Why AV Integrators Absolutely Need to Be Thinking About Content Creation

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM MVIX By Lillyan Wamaitha Marketing Manager, Mvix In the past, clients would come to integrators knowing precisely what they wanted. They’d ask for specific monitor “A,” speaker “B” and microphone “C.” They knew what their creation was to be; they only needed an AV integrator for the hardware. Today, things […]

Why AV Integrators Absolutely Need to Be Thinking About Content Creation

Dashboarding Your Success

This month at CCUMC, I will be discussing how Bates College began to turn around its service operations by using data, metrics, SLAs and dashboards. This is not an earth shattering new business tool, but it is something that I think many organizations still don’t use quite enough or don’t use it in the right […]

Dashboarding Your Success

AVaaS: It Just Does Not Make Sense

Next month, I have the opportunity to be part of an amazing panel at CCUMC on AVaaS. Being part of this panel has made me think more about the service and do some research on it. I don’t want to spoil the entire panel here, after all, I know that we will have a huge […]

AVaaS: It Just Does Not Make Sense

Hardware as a Service – AV Is About Services and Not Things

No industry is immune to change, and this is even more true for technology-based economies whose life cycles can be measured in time spans as short as three months. If you’ve worked in the audiovisual (AV) industry in the past decade, you’ve witnessed a hardware-centric community transform itself into one driven by software and innovation. […]

Hardware as a Service – AV Is About Services and Not Things

No Freebies

Unless your media consumption habit is restricted to non-ad supported content, you will probably find the following experiment somewhat intriguing, if not downright disturbing. The next time you want to kill an hour doing non-work (and don’t we all sometimes), turn on any commercial broadcast channel, preferably either in the afternoon or late night and […]

No Freebies

Create Agreement When Selling to Churches

When an audiovisual (AV) solution aligns perfectly with the needs of a potential client, the opportunity just about sells itself. In the house of worship market, local churches across the gamut of denominations have similar challenges and opportunities when it comes to AV technology. This should make selling a simple process for manufacturers and systems […]

Create Agreement When Selling to Churches

Almo ProAV Unveils NOBOX Ad Campaign, Will Do Live Demos with Biamp, NEC and Samsung, Sponsor InfoComm Opening Reception

At InfoComm 18, Almo Professional A/V (Booth #C3484, Meeting Space #N240), North America’s largest professional audio visual distributor with global reach, is working with integrators and resellers to discuss new opportunities to partner for growth in the evolving AV industry. For the second year in a row, Almo is a VIP sponsor of the InfoComm […]

Almo ProAV Unveils NOBOX Ad Campaign, Will Do Live Demos with Biamp, NEC and Samsung, Sponsor InfoComm Opening Reception

The Hard Truth about Soft Serve (Ices)

Unless you’ve been in a hole the last few years, you most likely have noticed the increasing conversation in AV about software, managed services, and IP based signal distribution. Given all of the buzz and apparent end-user demand for all of the above, surprisingly, only a select few AV companies have turned the corner on […]

The Hard Truth about Soft Serve (Ices)

AVAD Announces Changes to its Business Model and Expansion Plans in North America

AVAD has announced it’s switching to a service model throughout North America. As part of these moves, AVAD is both expanding its field sales force to markets beyond its current footprint and blending national and regional call centers in order to reach more of its customers and provide local support to its dealer base. AVAD […]

AVAD Announces Changes to its Business Model and Expansion Plans in North America

Are You Thinking Ahead? The Smartphone Is Killing the Large-Screen TV

In case you haven’t been paying attention, your kids are watching nearly all their entertainment (TV, movies, sports, etc.) on their phones. Oh, and by the way, they’re also using their phones for Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, too. So? Well, that number is moving up — up in age. Five years ago, the average 25-year […]

Are You Thinking Ahead? The Smartphone Is Killing the Large-Screen TV

Almo Pro A/V Makes Final E4 AV Tour 2015 Stop in New York, Now Sells Bandwidth

Almo Professional A/V is wrapping up its 2015 “Fully Charged” E4 AV Tour next week in its most popular location, the New York Metro area. The event, which takes place at the Teaneck Marriott New Jersey on October 8, is also the official launching platform for Almo’s third service program: Almo Bandwidth Services and subsequent […]

Almo Pro A/V Makes Final E4 AV Tour 2015 Stop in New York, Now Sells Bandwidth

Service Opportunities for Integrators

Last month in my column, The Dog Days of Summer, I wrote about a project we did in one of our classrooms. The title of the column spoke a bit about what June and early July is for us in the education world — a bit snoozy. Our budgets don’t start until July 1st, so […]

Service Opportunities for Integrators

The New Rep Line Card – Professional Services

Kevin A. Busza ICD Systems Since when does a manufacturer representative provide a services component on its line card? Yes, I am referring to services such as system programming, system commissioning and professional design documentation. Symco, Inc. a Mid-Atlantic manufacturers’ rep sees the potential, and is making the offering to its network of dealers. If […]

The New Rep Line Card – Professional Services