Weekend Warrior Promotional Products Wins National Award With Sales Growth of 105% in One Year

Weekend Warrior Promotional Products, a woman-owned Pittsburgh-based full service promotional products marketing company, beat out 1000 competitors to win the ASI Distributor Extreme Makeover Contest. ASI, Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest member organization in the promotional products industry.

PITTSBURGH, PA (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI), the largest media organization serving the $17.8 billion promotional products industry, announced that Weekend Warrior Promotional Products based in Crafton, PA, is the winner of its “Distributors’ Extreme Makeover” contest – growing its sales by 105% in one year.

The contest provided three home-based, promotional products industry distributor firms with the opportunity to compete head-to-head for one year, to see which could increase its sales and profitability by the greatest amount. In addition to a wide range of software, services and free products (such as custom catalogs and websites), each company also received consulting services from industry sales and marketing expert, David Blaise.

Following Weekend Warrior, which increased its sales by 105% and increased its profit margin by 25%, were runners-up The Brand Company and BrandMasters. The Brand Company, owned by Becky Allan, increased sales by 45%. BrandMasters, managed by the brother-and-sister team of Jennifer Webb and Ron Marvel, increased sales by 31%.

According to Maura and Ed Burgess, co-owners of Weekend Warrior Promotional Products, “The contest has transformed our company dramatically in sales performance, process and approach. We have been able to differentiate ourselves from our competitors by improved focus on the return on investment for our customers. We also were able to streamline and automate many of our formally manual processes resulting in faster and more accurate order processing for our clients. With most of our tools being web-based, we are literally able to take our office with us when traveling, further enabling our customers to benefit from quick turnaround and complete services regardless of our schedules.”

“All three contestants performed well in the contest,” said David Blaise, author of the industry success system, Top Secrets of Multi-Million Dollar Producers and owner of Blaise Drake & Company. “I look forward to seeing how their businesses continue to evolve and grow. In fact, so far this year, Weekend Warrior Promotional Products is posting sales 157% greater than the first six months last year.”

For more information about Weekend Warrior Promotional Products, visit http://www.weekendwarrior.biz or call (412) 922-8389.
To learn more about the expertise of David Blaise, visit http://www.topsecretswebsite.com.
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About Weekend Warrior Promotional Products
Weekend Warrior Promotional Products, established in 1992, is a woman-owned, full service promotional products marketing organization offering custom imprinted or embroidered apparel and promotional items. In addition to providing selection and fulfillment services, the company provides expert advice in running promotions, campaigns and projects of all types, including Revenue / Profit Enhancement; Employee Retention / Recruitment; Tradeshow Marketing Efficiency; and Client Appreciation / Retention programs. For more information, visit http://www.weekendwarrior.biz.

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