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Savant Reorganizes Its Sales Force

November 3, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Savant logoWithin a span of just minutes today, we began hearing from multiple sources around the country that something was afoot at Savant Systems, LLC. Word quickly spread that the company was terminating salespeople around the country, a move that was occurring in the wake of founder Robert Madonna’s return to the company to replace former CEO William Lynch.

What’s going on at Savant? Strata-gee digs deeper… [Read more…] about Savant Reorganizes Its Sales Force

Filed Under: Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Sales Reps, Strategy Tagged With: reorganization, restructuring, Robert Madonna, Savant, Tim McInerney

Jetbuilt – Not Just a Name, But a Description

October 13, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

jetbuilt logoAt CEDIA 2016, Jetbuilt CEO Paul Dexter’s voice was holding out…but just barely. Between the loud environment and the constant talking, it’s amazing anyone can talk by the end of day 2. Yet when an intrepid journalist showed up to ask about his software, Dexter shifted into high gear and in only about ten minutes, we had a complete picture of what Jetbuilt is all about. And that’s when we realized the name, Jetbuilt, was not just a company name, but was also a description of the end product – a good looking, well designed, full project proposal – built insanely fast by a savvy software solution.

See more on Jetbuilt… [Read more…] about Jetbuilt – Not Just a Name, But a Description

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Integrators, News, Products Tagged With: CEDIA 2016, Jetbuilt, Paul Dexter, proposal software

Millson Custom Solutions Goes From Crawl to Jog in Just One Year

October 12, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Millson Custom Solutions Celebrates Its First Birthday

CinemaFrame photoMost new start-up companies like Millson Custom Solutions (MCS) choose to develop a new product concept and spend their first year setting up distribution, making sure internal systems operate smoothly as sales begin to happen, and in general scale slowly before they take that next step in expansion. It’s sort of a crawl before you walk – walk before you run strategy.

But not MCS – no sooner did they get their remarkable CinemaFrame launched, then the company rolled out a second product, their RSMS Roller Shade Mounting System and then a third product, the FutureFrame.

How did they pull that off?… [Read more…] about Millson Custom Solutions Goes From Crawl to Jog in Just One Year

Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, Shows & Events, Tech Trends Tagged With: Bob Brown, CEDIA 2016, CinemaFrame, FutureFrame, MCS, Millson Custom Solutions, Richard Millson, RSMS

Are You Selling Movies, When the Client Wants Music?

October 5, 2016 by Ted 2 Comments

An Important Look at Integrators’ Sales Process

Cover of October Residential Systems MagazineRecently, while researching the “analog renaissance” phenomenon, we spoke with an integrator who told us he had to scramble when he realized he was missing the trend for 2-channel analog and vinyl systems. But how could he miss this trend as it was clearly a result of customer demand?

“Don’t be so surprised,” a manufacturer told us. “Integrators have no idea on how to connect with customers and ‘sell.'” Is it true that integrator’s don’t know how to sell? Or is the sales process changing?

See what Strata-gee’s Ted Green discovered in his Residential Systems article… [Read more…] about Are You Selling Movies, When the Client Wants Music?

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Integrators, Management, Sales Tagged With: Residential Systems

CEDIA EMEA ‘Integrated’ Into CEDIA U.S.

September 15, 2016 by Ted 2 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

CEDIA EMEA Being Subsumed into CEDIA US in a Bloodless Coup is a Win for New CEO

cedia logoThis morning, the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) announced that CEDIA EMEA and CEDIA headquarters in the U.S. has been completely “integrated” and is now one entity in whole. The news will be a huge surprise to some, and a point of confusion for others, as not many people understood the relationship between the two organizations. CEDIA EMEA, formerly CEDIA UK, is in fact an independent organization that licenses the rights to use the CEDIA name in Europe.

Now, things have changed.

See more on what this surprising move means… [Read more…] about CEDIA EMEA ‘Integrated’ Into CEDIA U.S.

Filed Under: Associations, Integrators, Management, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: CEDIA, CEDIA EMEA, CEDIA U.S., Vin Bruno

Will CEDIA 2016 Be The Sonos Show?

August 31, 2016 by Ted 1 Comment

Sonos Launches Integration Partners Program with Software, Music Service & Hardware Companies

Sonos logoSonos surprised the industry this week with several announcements, some of which were directly targeted at the custom integration market just two weeks before the launch of the CEDIA 2016 show. But one announcement didn’t surprise us – we first told you about it a month ago when we revealed that we had learned that after announcing they were pulling out of the show, Crestron was back…in partnership with none other than Sonos.

With so many announcements at CEDIA 2016, will this be the Sonos show? [Read more…] about Will CEDIA 2016 Be The Sonos Show?

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Industry Trends, Integrators, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: CEDIA, CEO, Control4, Crestron, Deutshe Telekom, iPort, Lutron, Patrick Spense, QIVICON, Savant, Sonos, Vin Bruno

TiO Announces CEDIA Show Giveaway

August 24, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Partners with KEF on Exciting Daily Drawing

TiO logoTurn it On (TiO), Anuva Automation’s savvy and simple smart-home automation solution, announced today that it will have an exciting giveaway at next month’s CEDIA show in Dallas, TX. The company has partnered with KEF to offer a free daily drawing of exciting products in booth #2919.

Learn more about TiO’s big daily drawing at the CEDIA show… [Read more…] about TiO Announces CEDIA Show Giveaway

Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Marketing, News, Promotions, Shows & Events Tagged With: Anuva Automation, KEF, Sanjay Patel, SS-1, StealthStream, TiO

SupplyStream Changes Name and Business Model

August 18, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Portal by SupplyStream logoSupplyStream, the online aggregator of industry brands and products data, announced today that it has decided to change its name and business model in a move that they say will more properly align their branding with the reality of their business activities. The change takes place immediately.

See more on this surprising change… [Read more…] about SupplyStream Changes Name and Business Model

Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: Josh Willits, Kirk Chisholm, Portal, SupplyStream

AudioControl Joins Azione Unlimited

June 1, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

AudioControl LogoAudioControl, a Seattle, WA-based manufacturer of home and mobile electronics solutions, announced this week that it has joined the Azione Unlimited group. The company says it is focused on “innovative, industry leading theater and audio products that provide custom integrators with performance-audio solutions across the residential and commercial markets.”

See more on this new Azione relationship… [Read more…] about AudioControl Joins Azione Unlimited

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Integrators, News Tagged With: Alex Camara, AudioControl, Azione Unlimited, Richard Glikes

It Was A Typical System Installation, Until the Client Asked for This…

April 20, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Close-up of speakerIt was a fairly typical, if slightly larger than normal, system installation for Matt Durbahn of CDI Services in Denver, Colorado. The client was building a home in the countryside outside of Denver and the project called for a whole home automation solution with a media room, technology throughout the home, lighting, HVAC control, outdoor entertainment, security & surveillance, and all that goes with a system like this. Although fairly extensive, none of the client’s requests were unusual.

But then the client asked for something NO ONE has ever asked Durbahn for before…and things just got a whole lot more interesting.

See what the client’s crazy request was, and how the integrator pulled it off… [Read more…] about It Was A Typical System Installation, Until the Client Asked for This…

Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers Tagged With: CDI Services, Chris Doehla, James Loudspeaker, Mark Schafle, Matt Durbahn

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