Signs Now Announces Partnership with Advertising Specialty Institute

SARASOTA, FL - Signs Now, A Division of Allegra Network LLC, announced today its partnership with the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI�), enrolling 30 Signs Now franchise owners as members of ASI.

The agreement with ASI provides opportunities for all Signs Now franchise owners to become ASI members. The basic membership package includes access to over 750,000 ad specialties and 3,400 suppliers through its ESP� Online marketing and research tool, Website design and hosting services with LogoMall� Websites, shipping discounts with UPS, access to special credit reports from Experian and admissions to ASI Show� events.

�Signs Now is excited about joining ASI,� remarked Steve White, president of Signs Now. �Our franchise owners will now be able to increase their sales, by offering advertising specialties to their current and new clients. With the unique and varied services available with the ASI affiliation and the current Signs Now service base, our stores will truly be �one-stop shops� for all visual communication tools.�

�I welcome Signs Now franchise owners to ASI,� said Timothy M. Andrews, president of ASI. �ASI products and services will help them close more ad specialty business faster. With ESP Online, franchise owners can find the right ad specialty product for their clients, create a virtual sample and send a professional sales presentation in under ten minutes. Our LogoMall Websites have a world-class shopping engine � the same one used by Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Home Depot � providing image-rich, around-the-clock Web stores where clients can place orders online.�

Founded in 1983, the Signs Now service base includes multiple solutions and digital imaging for outdoor and indoor signage, exhibit and vehicle graphics, magnetic signs, banners, window graphics, ADA signage, dimensional letters, directional systems and other visual communications tools to businesses worldwide. In addition, all Signs Now locations offer large format digital services to their customers, taking advantage of the sophisticated digital technologies that continue to emerge in the graphic arts industry, enhancing the services provided to their customers. Signs Now grossed over $75 million in sales in 2005.

For more information on Signs Now and the ASI partnership, call Bernard Haun, vice president of marketing and communications, at (941) 747-7747.

About Signs Now, a Division of Allegra Network LLC
As a leader and top innovator in the sign and graphics industry, Signs Now truly stands out in a crowded world. Signs Now has over 230 franchise locations across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The corporate offices and international training center are headquartered in Sarasota, Fla. For more information, visit www.signsnow.com.

About Advertising Specialty Institute
ASI is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of 22,000 distributor firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties. Supplier firms use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to more than 19,000 ASI distributor firms. Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain more than 750,000 ad specialties, to locate supplier firms and to market services to buyers. ASI provides catalogs, informational directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers interactive e-commerce, marketing and selling tools. Visit www.asicentral.com.

Signs Now
6976 Professional Parkway East
Sarasota, Florida 34240
Phone: 800-366-3373
E-Mail: info@signsnow.com
Website URL: www.signsnow.com


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