TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
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Big Fun in the Big Apple
Monday May 11, 2015
Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran is a pip. I just love her, and so did our audience at the ASI Show® New York. Corcoran, ASI’s keynote speaker, shared a ton of unlikely insider...
Congrats to a Winning Team
Tuesday April 21, 2015
At a time of transition across the publishing spectrum, it’s a vote of real confidence for ASI® magazines to win a record three Jesse H. Neal awards – the B-to-B equivalent of a Pu...
ASI Promocar Hits The Open Road
Monday March 30, 2015
Sometimes, companies need to try a crazy idea and have a little fun. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, at least we get to say we tried something different.With that in mind, ASI c...
Inspiration and Motivation at ASI Long Beach
Thursday March 26, 2015
ASI’s Long Beach keynote speaker Jillian Michaels – an internationally known fitness expert who single-handedly built a healthy-living empire – was as down-to-earth as a friendly n...
Get Pumped for ASI Long Beach
Friday March 20, 2015
At first, I didn’t think I had much in common with Jillian Michaels, an LA-based entrepreneur who built a successful business around fitness and motivation. Then I learned that she...
Game On in Dallas
Wednesday January 28, 2015
Since I live and work so close to Philadelphia, I’ve become a big fan of the Eagles football team. In 2005, I was even lucky enough to watch them play in Super Bowl XXXIX against t...
Sharing Our Story
Wednesday January 14, 2015
Earlier this week, I sat down with a group of distributors to discuss an informative 30-minute program ASI has aired on a few cable stations that we hope captures the excitement of...
Giving What We Can
Tuesday December 22, 2015
Growing up, I benefited from charitable people and agencies.I remember when my disabled mom caught a ride with a neighbor into Columbus, Indiana, to file for welfare. (I recently f...
My 100-Year-Old Promotional Memory
Monday December 7, 2015
Every Fall, ASI conducts a corporate gift-giving survey to find out how much companies across the country are spending on client and employee gifts this holiday season. And every y...
Powerful People, Powerful Lessons
Thursday November 5, 2015
Remember Borders, the once-giant bookstore chain? At its peak, Borders and its chief competitor, Barnes and Noble, controlled a combined 40% of the bookselling market. While numero...
Build a Better Company
Tuesday October 13, 2015
Until recently, very few companies gave much thought to their “corporate culture.” How times have changed. Now, smart companies go out of their way to ensure employees maintain a p...
Fall Fashion: Can You Dig It?
Monday September 21, 2015
Our annual Style Issue and high-fashion shoot for Wearables is an exercise in ambition. Instead of everyday polos and T-shirts, we challenged preconceived notions of promotional ap...
With Direct Link, the Future is Now
Tuesday September 1, 2015
In today’s business world, a positive customer review is as valuable as an ironclad sales contract. Whenever one hits my inbox, I’m tempted to post it on a billboard. The Internet ...
New 2009 event - Fall Holiday Expo in Vegas
Thursday April 10, 2008
Today we announced the fall 2009 launch of the ASI Holiday Expo, the industry’s first and only national show focused on products for the important fall and holiday selling seasons....
Advertising Specialties Sales Reached Record $19.6 Billion in '07
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Today we announced results of our exclusive annual advertising specialties sales analysis – showing that revenues reached $19.6 billion in 2007 – up 5.4 percent from 2006 and a new...