TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
Connect, Learn and Marvel at Power Summit Canada
Thursday June 4, 2015 | Filed under:
Considering that the U.S. and Canada have the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world, dealing over $2 billion in goods and services every day, it was a no-brainer for AS...
Big Fun in the Big Apple
Monday May 11, 2015 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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 | Filed under:
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....