{"id":1922,"date":"2021-04-09T09:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/top-40-distributor-asb-honors-asi-with-top-service-provider-award\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:10:14","slug":"top-40-distributor-asb-honors-asi-with-top-service-provider-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/top-40-distributor-asb-honors-asi-with-top-service-provider-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 40 Distributor ASB Honors ASI With Top Service Provider Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>ASI\u2019s ESP platform, tools, events and education added up to superior value for ASB<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 April 8, 2021 \u2013 <\/strong>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI) today announced that Top 40 distributor American Solutions for Business (ASB) has honored ASI with its Top Service Provider Award.<\/p>\n<p>The award was based on votes from ASB (asi\/120075) sales associates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASI\u2019s technology, paired with its additional tools, events and education resources, is incredibly valuable in taking ASB to the next level,\u201d said Dana Zezzo, ASB\u2019s vice president of marketing, vendor relations and events. \u201cCongratulations to the ASI team!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With reported 2019 North American promotional products revenue of $202 million, ASB ranked 11th on Counselor\u2019s latest list of the largest distributors in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor to receive the very first top service provider award given out by American Solutions for Business and to be recognized as its most valued partner in the promotional products industry,\u201d said Bob DeFord, ASI\u2019s senior vice president of distributor sales and marketing. \u201cASI values the ASB relationship immensely, from the corporate team to its sales associates around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- [if mso]><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- #2 column end --><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_Hlk67996279\"><\/a>Michael D\u2019Ottaviano, ASI\u2019s executive director of corporate accounts, and Melissa Hall, senior account manager of corporate accounts, are the dedicated account representatives for ASB.<\/p>\n<p>According to its corporate website, ASB was founded in 1981 in Glenwood, Minnesota, and has evolved into a leading distributor, providing customers with print, promotional products, marketing collateral, fulfillment and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASI\u2019s ESP platform, tools, events and education added up to superior value for ASB TREVOSE, PA \u2013 April 8, 2021&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top 40 Distributor ASB Honors ASI With Top Service Provider Award &#8226; 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