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Idea Showcase is ideal - fits in your pocket!
Friday November 20, 2009
What's packed with great promo items, terrific ideas and fits in your pocket? The hot-off-the-press 2010 spring Idea Showcase catalog of course. Idea Showcase is the ideal catalog...
Hot Products Video and Strong New York Attendance
Tuesday March 10, 2009
New York is a great show town in every sense of the word and preliminary attendance is nearly 2,800 distributors from 1,338 firm firms - up more than 7% from 1,247 firms last year....
Colin Powell Live Q+A Tuesday
Thursday November 12, 2009
If you've ever wanted to question a general, now's your chance. General Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), the former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, is the fe...
Thursday November 12, 2009
If you've ever wanted to question a general, now's your chance. General Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), the former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, is the fe...
Orlando Attendance Soars 38% to New Record
Tuesday January 25, 2011
The doors are closed and the results are in. The ASI Show Orlando posted record-breaking attendance of more than 6,110 distributors, up 38% from last year and up 5% from the prior ...
A Hot Time in Texas
Wednesday February 16, 2011
The ASI show in Dallas opened Wednesday with a bustling Education Day featuring six dynamic new speakers and a slew of sessions – all of which qualify toward the Advertising Specia...
Get Your Motor Runnin’
Tuesday July 12, 2011
Perhaps the greatest road trip book ever written is Jack Kerouac’s 1957 On the Road. Followed in no particular order by Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck and Blue Highways by ...
Make a Difference
Thursday December 27, 2012
The end of one year and the start of another offers a great opportunity for reflection. Above all, it’s the perfect time to think not of ourselves, but of others, and to ask if we ...
ASI Launches Company Stores
Tuesday December 18, 2012
In today’s online age, there’s really no better way to impress new and even existing clients than with a customized microsite that shows off their brand in action, which is why ASI...
The Future is Mobile
Tuesday December 6, 2011
Digital power player Randi Zuckerberg shared a ton of business-building advice with us on ASI Radio this week, but since we’re about to launch ESP Mobile, I was most excited by her...
Power on to 2012
Tuesday November 15, 2011
We spent three great days in California at the 2011 Power Summit – braving surprisingly chilly weather – debating, networking and strategizing with a diverse assemblage of about 25...
A Gift of Great Art
Tuesday December 21, 2010
I love this time of year, although it seems to last no longer than wrapping paper on a child’s present. There’s so much going on it’s hard to take it all in. But if you happen to v...
Laura Bush Offers Advice and Insight
Wednesday December 1, 2010
One statement really made an impression on me during Laura Bush’s interview on ASI’s radio program this week: “It’s important to nurture boys as well as we’ve nurtured girls.” The ...
Media Agrees That Promo Products Work, Now Grow Your Sales
Monday December 8, 2008
From Scott Fuhr, director of corporate communications at ASI: There's been a lot of buzz recently about advertising specialties in the media. That's important for you, because th...
PowerPoint of Ad Specialties Study (With Video) for Your Use
Monday November 24, 2008
Readers have been asking me for a presentation with the results of the advertising specialties effectiveness study from ASI that they can use for training their sales staff. The P...