PROOF-it-ONLINE, Cary, NC, a provider of online-proofing and approval-management technology, and Chicago, IL-based SmartBlast.com, a marketing-services provider for the promotional-products industry, announced a strategic partnership and the creation of SmartProofing.com, a proofing and approval-management solution designed specifically for the promotional-products industry. Under the partnership,SmartBlast.com will offer suppliers SmartProofing.com (www.smartproofing.com), powered by PROOF-it-ONLINE, for the goal of reducing job costs, turnaround times, and errors that result from traditional proofing processes.

“The promotional-products industry is time-sensitive and fast-paced,” says Michael Ryan, president of SmartBlast.com. “As a result of faster turnaround demands from distributors, suppliers need to accelerate the proof-approval process and reduce costs at the same time. We felt it was time to offer a next-generation, Web-based solution that would address these issues and alleviate the problems currently associated with passing proofs along by e-mail and/or fax.” For more information about the companies visit www.smartblast.com and www.proofitonline.com.