{"id":2384,"date":"2013-07-03T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T14:25:34","slug":"a-new-era-for-esp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2013\/07\/03\/a-new-era-for-esp\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Era for ESP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s all things tech at ASI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, with upcoming technology workshops led by our CTO in Chicago and over 10 new features in the latest ESP Web<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>upgrade (our 6<sup>th<\/sup>, if you\u2019re counting).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/customersupport\/productsupport\/espweb\/default.aspx\">ESP upgrade<\/a> was designed with ease of operation in mind, allowing distributors to quickly create and manage their preferred supplier lists and for new suppliers to introduce themselves and their products to the industry.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/customersupport\/productsupport\/espweb\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/espweb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite new feature might be the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/asp\/open\/videos\/joeshow.aspx?src=vid\">Joe Show<\/a>\u201d hot products videos you can now access from ESP\u2019s home page, along with clickable product links. Joe, one of ASI\u2019s most experienced editors, dishes out clever campaign ideas and tips with each new show. And thanks to Joe\u2019s turbo-charged personality, you get a big dose of entertainment along with useful tidbits you can mimic on sales calls.<\/p>\n<p>Other smart new features include one-click virtual sample editing (just click the wand to open the editor) and top sellers in the page footer, along with larger images of the most popular products. If you\u2019re like me, you want intuitive features, a clean design and, above all, simplicity. If you\u2019ve checked out ESP\u2019s latest and greatest, please let me know what you think 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> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re joining us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/13Chicago\/index.html\">ASI Chicago<\/a>, taking place Tues., July 16 (education day), Wed., July 17 and Thurs., July 18 (exhibit days) at McCormick Place, stop by the ASI booths for a demo. (Show registration is still open at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/\">www.asishow.com<\/a> or by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/13Chicago\/index.html\">clicking here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>That Wednesday, we\u2019re also offering one-hour workshops led by our chief technology officer, Armughan Rafat, who will make sure you\u2019re up to date on ASI\u2019s latest technological advances and help you map out your business strategy to include all the updates coming down the pike.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve scheduled two sessions to choose from: 10-11 a.m. (includes refreshments) and 12-1 p.m. (includes lunch on ASI). Armughan will leave time at the end to answer any questions \u2013 and to hear your ideas and suggestions for future improvements. The workshops count toward your BASI\/MASI, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.asicentral.com\/mktg\/mktgasp\/670-828038b\/form.asp?ID=670-828038b&amp;TimssID=%25%25TimssID%25%25&amp;Link=http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/670-828038b&amp;Name=%25%25Contact%25%25&amp;Company=%25%25Company%25%25&amp;ASINO=%25%25ASINO%25%25&amp;Phone=%25%25Phone%25%25&amp;Email=%25%25Email%25%25\">Click here<\/a> to register for either session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s all things tech at ASI\u00ae, with upcoming technology workshops led by our CTO in Chicago and over 10 new features in the latest ESP Web\u00ae upgrade (our 6th, if you\u2019re counting). The ESP upgrade was designed with ease of operation in mind, allowing distributors to quickly create and manage their preferred supplier lists and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,29,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asi-shows","category-member-benefits","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384","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=2384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}