u201crecommend\u201d button to share via social networks. Just click here<\/a> to access these valuable tools. And to Tweet about the results, use this link: http:\/\/bit.ly\/SHWqEQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the study, conducted from July through September of 2012, ASI\u2019s ace research team hit the streets and interviewed consumers in 12 North American and European cities. The results show promotional products are consistently popular and persistent, with most people owning about 10 items they generally keep for nearly six months, a far longer time period than any other form of advertising.<\/p>\n

In addition, the study shows promotional products give consumers a more favorable impression of advertisers in every international city surveyed and deliver commanding advertiser recall among 87% of all recipients \u2013 up four percentage points over 2010.<\/p>\n

The study \u2013 ASI\u2019s third since 2008 \u2013 clearly shows that with a cost per impression at about half a penny, promo products offer the best value when compared to local TV or radio, at a fraction of the production cost.<\/p>\n

The V.3 study includes demographic information broken down by political affiliation, ethnicity, gender, age and income, since knowing the likely recipient of products is paramount for an advertiser. This year, the comprehensive report includes even more global markets and additional products, such as USBs.<\/p>\n

Armed with all of this data, distributors can target an audience and confidently recommend the best, most effective products and ideas to clients.<\/p>\n

Other highlights from the study include:<\/p>\n