{"id":5224,"date":"2025-09-30T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:39:34","slug":"esp-upgrade-lets-distributors-work-faster-price-smarter-and-deliver-polished-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/esp-upgrade-lets-distributors-work-faster-price-smarter-and-deliver-polished-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"ESP+ Upgrade Lets Distributors Work Faster, Price Smarter and Deliver Polished Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 September 30, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/members.asicentral.com\/\">Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(ASI), the leading authority in the $26.6 billion promotional products industry, today announced another major update to its\u00a0<a title=\"Click for demo\" href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.tourial.com\/pages\/4c972ae3-2855-4bb0-a42e-de0f326f868b\">ESP+ platform<\/a>, the essential sales and marketing tool for distributors. With these updates, distributors can now create perfectly branded presentations, price products automatically, collaborate in real time and take full control of their websites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.tourial.com\/pages\/4c972ae3-2855-4bb0-a42e-de0f326f868b\"><strong>Log in to ESP+<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to explore all new features.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese updates put capabilities in your hands that simply weren\u2019t possible before,\u201d said\u00a0<a title=\"connect with Tim on social media\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\/\">Timothy M. Andrews<\/a>, ASI president and chief executive officer. \u201cFrom automated pricing to smarter collaboration and polished branding, everything is designed to save time, simplify workflows and elevate the client experience \u2013 all within a single platform for searching, quoting and ordering promo products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key new capabilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Branded presentations:\u00a0<\/strong>Templates carry directly into PDFs, ensuring every document is professional and on-brand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time collaboration:\u00a0<\/strong>See who is working on a presentation to speed approvals and move deals faster.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automated pricing:\u00a0<\/strong>Distributor charges flow directly into product pricing, reducing errors and saving time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Streamlined workflows:\u00a0<\/strong>Add decorators within the order process and customize expiration messages to maintain clear client communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>These updates give distributors tools to save time, reduce errors, deliver a professional client experience and keep teams coordinated \u2013 making workflows smoother from quote to delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support and resources:<\/strong>\u00a0Members can learn about and explore these new features through the Distributor Member Monthly Newsletter, ESP+ \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d pop-up and new feature highlights blog on asicentral.com. The next major ESP+ product release is scheduled for November 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more info, contact ASI at 800-546-1350 or email Ryan Hutchison, ASI\u2019s chief product and technology officer, at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:rhutchison@asicentral.com\"><strong>rhutchison@asicentral.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About ASI<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/\">asicentral.com<\/a>) serves a network of 25,000 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $26.6 billion promotional products industry. The company\u2019s flagship product, the technology platform ESP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, 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 48 countries to be more efficient, productive and profitable. The ASI media and research operation provides the most authoritative business content in the industry, and the ASI Certification Program features more than 200 live and online education courses for industry professionals. The company, family-owned since 1962, is proud to have been consistently ranked among the \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 September 30, 2025 The\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae\u00a0(ASI), the leading authority in the $26.6 billion promotional products industry, today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","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>ESP+ Upgrade Lets Distributors Work Faster, Price Smarter and Deliver Polished Presentations &#8226; 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