Hello and happy Rosh Hashanah to my Jewish buddies. Enjoy your festivities and everyone, please enjoy this edition. Send your feedback directly to: khuston@asicentral.com. It may be published in a future issue of Advantages magazine. For free information on products featured in Advantages, click here: www.advantagesinfo.com.

The Joe Show: Hot Stuff

– Kathy Huston, editor 

If It's Free, It's for Me
The Pitch: If you haven't yet incorporated USB drives into your corporate, school and technology programs, what are you waiting for? Everyone needs one nowadays and this is a gift that's greatly appreciated. And you'll appreciate this: All-In-One (asi/34256) introduces its new and improved USB Flash Express service, with its best deals ever on USB Flash Drives, including: free Supersonic 24-hour rush on in-stock drives; Jet Set Pricing, featuring many drives at one easy, low price; lowest-price guarantee; 2,500/pc. pricing on orders of 100 or more drives; and free setup, free data upload and free virtual proof.Get the lowdown at: www.AllinOneLine.com/USB.
The Bottom Line: Plug in.

Goodbye Summer
The Pitch: I hate to say it (really I do), but once Labor Day is over, thoughts turn to the holiday season. For example, we just put to bed (as we say in the publishing biz) our mid-September Advantages Gift Guide. And lucky for you, Gold Bond Inc. (asi/57653) presents their new holiday program, Gold Bond with a Bow (cute name!), to give you distributors more than 100 solutions for your holiday programs and upcoming events. The program offers many gifts that are well under $10c retail, but you can always upsell with add-on items for those fortunate clients with bigger bucks to spend. Check it out here: www.goldbondinc.com/gifts.
The Bottom Line: Ring it in.

Fixer-Upper
The Pitch: My cat Sneakers hates going to the vet, so yesterday he took the liberty of scratching the heck out of me as I wrangled him into his carrier. If I get Cat Scratch Fever, don't look for Hot Deals in your inbox on Monday. At any rate, Waldor Products (asi/94770) is offering a super sale on item #812SP, which is a great on-the-go product for tending to cuts … and tears! It's a purse-perfect first-aid/sewing kit. You can get it for $1.79 (C) on 100 or more. See it here: http://www.waldorproducts.com.
The Bottom Line: All sewn up.

Organize Everything
The Pitch: I tend to be a bit of a clean freak, according to my kids anyway, who often tell me I'm insane. However, I just read an article on CNN.com that says tidy workers are many times more productive. So there. Meximi (asi/70899) just so happens to have a desk organizer that's also a 4-port USB hub … speaking of your productivity! It holds your pens, has a slot for sticky notes and also comes with flags. Item #9228 starts at: 100; $15.75-R.This is just what every employee needs for their desk. Check it out: http://www.365wholesale.com.
The Bottom Line: Put them in their place.

Nominate the Supplier Global Resource Sales Rep of the Year!
Supplier Global Resource, the industry's only magazine dedicated to ad specialty suppliers, is holding its inaugural Supplier Sales Rep of the Year contest to recognize outstanding performance, exemplary service and top-notch professionalism. Do you work with a supplier sales rep who's gone above and beyond for you this year? Do you have a supplier partner who always puts you and your customers' needs first and has a "do whatever it takes" attitude to make you shine? If you know a perfect contender, e-mail the nominee's name and details regarding what makes him or her award-worthy to Michele Bell, editor of Supplier Global Resource (mbell@asicentral.com), by September 15, 2010. The winner will be profiled in ASI's magazines, receive an array of awesome prizes and get to bask in his or her own fabulousness for the year!