Full Version: Ad Specialties
From: gt350ed [#98]
29 Sep 2005
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#97] 30 Sep 2005
Thank you David! I'm thinking I originally missed most of this thread because, at the time, we were not into Promotional Products. I've just finished reading the wealth of information and advice contained in this thread and I'm sure I will be reading it again and even copying and pasting for reference.
But, just to echo the sentiments of others, Ad Specialties/Promotional Products is a great and natural extension of what we are already doing. And, so far, it is quite profitable.
From: UncleSteve [#99]
29 Sep 2005
To: gt350ed [#98] 30 Sep 2005
You are correct about this being a great add-on. You should hear/see all the whining from the ad specialty distributors about how "everyone" is trying to get into the business and how it takes many years to know how to sell ad specs......
Then they ask about how to create their own personalized items!! :S
From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#100]
30 Sep 2005
To: UncleSteve [#99] 30 Sep 2005
The real key to doing good ad spec sales is to have really good trustworthy vendors. That isn't always as easy to find as it seems. Both Sage and ASI have rating systems for vendors. Sage's rating system is included in their base version for around $500 bucks....You have to spend around $4000 to get the same from ASI. We had ASI's base system for a year.....had our share of good and bad vendors...we finally decided it was important to have a rating system that we could count on, but couldn't justify the 4k to have it, hence the switch to Sage for us. So far...So good.
Brian G.
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#101]
30 Sep 2005
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#100] 30 Sep 2005
Brian,
I've been using sage for about 4 months now. I'm quite pleased.
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