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Monday
March 8, 2010 Interactive Map: Hottest U.S. Sales RegionFiled under: Education, site updates Of the 4 major U.S. regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West), which do you think did the best in overall promotional products sales in 2009? What were their top markets and hottest items? Unemployment numbers? Give up? Well Advantages’ magazine has done a terrific feature this month called What’s Hot in Your Neck of the Woods where all of these questions are answered, and more including regional sales forecasts for 2010! And best of all, we here at ASICentral took the liberty of creating an interactive map that allows you to simply mouse over the region for a pop-up of all the details. Simply click here to see the map! (Or click here for entire article.) And for those of you who would rather get the numbers right here, below are all 4 regions ranked by overall sales in 2009 (Go South!). – VINteractive
Thursday
January 21, 2010 Introducing the ASI Tweet TrackerFiled under: site updates BREAKING NEWS! ASICentral now has a Tweet Tracker! If you’re asking yourself, well what’s a Tweet Tracker (don’t worry, you’re not the only one I’m sure), let me explain. Since ASI has 5 different people using Twitter for various aspects of the company (CEO Tim Andrews, Randi Bromberg for ASI Show, SGR Editor Michele Bell, Stitches’ Editor Nicole Rollender, and Yours Truly for ASICentral), we thought it would be a great idea to aggragate all five “tweeters” on the ASICentral homepage so that our users can actually read what’s being posted in Twitter right on ASICentral! So every time one of us posts a “tweet”, it’ll appear in the aggragator module, which looks like this:
See the Tweet Tracker live now on the ASICentral homepage by clicking here. So why add a Tweet Tracker? It allows us to present even more content on our homepage while showcasing to our users not only out continued effort to embrace social media, but exactly what we’re doing with it. Pretty cool, huh? Let us know what you think about the new Tweet Tracker by posting a comment below or emailing us at feedback@asicentral.com. – TweetieDee
Monday
January 11, 2010 Subscribe to the ASI News FeedFiled under: site updates There’s a ton of news happening in this industry and we try our best to get everything onto our homepage news rotator, but many of our users have been clamouring for one place where they can find all the industry news without having to sift through the rotation of the panels. Ask, and ye shall receive. Thanks to our new RSS feed, ASICentral now has a one-stop shop for industry news. Not only can you now find all the news from the homepage in our new RSS list, but you can also subscribe to the list and have the content come to you. Beautiful, huh? Just click the icon here to learn more and subscribe! – Mr. RSS
Monday
December 14, 2009 How Well Do You Know Your Designers?Filed under: General, site updates For the December 2009 issue of Advantages’ magazine, Editor Kathy Huston ran a story that was all about designers and some of the interesting things they do. From sparkling logos to coffee-scented inks (no kidding!), designers today really have to be a creative bunch. It’s a great read and I highly recommend checking it out, but then we here at ASICentral started to to wonder, How well do we really know the designers and some of the things they’ve done? I mean, I can count on one hand the designers I know and the items they’ve designed. Let’s see, hmmm, there’s Ralph Lauren and the classic Polo shirt, and, umm, well OK I’m drawing a blank … maybe I should’ve said one finger? Anyway, doesn’t matter what I know, it’s what you know that we’re interested in! So, we created a neat little Designer Match Game that poses your knowledge of designers with some of the brands they’ve done work for. Think you know designers? Then prove it with the …
(click on the image above to play!) – DeezZINER Central
Thursday
December 10, 2009 Interactive Power 50Filed under: site updates With last month’s announcement of the annual industry Power 50, we here at Team Central thought, “Hmmm, how can we spice this up online?” After all, it’s just a list of names … And Since Counselor magazine was doing an extended spread in their December issue on every Power 50 player, we figured it might be kinda fun to add an interactive element to the package. So, with a little creativity and some technological finesse, the Interactive Power 50 was born!
In this cool, new ASICentral feature, you can learn about each of the Power 50 players — including their rank, reasons for ranking, comments about important industry topics — just by clicking on their headshots! Best of all, you control the tool simply by moving your mouse left or right on the screen, so you can pick who you want to learn more about and click on them. It’s that easy! So check it out by clicking here, or on the image above. Hope you enjoy it, and don’t hesitate to let us know what you think by emailing us at feedback@asicentral.com. – VINteractive
Friday
November 20, 2009 New ASICentral Video Pages LaunchedFiled under: General, Video, site updates From the weekly Joe Show and Advantages Hot Deals Sales Tip of the Week, to Trade Shows and Events, ASI-TV covers a lot of ground and we’re really proud of our videos. So much so that we’ve decided to give them a sweet makeover and a new home on ASICentral. The following is a breakdown of all the features of our new Videos Pages:
And that’s the gist of the new Videos Pages! To access the new Videos Pages, click here. And if you’ve got any feedback regarding the new pages, please send to feedback@asicentral.com. – VideoVND
Wednesday
June 24, 2009 ASI Store Adds New Products for SuppliersFiled under: site updates Phase II of the ASI Store is now complete, and customers can now purchase — among other products — CreditConnect and LogoMall Network. More on CreditConnect If you’re a Supplier and looking to get the most accurate and current data on over 22,000 distributors in the Ad Specialties Industry, look no further than our CreditConnect aisle where we’ve got 4 different packages:
More on LogoMall Network If you’re a Supplier looking to reach millions of end-buyers and thousands of distributors, then the LogoMall Network ($185/mo) is for you! With this product, you can:
So what are you waiting for Suppliers? Get Shoppin’!
Friday
May 8, 2009 Ad Specialties Across America - The Interactive Map!Filed under: site updates
But we here at ASICentral wondered, how can we make the electronic version even better? The answer: An interactive online map. We’ve got all 50 states represented in one cool, easy-to-use map. Just mouse over or click on a state to find out how promotional products are being used. It’s really cool with great animation and graphics! The page also contains the three videos for the feature — Spring Break in Florida; a Rodeo in Texas; and a State Pen in Pennsylvania — that gives a little taste of what went into the creation of this feature.
Everyone at Team Central worked really hard on this project and we’re pretty stoked about it. Let us know what you think by commenting below or emailing us at feedback@asicentral.com. – VINteractive
Thursday
April 30, 2009 Shop Around the Clock!Filed under: site updates
All member types — distributors, suppliers and decorators — can easily purchase a variety of ASI’s award-winning digital and print products, including ESP Online, the industry’s #1 online research tool. Potential members can also apply online for membership, and customers can pay for all items offered currently by using a major credit card, making the purchase process faster and more convenient. This feature has been months in the making, and it’s pretty sweet. I personally witnessed gray hair forming before my eyes on the heads of Team Members Crack and Spice (well, maybe not Crack’s). So if you’re interested in purchasing any of ASI’s many items, then take advantage of the ASI Store today. You won’t be disappointed! –ShopNRollaz
Tuesday
April 14, 2009 New Supplier SearchFiled under: site updates Rejoice, ASI members, the NEW Online Register® is now live! The “Find A Supplier” area of ASICentral – which allows you to quickly locate an ASI Supplier - has been improved and it sure is sweet! Now, when a supplier places an ad in the print Register®, their listing in the supplier search on ASICentral.com is also updated, including logo, quick contact link and premium placement. You can now view actual ads, rate a supplier more easily, access contact information and web site, and much more! If you haven’t already checked it out, click here! (NOTE: Must be logged in.) –SuppDogg |
ASI now offers around-the-clock shopping with the new 