{"id":2209,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/new-esp-online-upgrade-integrates-member-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2016-06-06T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:01","slug":"new-esp-online-upgrade-integrates-member-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/new-esp-online-upgrade-integrates-member-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"New ESP\u00ae Online Upgrade Integrates Member Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/h1>\n<p><strong>November 10, 2004, Trevose, PA<\/strong> \u2013 Advertising Specialty Institute, the largest member organization in the promotional products industry, today launched a powerful upgrade to ESP Online that incorporates breakthrough improvements to benefit both ASI distributors and ASI suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade, available at no charge to current subscribers, further demonstrates ASI\u2019s commitment to provide opportunities for subscribers to efficiently do more business.<\/p>\n<p>ASI distributor subscribers can now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign a \u201cpreferred\u201d status to any ASI supplier to track business relationships by writing and storing notes directly in a supplier\u2019s record, which may be kept private or shared with colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Search and view over 120,000 full supplier catalog pages instantly in a Web browser using ACE (All supplier Catalogs Electronically)<\/li>\n<li>Conduct searches by line name or supplier name using a single keyword<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAs a distributor, the preferred supplier notes feature is extremely helpful and saves me time.\u00a0 The single keyword search capability is a welcome addition and makes it easier to find what I need. \u00a0The product overall is great \u2013 even better with this upgrade,\u201d said George Archer, purchasing manager for Paramount Industries, Inc. (<em>asi\/290305<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>ASI supplier members now enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESP Online for Suppliers, providing exclusive access to view images of own product lines, product descriptions and pricing data (other suppliers\u2019 data remains confidential and is not viewable)<\/li>\n<li>Greater visibility with more efficient single keyword searches performed by distributor sales representatives<\/li>\n<li>Increased exposure to buyers presented by capability of ACE (All supplier Catalogs Electronically) to display entire catalog pages for distributors instantly in a Web browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe viewed our products with ESP Online for Suppliers and find it extremely useful. \u00a0It helps us maintain our data integrity and I believe it is important that suppliers be able to verify pricing,\u201d said Rob Robinson, CAS, advertising and trade show coordinator for Bullet Line (<em>asi\/42424<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s president, Timothy M. Andrews, said \u201cWe\u2019re launching ESP Online for Suppliers so that they can see all the information available about their products electronically and in real time. \u00a0ESP Online for Suppliers has been used by several members since late summer as part of a market test, and the final version incorporates their feedback. \u00a0We have also created ACE, an incredibly efficient search tool that displays entire catalog pages and we also improved keyword search capability \u2013 both robust features for all users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more about new features with ESP Online Upgrade and how to get a FREE trial, visit <a href=\"\/esponline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.asicentral.com\/ESP Online<\/a>, or call ASI Member Services, at 800-546-1350.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About ASI<br \/><\/strong>Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media organization serving the promotional products industry, with a membership of 20,000 distributor firms (sellers) and suppliers (manufacturers) of promotional products. \u00a0Suppliers use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to more than 17,000 ASI distributor firms.\u00a0 Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain more than 700,000 promotional products, to locate suppliers and to market services to buyers of promotional products.\u00a0 ASI was founded in 1950 and employs 400 people. \u00a0It provides catalogs, informational directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers interactive e-commerce, marketing and selling tools.\u00a0 Visit <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.asicentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10, 2004, Trevose, PA \u2013 Advertising Specialty Institute, the largest member organization in the promotional products industry, today launched&#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-2209","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>New ESP\u00ae Online Upgrade Integrates Member Recommendations &#8226; 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