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Promo Products Star In Dallas

Wednesday February 1, 2012

We kicked off the ASI show in Dallas in a really big way, with a terrific slate of education – and national news coverage of our industry. Steve Noviello, an Emmy Award-winning con...

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Onward To Dallas

Tuesday January 31, 2012

We’re winging our way to the ASI show in Dallas for a three-day event that promises to be as action-packed as the great state of Texas itself. Education day on Wednesday features  ...

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Lights, Camera, Ad Specialties

Tuesday April 10, 2012

Scores of reporters were drawn to ASI’s recent San Diego show, resulting in a ton of great press for the industry. One TV reporter called the show “the coolest convention of the ye...

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Get Pumped for Success

Tuesday July 17, 2012

Motivational speaker Tony Robbins literally rocked the house at ASI’s all-day education session in Chicago on Tuesday. As one Counselor blogger put it: It was a sales rep’s Super B...

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Promo Products 101

Friday October 19, 2012

Pop quiz: Next time you find yourself in a group of college students who don’t know what you do for a living, ask them about promotional products.  Then ask if they’ve heard about ...

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Winning!

Thursday July 19, 2012

Things are happening fast and furious here at ASI Chicago. Wednesday night, we celebrated this year’s Counselor Hot List with a wild party at the downtown hot spot, Crimson Lounge....

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ASI Technology Smackdown

Wednesday December 5, 2012

ASI® recently announced dozens of technology innovations members will begin benefiting from in a few short weeks. We know you’re excited about what’s ahead because a record number ...

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ASI Leads The Way

Friday February 17, 2012

As the New York Giants can surely attest to, it’s great to be No. 1. So it gives me great pleasure to announce that ASI now leads the industry in the critical areas most important ...

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Playing To Win In Dallas

Friday February 6, 2015

Troy Aikman, ASI’s keynote speaker in Dallas, had a great excuse for running a couple minutes later than I expected to our show on Thursday: He was dropping his two young daughters...

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“The Woz” Wows Orlando Show

Wednesday January 7, 2015

Here’s another great example of the strange new times we live in: I’m walking with Apple co-founder and ASI keynoter Steve Wozniak soon after he blew away 1,000 people at our Orlan...

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Thanks to the Promo Products Community

Wednesday March 4, 2015

I love nothing better than hearing “thank you,” especially from a business that’s acknowledging how much I mean to them as a customer or client. So I’d like to take this opportunit...

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The Summer of ’83

Wednesday August 7, 2013

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...

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Big News from the Big D

Wednesday February 6, 2013

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...

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Experience the New ESP Web

Monday April 22, 2013

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...

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Orlando, Here We Come

Thursday January 3, 2013

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...

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