Volume I / February 2018
Our February Newsletter is Here!

I n our first issue of 2018:

  • Recap of last month's TOM Show
  • Welcome from our 2018 TSPPA President
  • Learn more about our new 2018 Show in Indy next month
  • IMAGEN Brands is looking for a Marketing Account Specialist
TSPPA Thanks You for a Great TOM Show!
Thank you so much for everyone who exhibited and attended our TOM Show last month at Receptions Event Center. Our sold out show was the highest attended and also most attended pre-show education attendance. We can't thank you enough for the continued support. With your involvement, TSPPA continues to grow.
Thank You to Our Presenting Sponsor, IMAGEN Brands!
A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor, IMAGEN Brands, who provided our special edition TOM cat item.
Thank You to Our Supporting Sponsors!
Bag Makers - the official TOM gift bags
Vantage Apparel - TSPPA Board TOM Show apparel
Distributor Central - TOM Show pens
IMAGEN Brands is looking for a Marketing Account Specialist
A re you saavy with social media, email marketing and video?; We are looking for a Marketing Account Specialist with IMAGEN Brands – Crown & Vitronic. The Marketing Account Specialist will leverage use of email, social media platforms, video conferencing, & phone to engage customers in their territory to develop long-term relationships. They will assist in the development and be responsible for implementation & execution of marketing campaigns for their territory offering targeted, creative & viable solutions to meet their customers’ needs that in turn will grow sales. 

Responsibilities:
  • Primary focus will be assigned accounts & growing accounts through various means & methods.
  • Assist in development & implementation of marketing campaigns via phone, emails, or video conferencing, and social media platforms. 
  • During these various forms of communication, provide ideas, pricing and information to customers to grow sales for IMAGEN brand products.
  • Contact new clients and buying group accounts in their territory.
  • Set month, quarterly, and yearly goals for sales growth. 
  • Participate in brainstorming, selling ideas, and education.
  • Meet monthly with their manager to outline objectives and set sales projections. 
  • Provide monthly territory summary that details job related activities for the month, as well as regional assessments of drivers and trends in their territory.
  • Any special projects or assignments, as requested.

Required Qualifications:
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Two years or more of Inside Sales experience
  • The ability to build rapport over the phone and through electronic forms of communication quickly
  • Experience working within a team, and have a high level of written and oral communication skill

Are you interested? Apply here
Welcome from our 2018 President
Julie Callahan
Hello! Julie Callahan here, your 2018 TSPPA President, and I would like to start by saying how appreciative we are for all of you who support TSPPA, both suppliers and distributors alike. We could not have the successful regional we do without all of your help, volunteerism, attendance and support. I am excited to announce that we have added 5 additional board members this year, to increase our board to 11 members in order to provide more support and serve a greater geography throughout the tri-state. 
We are also excited to announce that this year we will be adding many new events! This includes, a new tradeshow in Indianapolis! This is the first time, in three years , will host a tradeshow in Indy on March 13 th at the Willows in Broad Ripple! We have decided to make this show end-user friendly to encourage distributors to bring their clients and offer a tradeshow-experience that does not currently exist in the Indianapolis market.
In addition, we also listened to our members and realized some of our smaller markets are being under-served. We wanted to extend our events to cover Fort Wayne, Dayton and Lexington of which we will be hosting a social event in each of these areas. Each of these events will be followed in conjunction by our annual Promotion s at the Pub events in the corresponding cities- Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louisville.
I am so excited to see what 2018 has in store for this organization and look forward to seeing each of you at our events. If you are not currently a TSPPA member, we hope that you are ready to be a part of this exciting organization. Please feel free to look at our website tsppa.org for more information.

Check out our events here, and SAVE THE DATES: 
Thank you for your support of TSPPA. We cannot wait for you to see everything we have planned for 2018!

Sincerely,
Julie Callahan 
Make to register for our Indy End-User Show next month on Tuesday, March 13 from 10am-1pm at The Willows on Westfield! Distributors are FREE to attend and you are able to register to bring your clients to see over 50 product lines. Make to pre-register yourself and also register and pay ahead of time for your clients so we can ensure we have a nicely printed name tag and lanyard waiting for you and your clients when you arrive. TSPPA Members is $10 per end-user and non-members is $25.

Distributors please don't forget that you are not allowed to wear any apparel with your company name/logo on it or any name badges with your info . You will receive a Show name badge when you check-in at the Show. Make sure to register online early!

Any questions about the Indy Show contact our Show Committee Chair, Scott Heavin at scott@thepromotionlab.com
Become a TSPPA Member and Save!
Now is a great time to join TSPPA for 2018! We have some new and exciting in store for next year including a Mini End-User Show in Indianapolis along with social events in Cincinnati, Dayton, Indy, Ft. Wayne, Lexington and Louisville. Along with our popular TOM Show and Fall End-User Showcase in Cincinnati. Members get over $4,000 in value for our membership. You find out more about joining TSPPA and can sign-up here .