Did any of you #AVtweeps catch rAVe [TV] today? If so, you may have an idea of what I’m going to discuss in this newsletter intro. (rAVe [TV] is a little TV show that Gary and I started where we talk about anything and everything. We love chatting about the latest AV trends, but we also love chatting about … whatever we want. Check out all our episodes here.)
First thing I want to bring up: Gary wrote a blog this week detailing the global chip shortage. Why do we care about this? Because while it is seemingly affecting other markets first, it will hit us if it hasn’t already. Gary gives tips on how to prep for this in AV. Check it out.
Scott Tiner writes this week about the challenges of selling services. We talk about selling services a lot in our industry. What does that mean, though? How can we be better at doing it? Tiner cites a Harvard Business Review article to help us frame our thinking about how to go about selling services the right way.
Finally, our pal Brian Rhatigan over at Almo Pro A/V wrote a blog about the idea of a flexible hybrid working environment. Honestly, there are so many adjectives I’ve seen used to describe the work environment we’re catapulting into, but he makes great points about the type of hardware we should be investing in. (Hint: It should be easy to take back and forth from the office to home.)
Catch some product releases/updates this week from the likes of Atomos, Luxul, Nureva and more. Also, congrats to HD Distributing for hiring Mark Coxon as its Western regional sales director. We’re a big fan of Mark Coxon over here (you’ve definitely read some of his blogs — you can read all of them here), and we can’t wait to see what he does in his new role!