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Stop Selling Products!
The experience is what people want and will pay for — so stop selling shiny boxes, fun features, and beguiling benefits.
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Showroom Spotlight – Audio Video Integration
It is four on the floor as this San Rafael, Calif., dealer shows a quartet of different home theater options at various price points.
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An Intelligent Approach to Power Quality
How to help clients understand the many benefits energy management provides.
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The CI and the Side Hustle
Precision Media’s Brian Richards uses his professional talents to create a unique — and extremely successful — AirBnB destination.
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Can’t-Miss Courses at the CEDIA Conference
Start your CEDIA Expo 2023 planning with these education sessions.
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Don’t Mark Up Your Screw Ups
The four key areas to focus on to maximize bottom-line growth.
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Math for Fun and Profit
Well, not exactly fun, but profit math can open your business up to new opportunities — and provide the cash to support it.
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Designing Audiophile Systems from the Electrical System Up
Rex Hungerford of Kingrex Electric has a vibrant business helping people fix their electrical problems so they can ultimately have a better, more emotionally...
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Resimercial Week: Resimerical Best Practices
Applying your residential problem-solving skills in new ways.
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Resimercial Week: LED Displays vs. Projection Systems
There’s a lot to love about both technologies when it comes to residential and commercial projects, so how do you choose?
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Resimercial Week: Considering Commercial
Tips on expanding your business with resimercial and the potential of full-fledged commercial projects.
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Resimercial Week: Case Study – An Island, Connected
LEA Professional’s cloud platform restores serenity to Marco Island Beach Resort.
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Shifting the Perspective From Price to Value
It’s up to you to show your clients the value of the service your company provides, which isn’t always easy.
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What to Expect at CEDIA Expo 2023
A sneak peek at the largest residential custom integration event in North America.
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In Defense of Accounting
Getting your books in check does more than please the tax man — it gives you a clear look into the health of your...
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Doing It Better
When a custom integration company takes over the role of another professional, it made the process — and the project — better.
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Showroom Week: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Here are some tips on positioning your showroom to get more traction, traffic, and leads.
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Showroom Week: No Two Alike
Despite the similarities in gear, trends, and installations, no two showrooms are alike
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Showroom Week: 2023 Showroom Showcase Gallery
Our annual look at some stellar demo spaces from around the globe.
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Showroom Week: A Crowd-Pleasing Experience
DeVance Electronic Lifestyle’s new 9800-square-foot showroom is meant to be shared with large groups of potential clients and employees.
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A Tech Show for Potential Clients
Mark Cichowski, the man behind the industry’s Technology & Business Summits, is introducing a consumer-facing event for the CI market.
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Get Centered
Where to place the center-channel speaker when you can’t place it behind the screen.
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Embracing Radical Incrementalism
Why using small, consistent improvements is the best way to achieve long-term goals.
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RTI Turns 30
How the control company is celebrating three decades of serving integrators in the residential and commercial markets.
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SaaS and the CI
Savant’s new Software as a Service model heralds a shift in the industry that presents challenges and opportunities for dealers.
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The Magic Eye of the Ears
Trying my best to hear immersive sound out of single Dolby Atmos-capable smart speakers.
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Putting a Spark in Your Business
Steve Elliston of Elliston Systems & Design reveals why he added an electrician to his integration company, and how it paved the way for...
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Showroom Spotlight – DSG Metro
A unique rep firm in Plainview, N.Y., evolves its showroom to be a go-to destination for all area dealers to take advantage of.
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Sustainability and Assisted Living
Smart home technology creates opportunities for more independent living.
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Ways to Serve the Content Cake
Stretch the value of your content by repurposing them in multiple ways.
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The Evolution of Home Theater
How multi-sport simulators and Esports are re-shaping dedicated theater and media room design.
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Taking Your Company Off Cruise Control
Times are good in the residential AV business, but they won’t stay that way forever.
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Outdoor AV Week: Working With Furrion
Better known in RV tech, the manufacturer of outdoor televisions and soundbars increases its reach into the custom install market.
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Outdoor AV Week: Live Entertainment in the Backyard
A pro audio solution from AtlasIED allows this homeowner to host outdoor concerts in his yard and have the music play throughout the property.
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Outdoor AV Week: Developing the JBL Stage XD Series All-Weather Speakers
A behind-the-scenes look at how Harman brought high-performance sound and sustainability to the harshest outdoor conditions.
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Outdoor AV Week: Outrageous Resimerical Case Study
Phoenix, Ariz.’s Positive Home Entertainment installs a Planar video wall in the O.H.S.O. (Outrageous Home Brewer’s Social Outpost) Brewery’s multi-use outdoor area.
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Outdoor AV Week: Southern Exposure
A newly constructed Baton Rouge mansion gets a well-connected outdoor entertainment system courtesy of Acadian Home Theater & Automation.
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Your Audience Awaits Part 2: Planning & Producing Your Video
From strategy to upload, here are our top tips for video production.