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HTSA Announces Their Top Vendors for 2013

October 30, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

HTSAlogoThe Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) on Tuesday announced their top vendor awards for 2013. These awards were handed out at their Fall 2013 dealer conference held last week and included a special Lifetime Achievement Award.

See who earned top honors from the national dealer group below… [Read more…] about HTSA Announces Their Top Vendors for 2013

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Retailers, Shows & Events, Specialty Tagged With: Ari Supran, Bluesound, Bob Hana, Control4, Dana Innovations, Home Technology Specialists of America, HTSA, Lenbrook, Leon Speakers, Lutron, Noah Kaplan, Paradigm, Savant Systems, Sony, URC

Hey Sales VPs, Think You Know Everything About Your Sales Team’s Performance? Think Again!

October 30, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

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New research from Salesforce.com in conjunction with The TAS Group has recently uncovered some surprising data about the sales process. Having conducted a survey from a wide variety of industries, the company has created a report and infographic called 10 Things Every Sales Manager Should Know About Sales Performance. Suffice it to say that they have discovered some surprising truths about sales in today’s economy.

Think you know everything about your sales team performance? Think again… [Read more…] about Hey Sales VPs, Think You Know Everything About Your Sales Team’s Performance? Think Again!

Filed Under: News, Sales, Sales Reps, Statistics, Survey Tagged With: sales managers, Salesforce.com, TAS Group

Thought for the Week – October 30, 2013

October 30, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

John W. Gardner

 

Filed Under: Quotations

NY Integrator Makes Unusual Expansion into Retail

October 30, 2013 by Ted 4 Comments

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Jak Daragjati
JD Pro

 

JD Pro, an integrator based in Staten Island, New York, has made what many would consider an unusual step – taking their successful, primarily commercial integration business and expanding it into the consumer retail market space. This step, which many would consider suicidal in the brutal New York Metro consumer electronics retail market, makes perfect sense to JD Pro’s owner – especially when you consider the unique position that their company has held from the day it was founded.

Why would a commercial integrator expand into retail? See more below… [Read more…] about NY Integrator Makes Unusual Expansion into Retail

Filed Under: News, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Best Buy, Jak Daragjati, JD Systems, Pro-Sho, The Sound Attitude

Lenbrook Hopes This Line Will Make You Blue

October 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Bluesound’s John Banks makes a point

Lenbrook America held a media event last week in Manhattan where they announced the birth of a new brand of multi-room wireless (and wired) music streaming systems called Bluesound. Bluesound is designed to be positioned above brands like Sonos in terms of price and performance…but tuck underneath some of the higher-end solutions such as those offered by NAD and others. The company hopes to create a profitable step-up market for higher priced, better performing solutions in the digital domain – as once existed in the analog realm years back.

Is Bluesound the new holy grail of quality digital music systems? Or will it miss the mark?… [Read more…] about Lenbrook Hopes This Line Will Make You Blue

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Android, Bluesound, Dean Miller, iOS, John Banks, Lenbrook America, MP3, NAD, PSB, wireless

The Miracle of…Birth – The Birth of the Bluesound Brand

October 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Bluesound LogoLast week, I witnessed a miracle. The miracle was…a birth. It was a birth like no other, as every proud parent believes is the case with THEIR child. There was a proud Papa…and a large assembled family…brought together to celebrate the event.

This birth, like any birth, was wondrous. And…for the parents…this was an event full of hopes and dreams of what their “bundle of joy” will become. At this joyous event was a group of observers, like me. But not like me.

Was this birth – the birth of Bluesound – truly “miraculous”???… [Read more…] about The Miracle of…Birth – The Birth of the Bluesound Brand

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Bluesound, Dean Miller, John Banks, The Lenbrook Group

Thought for the Week – October 23, 2013

October 23, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

Julius Rosenwald

 

Filed Under: Quotations

Restructuring Causes Yet Another D+M Executive to Become Available

October 16, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

D&M Group logoAs D+M Group (formerly D&M Holdings) continues to work on improving their efficiencies through restructuring and consolidation, well-known industry executive Stephen Shenefield leaves the company to pursue new opportunities. Shenefield originally joined the company to help with the re-invigoration of their Boston Acoustics brand, but went on to see his involvement expanded into related products under the Denon nameplate as well.

See more on this new development… [Read more…] about Restructuring Causes Yet Another D+M Executive to Become Available

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: Boston Acoustics, D+M Group, Denon, Lucasfilm THX, Marantz, Stephen Shenefield, Worldspace Satellite Radio

A Subscriber Phone Call: ‘You’re Compromising Your Credibility’

October 16, 2013 by Ted 10 Comments

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It was a very uncomfortable phone call. The caller? A longtime subscriber to Strata-gee.com’s newsletter, who is also a fairly well-known industry personality. He was passionate. He was adamant. He was fired-up. We had blown it – he told editor Ted Green – and in so doing, had called our very credibility into question.

How had we blown it? See more below… [Read more…] about A Subscriber Phone Call: ‘You’re Compromising Your Credibility’

Filed Under: General Topics Tagged With: Strata-gee SYNCH, strata-GEE.com, Ted Green

Promising Newcomer AudioXperts Abruptly Ceases Operations

October 15, 2013 by Ted 1 Comment

BREAKING NEWSPhoto of Eli Harary of AudioXperts

After only a little more than one year in operation, AudioXperts – a new specialty brand of audio electronics targeted at the luxury consumer market – has closed down operations. According to AudioXperts President Eli Harary, the company was forced to shut down last Friday after a key investor stopped all funding.

See more details on this startling development from a new and innovative company… [Read more…] about Promising Newcomer AudioXperts Abruptly Ceases Operations

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events Tagged With: AudioXperts, CEDIA Expo, Eli Harary

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