TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
ESP Web Cash Giveaway
Tuesday December 1, 2009 | Filed under:
We just announced two revolutionary new products: ESP Web and ESP Orders (espweb.asicentral.com). To celebrate, we're giving away a $250 gift card in a drawing among those who en...
Revolution! New ESP Web and ESP Orders Boost Sales and Productivity
Monday November 30, 2009 | Filed under:
Imagine Google, Word and QuickBooks combined into one simple-to-use program focused on promotional products. It's here - welcome to the revolution!ESP is improving the way distrib...
LogoMall’s Advertising Reports Provide a Snapshot of Success
Monday November 23, 2009 | Filed under:
If you could effectively - and easily - gauge your ROI on digital advertising, wouldn't you? Well, you can with LogoMall's monthly advertising reports.The monthly reports are sent ...
It’s Official: ASI is a Great Place to Work
Thursday March 21, 2013 | Filed under:
Carol Albright, our intrepid senior VP of human resources, likes to say that ASI® employees “work hard and play harder.” This week, Carol got the ultimate confirmation that ASI is ...
Congrats to a Winning Editorial Team
Friday March 15, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI had good reason to cheer this week when Counselor® magazine was honored with its fourth Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for its 2012 “State of the Industry” is...
Ten Years … And Counting
Friday March 1, 2013 | Filed under:
Hard to believe, but this week I celebrated my 10-year anniversary with ASI®. Looking back, it’s amazing to consider how the world, the industry and ASI have changed. I remember se...
Head True North
Thursday February 14, 2013 | Filed under:
The zeitgeist right now is all things Canada – birthplace of Neil Young and Justin Bieber, home to phenomenal hockey, a gorgeous national anthem, some of the funniest comedians eve...
Dallas Show Ends on High-Energy Note
Friday February 8, 2013 | Filed under:
The Dallas show that closed Friday attracted over 500 top suppliers and 16 team-building distributor sales meetings, including Counselor® Top 40 distributor American Solutions for ...
Sustain the Growth
Monday February 4, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI’s latest research analysis shows total 2012 distributor sales rose 5.2% to $19.4 billion. To put it into perspective, the promotional products industry grew last year at over t...
Celebrating the Industry in Orlando
Monday January 7, 2013 | Filed under:
We’ve enjoyed one incredible event after another here at ASI Orlando, including a truly fabulous 80th birthday party for ASI® Chairman Norman Cohn, a super-energized crowd at the 2...
Off and Running in Orlando
Saturday January 5, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI kicked off the first show of 2013 with something familiar – an opening seminar detailing how to get the most of your trade show experience – and something new: me at the helm. ...
A Special Family Affair
Thursday July 18, 2013 | Filed under:
If the 2013 Counselor® Awards had a theme, it was family, from the recognition given to family businesses of the year to the three generations of Cohns on stage handing out the awa...
A New Era for ESP
Wednesday July 3, 2013 | Filed under:
It’s all things tech at ASI®, with upcoming technology workshops led by our CTO in Chicago and over 10 new features in the latest ESP Web® upgrade (our 6th, if you’re counting).The...
Tuesdays with Melinda, Michele, Andy, Kathy and Joe
Monday July 1, 2013 | Filed under:
Here’s the beauty of Internet radio shows like ASI Radio: it’s interactive, it’s mobile and, since there’s no transmitter, anyone anywhere can listen in. Now, you can log on and li...
Camaraderie in the True North
Friday June 14, 2013 | Filed under:
One thing I’ve learned from 30 years in business is that the bigger the world gets, the more we need to work together. Today, even the most successful businesses are networking and...