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Thursday
March 11, 2010 ASI Store: Reserve Your ASI Show Booth Online (And Save!)Filed under: The ASI Show, Uncategorized
Not only have we added the ability to reserve your 2010 and 2011 ASI Show booths online in the ASI Store, but if you act this month you can save big $$ on booths and marketing. The following are the deals being run this month:
In addition to these deals, you can also get “Early Bird Specials” on 2011 shows as well as multi-show savings packages, all through the ASI Store. So what are you waiting for?! Click here to learn more about reserving your ASI Show booth in the ASI Store. And if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us at feedback@asicentral.com. For more information about The ASI Show, go to www.asishow.com, or call 877-ASI-SHOW. –TeamCentral *Must be done through the ASI Store
Tuesday
March 2, 2010 Poll: Is Green Movement Losing Steam?Filed under: Green, Uncategorized Just a few years back it seemed that everyone was jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon. Whether you were buying an electric car or an organic t-shirt, “going green” was the hip thing to do and it was said to be more than a fad, but a trend that was here to stay. Then the recession hit, and the cards were shuffled a bit. According to a recent article in Counselor magazine, not only is the green marketing losing steam, but a number of experts agree that it is no longer as integral a focus as it had been just months ago. “A lot of businesses jumped on board because it was trendy, not because they believed in it. They did it because the polls showed this or a focus group said that. Others never got started,” says Simon Sinek, owner of strategic marketing consultancy Sinek Partners. “Now it’s not trendy.” But according to Marc Held, national sales manager of Bodek & Rhodes, not only is the green market doing well, but it’s poised to make a significant comeback, especially with apparel. Watch the video here, or click on the video below. What do you think? Is the Green movement losing steam? Take the new ASICentral poll now, or post a comment to the blog.
–MeanVinGREEN
Thursday
February 25, 2010 Photos From the ASI Show San DiegoFiled under: Uncategorized While we here in the Philly area suffer through Snowmageddon Part III, my pal Joan Chaykin is basking in the lovely California weather at the ASI Show San Diego. She also brought along a camera to further rub in just how nice it is out there on the Left Coast. Joan, this ain’t helpin’ us! Anyway, enjoy the pics …
Gotta be California …
Two clowns and a red snapper fish head. Nice.
Ahhh, California sunsets.
Giant statue of the sailor and nurse in that famous kiss pose.
Melinda and Kathy on the entrance to the Gaslight District.
Group shot posing with Andy. Strangely, we all think it looks like we’re visiting Andy (one of the youngsters) in the old-age home “Wave hi to the camera Andy!”
USS San Diego.
USS Midway.
Anchors aweigh!
Statue of Bob Hope entertaining the troops.
Southern California!
CJ and Matt.
Gaslamp Quarter.
Friday
February 5, 2010 10 Sexiest Valentine Promo ProductsFiled under: Uncategorized Queue Barry White’s Greatest Hits and light some candles … Introducing ASI’s inaugural list of the Top 10 Sexiest Promotional Products! Looking for a hot idea for a Valentine’s Day promotional giveaway or business gift? Look no further! From chocolate lips (#5) wrapped in red foil, to contrasting color thongs (#4), this list is smmmokin’ hot!! Want to know which product is the hottest?! Check out the list here, and read more about it in today’s press release. And as an added bonus, watch a special edition of The Joe Show, where our very own Joe Haley shows us some of the products on this year’s list. Just click on the video below and enjoy!
– BarryWhite’sGhost
Tuesday
February 2, 2010 Poll Results: Tiger Woods’ WoesFiled under: Poll Results, Uncategorized Fore! Look out, Tiger Woods - according to our latest poll results, your brand is in trouble. If our latest survey is any indication about how the shamed professional golfer’s image will affect the sale of his products in this industry, then there’s a long road ahead for the marketers who deal in Tiger Woods’ merchandise. Earlier this year, I posted the following question: Are you less likely to sell Tiger Woods branded products to your clients in light of recent news? The answer options were simply: Yes, No and Maybe. Being from the old school, I immediately thought the answers would be predominantly “No”, that people would be more likely to buy and sell these products due to the meteoric rise in media scrutiny. The old adage There is no such thing as bad publicity stuck out in my mind, and I suspected the results would lean toward “No”. Somewhat to my surprise, almost half (178, 48%) of our respondents replied they’d be less likely to sell his name to their clients. Here are the full results broken down in a visual:
I suppose, then, that infamy does come at a steep price. Unfortunately, it won’t be Tiger Woods who pays up (he’ll be just fine financially), but those who are trying to repair and unload his branded merchandise. – TigerBeat
Monday
February 1, 2010 What’s the best way to get new business in 2010?Filed under: Poll, Uncategorized Take the new ASICentral poll now!
Thursday
January 14, 2010 Poll Results - Does Your Company Block Social Network Sites?Filed under: Poll Results, Uncategorized A few months back a co-worker of mine — you might know him as the dapper Joe Haley from The Joe Show — asked me if I knew what percentage of companies blocked social networks from their employees. Since ASICentral had recently started using YouTube to store all its videos including The Joe Show, and Joe had been getting some complaints that users could no longer access his videos, it was a great question. Could our video traffic be significantly affected because we were now storing videos in a social network like YouTube? I pondered this and thought it might make a great poll question for ASICentral, so I posed the following question in mid-November: Does your company block access to social networks like YouTube and Facebook? With social networks taking on an important role in business these days, my initial reaction was that 75% of all respondents would answer “No”, and I wasn’t too far off the mark. Here are the results:
So a little over 70% of our respondents said that their companies did not block access to social networks. A little lower than I predicted, but I suspect that number will grow in 2010, which is not only good news for businesses, but great news for Joe and his vids. – PollDaddy
Friday
January 8, 2010 Take The Tiger Woods’ PollFiled under: Poll, Uncategorized So Tiger Woods has gone from iconic sports legend to the butt of every office water cooler joke. For his philandering, I suppose that’s “par for the course” (forgive the bad golf pun). Anyway, I’m curious just how precipitous his decline will be, especially in the promotional products industry. Take the following poll and let us know. – PollDaddy
Thursday
November 5, 2009 What’s Wrong With This Email?Filed under: General, Uncategorized THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL POST WINNER SHORTLY! Advantages’ magazine did a great story this month about how to energize your business emails and make them more efficient while pointing out the do’s and don’ts of workplace correspondence. Of course, being someone who has been using email for business for well over 10 years I have seen my share of poorly written and cringeworthy emails (perhaps, even guilty of a few!). In the article was a great example of an email that, though seemingly innocuous and good-intentioned, contained a ton of problems. Below is the example without the corrections …
Think you can point out all the problems with this email? Prove it! Send us an email to feedback@asicentral.com with all the errors and, if you get the most right, we’ll post your name in an upcoming Counselor PromoGram and Advantages Hot Deals newsletter! Good luck! – sexybeast@asicentral.com
Friday
October 23, 2009 Lose A Bet? Stone Up!Filed under: Uncategorized Fantasy football is something that we here in Editorial hold very near and dear to our hearts. Every year at least half a dozen of us go in on a league and spend a few months talking trash, acting like sports GMs and, most importantly, making side bets. One side bet this year: the team with the highest overall points for the week gets to dole out a humiliating, yet fitting punishment to the team with the overall lowest points for the week. The loser has to either take that bet, or buy a round of beer during our Friday Fantasy Football luncheons. And so far, the punishment proposals have been so over-the-top that all the losers so far have just bought the rounds … until this week. Being the week’s overall loser for the first time, and having an undying devotion to the New York Yankees, it was only fitting that my punishment be to don the paraphernalia of the team the Yankees will most likely have to play in the World Series! That’s right, me, a die-hard Yankees fan, dressed in Phillies gear! And like the man that I am, I took the bet. And here’s the result:
– DeezedAndConfused |
