{"id":2619,"date":"2014-04-04T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2014-04-04T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:59:12","slug":"swimming-with-the-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2014\/04\/04\/swimming-with-the-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming with the Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shark Tank<\/em> judge Daymond John blew the crowd away at ASI\u2019s New York show. His rapid-fire presentation \u2013 chock full of personal stories, funny anecdotes and frank business advice \u2013 engrossed an overflow crowd of over 500. There were so many people that, for the first time ever, we had to set up chairs outside in the hallway.\"\"<\/p>\n

Audience member Albert Galimidi, of Allegra Print & Imaging (asi\/372155), put it best: \u201cDaymond lit the stage on fire. He shared so many important points and inspirational stories. The best advice he gave was \u2018just keep swimming. Times get hard for all of us, but if you keep swimming you\u2019ll get there.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I grew up in Indiana and never learned to swim, but so far so good! What I liked best about John (pictured at right) is how down to earth he is \u2013 just like so many people in our industry who also grew a successful business from nothing.<\/p>\n

In a word, The ASI Show<\/em><\/a>\u2122 <\/sup>New York rocked. \u00a0The two-day show took place at the Javits Convention Center, Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4. The show was so hot, it attracted a ton of media attention, including MSNBC\u2019s Your Business<\/em> program and Fox 5 News<\/em>, which interviewed ASI\u2019s own Matthew Cohn.<\/p>\n

Friday, <\/em>ASI\u2019s products expert, Joe \u201cThe Joe Show<\/a>\u201d Haley, took boxes of the industry’s coolest products to Fox TV\u2019s Good Day New York<\/em><\/a> morning show studios, where he held his own on camera alongside anchors Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly (pictured with Joe). Greg liked the tee shirt cannon Joe brought to demo so much he shot tee shirts all over the studio. ASI will post links to all TV coverage on its website next week so be sure to check back.\"\"<\/p>\n

The \u201chot\u201d theme continued through to Counselor <\/em>magazine\u2019s annual Hot 25 party, held this year at the very swanky, uber cool rooftop club at the Gansevoort Meatpacking hotel, featuring a jamming DJ along with stunning views of New York City landmarks like the Empire State Building. Click here<\/a> for Counselor <\/em>magazine\u2019s list of the industry\u2019s hottest, most innovative game-changers.<\/p>\n

And for more coverage of ASI New York, visit www.asicentral.com<\/a> <\/span>and the ASI Show Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

All told, the NYC show attracted over 1,900 distributors from as far as Switzerland and Trinidad and Tobago, and 220 suppliers showcasing their newest ad specialty products for the second half of the year. The reviews were rock solid: \u00a0\u201cASI New York has been great,\u201d said Cynthia Weaver, of Polished with Etiquette (asi\/296807). \u201cThe products I found are going to not only grow my current business but allow me to break into new markets. The ASI Show gives business owners the unique opportunity to find fresh and new ideas to bring back to our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show has been very good,\u201d said Louis Massaro, of Cooler Graphics (asi\/80345). \u201cWe gathered many great leads and have been able to spend valuable time with our existing clients. The best thing about the show has been the quality of the attendees.\u201d Pete Nutty, of Showdown Displays (asi\/87188), added: \u201cASI New York has been fantastic. Everyone should be at this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

We kicked off the action Tuesday and Wednesday at the Javits Center with our invitation-only hosted buyer event, fASIlitate, featuring productive, one-on-one meetings between leading distributors and some of the industry\u2019s most sought-after suppliers. Owen Zibrak, of Ecocentric Brands (asi\/51443), said: \u201cWe met some great people and made valuable business connections. Each of the individual meetings we had today were a success. We will definitely be doing future fASIlitates!\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still time to get in on the action: The next upcoming 2014\u00a0ASI Show<\/a> is\u00a0Chicago<\/a> (July 15-17).\u00a0To learn more about exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities for 2014, contact sales VP Karen DiTomasso at\u00a0kditomasso@asicentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you were in New York, please let me know what you thought of the show by posting a comment or e-mailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shark Tank judge Daymond John blew the crowd away at ASI\u2019s New York show. His rapid-fire presentation \u2013 chock full of personal stories, funny anecdotes and frank business advice \u2013 engrossed an overflow crowd of over 500. There were so many people that, for the first time ever, we had to set up chairs outside […]<\/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-2619","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\/2619","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=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/2623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}