Advertising Specialty Institute

About Advertising Specialty Institute

The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) serves a network of 25,000 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $25.8 billion promotional products industry. ASI’s flagship product, the technology platform ESP, manages the industry’s entire supply and marketing chain. ASI also produces award-winning digital content, live events and educational programs that enable companies in 53 countries to be more efficient, productive and profitable. ASI’s media and research operation provides the most authoritative business content in the industry, and the ASI Certification Program features 200+ live and online education courses for industry professionals. The company, family-owned and -operated since 1962, is proud to have been consistently ranked among the “Best Places to Work” in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA. The ASI Show Family of Events includes virtual and in-person shows and events, including ASI Show, fASIlitate and ConneX, which foster business-building relationships among ASI distributor and supplier members. ASI Shows, the flagship series, are large-scale, in-person convention center trade shows held in Orlando, Fort Worth and Chicago. fASIlitate is a hosted buyer event that brings together the industry’s elite – top suppliers and million-dollar distributors – for three days of scheduled one-on-one meetings in select hotels across the country. ConneX is a 3.5-day hosted buyer event featuring one-on-one meetings between elite suppliers and top distributors and a half-day Expo. For decades, ASI Computer Systems has been building business management software designed specifically for the promotional products industry. From conversion and integration services to custom programming, the technical service team members work to help the offices of promotional products businesses run efficiently. ASI SmartBooks is the must-have business software that manages all back-office operations, from sourcing to sales to accounting. It also integrates with ESP and popular payment processors like Authorize.net and PromoPayment. ProfitMaker is one of the most efficient business management solutions designed specifically for the promotional products industry. It addresses an entire set of intricate business processes in a single, flexible, powerful application that also integrates with ESP.