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Is Recognition Cultural Rocket Fuel?
Recognizing employees for jobs well done or going beyond their duties can go a long way in improving your company’s culture.
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Painting the Ship
Care of the company is not all on the owner — look to your team to help carry the burden.
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The Home Theater Mid-Market: Best Seats in the House
Dizzyfish, a U.K.-based integrator and distributor, finds success in creating dedicated cinema rooms for modest homes.
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Meet the Modern Audiophile
SVS expands the audience for integrators through innovative products and a dedicated, diverse fanbase.
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2023 HTSA Spring Conference – Success Through Tech and Relationships
The buying group’s annual spring event brings members and vendor partners together for networking and education.
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A Look Back at 5 Challenges Facing the Smart Home Market
On its eighth birthday, Josh.ai re-examines the issues that affect the smart home industry.
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Normalizing Turnover
It is not always a bad thing when an employee decides to leave your company.
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5 Free PR Tools for Custom Integrators
A few complimentary solutions that will help get your company’s PR program off the ground.
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Unhappy Clients and Their ‘Jump to Conclusions’ Mats
What to do when a longstanding customer accuses you of price gouging.
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Industry Trends to Watch In 2023
Some key areas CI businesses should pay attention to as we move into the heart of 2023.
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Buddy Check FTW
Integrators have plenty of opportunities to ensure each other’s work is shipshape.
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Battling Hazardous Attitudes Part 1 – Resignation
Complacency and accepting poor workflows can happen to any business. Here is how to watch for it in yours.
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Research: What’s Next for Voice Assistants?
Futuresource predicts that shipments could exceed 3.1 billion units in 2026.
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Experience Is the Best Teacher
How you handle mistakes from rookies can have a big impact on their development.
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5 Key Trends from CES 2023 for Residential Integrators
As usual, CES had tons of technology on display, and here are the trends that custom installers should pay attention to.
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How Smart Home Technology Enhances Quality of Life in Assisted Living
Automation, motion sensors, and natural voice command can go a long way in helping seniors maintain their independence while keeping caregivers informed.
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CES 2023 Panel Covers Trends in Smart Home
Interoperability and finding additional ways to better end-users’ lives are keys to success.
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Tapping Into Your Company’s Hive Mind
When your team takes time to focus on key areas in the business, amazing things can happen.
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CES 2023: The Road to the Metaverse
A panel at CES 2023 dives into the potential possibilities and pitfalls of this much buzzed about but still nascent technology.
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A New Kind of Luxury Rep Firm
Sarah Dresher’s LIT fully customizes the experience for both integrator and manufacturer clients.
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Beware the ‘Group Ask’
Group-ask emails are typically harbingers of screwups and disappointment. Here are some tips for eliminating them.
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Pick a Customer Issue and Follow It Down the Rabbit Hole
Staying in the client services game by hunting for customer issues instead of reacting to them.
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CES Unveiled Reveals Tech & Buying Trends
Annual kickoff in NYC to CES season reveals what attendees will be looking for in Las Vegas.
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Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen
Rebooting the plan to infuse lateral service into our business.
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HTSA Leads With Light
Early evangelists for the lighting category bring its CI-centric lighting convention back for a second year.
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Getting Into A “Day 1” Mindset
What would you do differently if you just bought your business today?
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They Ask You Answer: Why Doesn’t Livewire Offer Free Estimates?
The reasoning behind charging prospective clients for sales consultations.
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The Shifting Market
High-end and entry-level jobs keep coming in, but mid-size projects seem to be disappearing.
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CEDIA Expo 2022 Superlatives
No need to ask John what his best experiences at the show were — he’s written them all here.
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Tales from the CEDIA Expo Trail, Part 1
Adventures in Dallas, day one — John Sciacca's CEDIA Expo tour starts here.
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Crestron Returns to CEDIA Expo…Take 3
The day integrators have been looking forward to has finally arrived at the 2022 CEDIA Expo.
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DMF Bets on the Channel
Lighting fixture manufacturer sees the value in builder-integrator relationships.
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6 Types of Possible Smart Shade Customers
Identifying ideal candidates when selling automated shades.
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Frame and Fortune
Samsung’s CEDIA Expo booth offers both industry favorites and new experiences for attendees.