TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
5,500 ESP Websites … And Counting
Wednesday January 30, 2013 | Filed under:
Everyone loves celebrating milestones, whether it’s a birthday, graduation or even billions of burgers sold. Here at ASI®, we’re commemorating ESP Websites™ surpassing 5,500 publis...
The Summer of ’83
Wednesday August 7, 2013 | Filed under:
Thirty years ago this summer, I worked as a Dow Jones News Fund intern in New York City. I was 21 and it was the first time I’d ever left Indiana for more than a few days. As you c...
Big News from the Big D
Wednesday February 6, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® kicked off its latest show in Dallas Wednesday – the same day we announced the availability of thelatest version of our ESP Mobile™ app. The Texas show continues through Fri...
Experience the New ESP Web
Monday April 22, 2013 | Filed under:
To triumph in today’s supersonic business world, technology must pass a pretty stiff litmus test for speed, ease and intelligence. With that, I say welcome to the new ESP Web®exper...
Orlando, Here We Come
Thursday January 3, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI is kicking off the 2013 show season in a big way, with a major event in Orlando featuring expanded education, a newly redesigned show floor, three specialized pavilions, two ne...
ASI Launches New Long Beach Show
Thursday March 21, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® will be on the West Coast this week for our inaugural show in Long Beach, a spectacular waterfront city whose motto is “where the action begins and the fun never ends.” Locat...
In a New York State of Mind
Tuesday May 7, 2013 | Filed under:
Everything moves a little faster in New York City. Even when you have no place special to go – you still feel an urgent need to get there. This week, ASI® employees are moving at w...
Windy City Wow
Tuesday July 16, 2013 | Filed under:
I’m in Chicago for the last major ASI Show® of the season, meeting with members, listening to the constant rumble of the famous “El” train and marveling at the stately architecture...
ASI Delivers Biggest, Best Industry Event of Summer
Thursday July 18, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® ended its 2013 ASI Show® season with a great show in a wonderful town, attracting more than 4,200 distributors from firms in 47 states and 12 countries. Over three days at McC...
NYC 2014: New Dates, New Days
Friday May 10, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® ended its recent New York show with an announcement we hope pleases tri-state members as well as the out-of-towners looking for new product ideas and contacts while sampling a...
You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
Thursday May 9, 2013 | Filed under:
I lived in Hoboken, N.J., back in the early ’80s and must have passed Carlo’s Bakery a thousand times when headed across the river to my Dow Jones internship in Manhattan. I was fi...
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...