TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
Never Forget: ASI's CEO Reflects on 9/11
Friday September 10, 2021 | Filed under:
You’ll see many social media posts with recollections of 20 years ago tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2001. Like the assassination of President Kennedy a generation before, the horrible attack...
Getting It First and Getting It Right
Friday June 4, 2021 | Filed under:
For over 65 years, ASI has set the standard for editorial excellence and professionalism in the promotional products industry. To date, ASI Media – which now includes our digital o...
Getting America and Promo Back to Business
Friday May 21, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s clear by nearly every metric – continued low interest rates, huge pent-up demand for travel and entertainment, “help wanted” signs all over America – that we are on the brink ...
Need Help? Hire an Intern!
Thursday May 13, 2021 | Filed under:
The news is all over the story about a startling predicament in our red-hot economy: Businesses are begging for new hires, including many in the promo industry. If you’re a suppl...
Q1 Sales Were Down But Things Are Looking Up
Thursday April 29, 2021 | Filed under:
Spring is a tricky season on the East Coast. One day is warm and mild, the next is frost and flurries. Still, each year we hit an inflection point – a time when even though cold ma...
Diving In
Friday March 26, 2021 | Filed under:
With another year underway, I did something that might surprise a few of you. I signed up for swimming lessons. That’s right: I never learned to swim. No matter how sweltering summ...
A Year of Pandemic Lessons
Thursday March 18, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s been about a year since we sent the majority of ASI employees home, thinking they’d work remotely for a few weeks at best. This week, we surveyed those same employees to learn...
Paying It Forward
Thursday March 4, 2021 | Filed under:
The past year has been one of personal introspection, with months of pandemic isolation while watching decades of anger erupt across the country. For me, the hardest words to hear ...
Keep Shoveling. We’re Getting There.
Tuesday February 23, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s been a long winter for much of the country, and that’s entailed a lot of snow shoveling. When you first get out there, the task can seem insurmountable. But soon, you find a r...
We're Almost Home
Friday February 19, 2021 | Filed under:
One year ago, after two decades, I said farewell to my beloved home and gardens in Princeton for a new condo life in a walkable downtown I had discovered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, ...
Words to Live By (and Act Upon)
Thursday February 18, 2021 | Filed under:
Back in 2012, I challenged the audience at the ASI Power Summit to hire one minority sometime in the next year, calculating that if every top distributor heeded my call, in five ye...
ASI's Norman Cohn Shares the True Meaning of Happiness (and Success)
Friday January 15, 2021 | Filed under:
As always, no matter what, ASI Chairman Norman Cohn remains optimistic, thoughtful and forward-thinking. Below is his latest email to the industry, which is well worth a read. As ...
Get Free Downloads and Recordings from the ASI Power Summit
Monday November 16, 2020 | Filed under:
Going live online with hundreds watching is a little nerve-wracking. Happily, ASI’s very first live Power Summit was pretty much glitch-free, a positive example of the many ways we...
ASI Power Summit: Live, Free and Open to Any ASI Member
Friday October 16, 2020 | Filed under:
Every year, pre-Covid, I looked forward to one of my favorite industry events: a gathering of top leaders at the ASI Power Summit. This year of course, everything’s virtual, includ...
My Glass-Half-Full World View
Friday August 28, 2020 | Filed under:
How many of you remember when seat belts became the law of the land in 1968? Back then, lots of people refused to wear them, complaining they were uncomfortable or, despite the fac...