rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 7 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on how to build solid teams while on the job, Mark Coxon on listening to customers during a sale and more April 9, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 7 Listen up! Mark Coxon comes to us with a story this week […]
March 24, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 6 One of my great friends once told me the trick to not crying when you’re cutting an onion. “Just don’t cook with onions,” he joked. For Tony “the AV Guy” Sprando, however, that trick probably wouldn’t cut it. Sprando loves to listen to loud music […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 5 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on selling through online retail versus brick-and-mortar stores, plus news from Crestron, DMF Lighting and more March 10, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 5 Something I’ve found myself thinking about lately is how ProAV and HomeAV have seemed to intersect in […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 4 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on enforcing MAP, Tony Sprando and Kate Couch on the struggles of specifying for homes and more February 26, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 4 As 2020 brought us a home building and upgrade boom, 2021 is likely to bring us […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 3 Latest headlines: Kayye’s Krystal Ball 2021, Lee Distad on new challenges in the marketplace and retail, plus news from AVIXA and more February 10, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 3 It’s a busy week here at rAVe (I’m writing to you in between live segments […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 2 Latest headlines: Gary Kayye on the COVID-19 vaccine trial, Lee Distad with a strange tale of networking, plus news from Barix and more January 20, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 2 Want to hear, firsthand, from someone who’s already had the COVID-19 vaccine in their […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 18, Issue 1 Latest headlines: Gary Kayye with the top 10 rAVe stories of 2020, Lee Distad on seeking referrals, plus news from Sony, AV Planners & more January 6, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 1 At CEDIA 2019 (remember trade shows?), I shot a rAVe product video […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 24 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on the 80/20 rule, Patrick Montgomery on the Apple HomePod Mini and what it means for the smart speaker market December 18, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 24 Hi Home readers! Happy Friday. I hope you are all ready for a […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 23 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on the relationship between manufacturers/distributors and resellers, Morgan Lawrence on AV in motorsports December 4, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 23 Hi #AVtweeps! Good morning and happy Friday! I hope you are all making it through the week in one piece. […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 22 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on e-commerce, Scott Tiner on the possible rise of the home studio setup, plus news from TASCAM and more November 17, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 22 Dare we say the holiday season is nearly upon us? I know, it’s mid-November, […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 21 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on how/whether to diversify your business during these challenging times, plus news from Epson, CEDIA and more November 4, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 21 This time last year, I was in the rAVe office, working on a story about the […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 20 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on living on the margins, Nathan Haynes on where the mentors are in the AV industry, plus news from DTEN & more October 23, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 20 Hi, home readers! Welcome to your last newsletter issue in October! […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 19 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on managing lead times during COVID-19, plus news from ARISTA Corporation, Legrand, Samsung, Epiphan and more October 7, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 19 It’s been one hell of a month. And we are only one week in, so buckle up, […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 18 Latest headlines: Leonard Suskin on the Amish and technology, Lee Distad on forecasting, Mark Coxon on adaptive forgetfulness, plus more! September 23, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 18 Hello, rAVe home readers! I hope you’re all having a great week. (Hi, yes, we’ve made it […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 17 Latest headlines: Jack Wetherill on the rise of voice assistant technology, Lee Distad on the threat of substitution, plus news from Luxul! September 9, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 17 Hey, everybody. Welcome to the first home issue of September. Which is … almost fall? […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 16 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on helping your family use Zoom, plus news from Marantz, Ashly Audio, SAVI Controls, Parasound and more! August 26, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 16 Hello everyone, I hope you are all staying safe and well. I want to talk to […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 15 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on the usage of his Blu-Ray player since updating his electronics, plus news from CEDIA, SnapAV and more August 12, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 15 Lately, I’ve been feeling like things are more connected than ever. For instance, earlier this […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 14 Latest headlines: Scott Tiner on promoting diversity in the AV industry, Lee Distad on Gantt charts, plus news from Extron, CEDIA and more July 22, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 14 When I worked in advertising in New York City, in many regards, summer always […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 13 — July 9, 2020 July 9, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 13 There’s a chance you subscribe to both our ProAV and HomeAV newsletters, in which case you may have heard the news. It’s a somber week as we mourn the loss of our Kelly Johnson […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 12 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on how to deal with delays, plus news from LG, AUDAC, CEDIA, Key Digital, Denon and more June 25, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 12 Do you ever feel like you’re a hamster running on a wheel, but then you’re scared […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 11 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on troubleshooting during the times of COVID-19, plus news from Crestron, Parasound, CEDIA and more June 10, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 11 Welcome (to) Home(AV), Looks like we’ll have to wait another year and three months for the next in-person […]
rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 17, Issue 10 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on why keeping in touch is more important now than ever, plus news from Key Digital, Savant, PS Audio and more May 27, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 10 Hot off the presses: Savant is buying the GE Lighting division of […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 9 — May 14, 2020 Latest headlines: Gary Kayye on AMC and Universal Studios, Julian Philips on the not-so-selfish gene, Scott Tiner on necessity and invention in the “new normal” of AV, plus news from BlackMagic, Atlantic Technology, Savant and more May 14, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 8 — April 22, 2020 Latest headlines: Lee Distad with some tips on hosting webinar presentations, Morgan Lawrence on rAVe LAVNCH WEEK sponsors, Steph Beckett on the companies in the industry doing #AVgood, plus news from Genelec, Crestron, Legrand, Nortek and more April 23, 2020 | Volume: 17 | […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 7 — April 9, 2020 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on what you can be doing to stay busy during quarantine, plus news from AudioControl, iRoom, Transtector and more April 9, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 7 Last we spoke, most trade shows in March, April and May […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 6 — March 26, 2020 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on managing the progress of your prospects through the sales funnel, Katye McGregor Bennett on focusing what you CAN control (rather than focusing on what you can’t) plus news from SnapAV, Legrand | AV and more March 26, 2020 | […]
Latest headlines: Lee Distad on why you could be holding yourself back in AV sales — and how to stop, plus headlines from MSE Audio, Bird Home Automation, CEDIA, Control4 and more March 12, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 5 Before I started as a copywriter at rAVe, I worked in advertising agencies […]
Latest headlines: Lee Distad on whether companies should service what they don’t sell, plus news from SurgeX, Crestron, Universal Remote, SnapAV, CEDIA and more February 25, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 4 Hello, rAVe Home readers! How is everyone on this fine Tuesday afternoon? Here at rAVe, we’re back from ISE, but the […]
Latest headlines: Lee Distad on the difficulties of delivering estimates to your clients, plus news from Extron, MSE Audio, L-Acoustics, Alcons Audio and more February 10, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 3 Hello everyone, or hallo iedereen as they say here in Amsterdam! That’s right; I’m coming to you straight from the RAI. […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 2 — January 30, 2020 Latest headlines: Lee Distad on balancing cash flow and receivables with client relationships, plus news from Camplex, Screen Innovations, Savant, Trinnov Audio and more January 30, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 2 Good morning to you, #AVtweeps. It’s all #ISE2020 talk here […]
rAVe Home — Volume 17, Issue 1 — January 15, 2020 Latest headlines: Gary Kayye’s top AV news stories of 2019, Pete Coman’s thoughts on media day at CES 2020, plus news from Metra Home Theater Group, Samsung, Martin Audio, LG, Stealth Acoustics and more January 15, 2020 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 1 […]
rAVe Home — Volume 16, Issue 24 — December 24, 2019 Latest headlines: Fred Bargetzi, the most consequential person of the modern AV era, Lee Distad on estimation methods, plus news from the Zigbee Alliance, IKEA, Just Add Power and more December 24, 2019 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 24 During the holiday season, […]