{"id":2106,"date":"2016-10-04T08:20:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T08:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\/"},"modified":"2016-10-04T08:20:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T08:20:23","slug":"asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Introduces New Supplier Chat Rooms In ESP"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<p><em>Suppliers can chat with customers and prospects in real time within ESP\u00ae<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 April 28, 2016 \u2013<\/strong>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\">Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a><span>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0(ASI) today announced it has added a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchesp.com\/\" title=\"Click here to check out ESP Chat\">chat messaging service to ESP<\/a>, the most robust and accurate shopping engine in the promotional products industry.<\/p>\n<p>ESP Chat encourages real-time engagement and sharing between suppliers and distributors shopping for products in ESP. Suppliers hosting chat rooms can chat directly with distributor customers and prospects, close deals and provide quick answers to product inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>All ESP Web<span>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0users will enjoy an automatic upgrade to ESP Chat by May 1.<\/p>\n<p>ESP Chat features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Personal communication.<\/strong>\u00a0Make sales instantly in private room or participate in group chats<\/li>\n<li><strong>Branding.<\/strong>\u00a0Customize a chat room with supplier logos and colors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharing.<\/strong>\u00a0Post product links, photos and files<\/li>\n<li><strong>Credibility<\/strong>. Hover over distributor names to view credit information in Connect\u2122<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feedback.<\/strong>\u00a0Review reports showing unique visitors, banner views, products clicked, products viewed and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cASI\u2019s new ESP Chat represents another investment in next-generation communications and customer-friendly online services,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. \u201cSuppliers can build even stronger relationships with distributors by providing the kind of personal service today\u2019s customers expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/159242267\/07f2d6b9b6\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to watch a short video overview of ESP Chat and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/support.asicentral.com\/mktg\/mktgasp\/446-788\/index.asp\" title=\"Click here for supplier chat rooms\">click here<\/a>\u00a0for a list of current suppliers already hosting chat rooms.<\/p>\n<p>ESP Chat comes with privacy controls that allow users the option of posting messages publicly or engaging in one-on-one private conversations. Users can also \u201cFavorite\u201d or \u201cBlock\u201d people within chat.<\/p>\n<p>Customers who use live chat for service report a 92% satisfaction rate, higher than customers who get service via phone, Web forms, email and social media, according to Zendesk, a cloud-based customer service platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information on hosting an ESP Chat room, contact your ASI sales representative or call 215-953-3124. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About ASI<\/strong><br \/>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\" title=\"Click here for more info on ASI\">Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a>\u00a0(ASI<span>\u00ae<\/span>) serves a network of 25,000 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $22 billion promotional products industry. ASI\u2019s flagship product, the technology platform ESP<span>\u00ae<\/span>, manages the industry\u2019s entire supply and marketing chain. ASI also produces award-winning digital and print content, live events and educational programs that enable companies in 61 countries to be more efficient, productive and profitable. ASI\u2019s\u00a0<em>Counselor<\/em><span>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0magazine provides the most authoritative business content in the industry, and the ASI Certification Program features 500+ live and online education courses for over 40,000 professionals. The company, family owned and operated since 1962, is proud to have been consistently ranked among the \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA. For more info:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\">www.asicentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppliers can chat with customers and prospects in real time within ESP\u00ae TREVOSE, PA \u2013 April 28, 2016 \u2013The\u00a0Advertising Specialty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-2106","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>ASI Introduces New Supplier Chat Rooms In ESP &#8226; ASI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASI Introduces New Supplier Chat Rooms In ESP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suppliers can chat with customers and prospects in real time within ESP\u00ae TREVOSE, PA \u2013 April 28, 2016 \u2013The\u00a0Advertising Specialty...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ASI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adspecialtyinstitute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"#\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-04T08:20:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"663\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@#\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@asicentral\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jthies@asicentral.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a\"},\"headline\":\"ASI Introduces New Supplier Chat Rooms In ESP\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-04T08:20:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asi-introduces-new-supplier-chat-rooms-in-esp\\\/\",\"name\":\"ASI Introduces New Supplier Chat Rooms In ESP &#8226; 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