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New eBook: The Integration Guide to Outdoor Tech
Outdoor tech has become a huge business for integrators and features a rapidly growing ecosystem. In this supplement, top integrators reveal how they show...
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Integration Guide to Lighting Fixtures – Shining a Light on Success
Integrators find greater customer satisfaction, getting on to jobs earlier, and higher profit margins as they add lighting fixtures to their businesses.
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Projectors and Screens – A Powerful Pair
Projectors and screens provide the most versatile options for bringing the commercial theater experience into the home.
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Integration Guide to Home Networks – Making Stronger Connections
As home networks get more burdened, industry manufacturers, service providers, and integrators work to make sure they remain robust and dependable.
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The Integration Guide to Motorized Shades Now Available
CI shading pros share how they maximize efficiency across their motorized shade projects.
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Integration Guide to Video Walls Now Available
The industry’s top video wall providers to discuss how they can help dealers sell and install these visual marvels.
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The World According to Buying Groups
How these influential organizations keep their members in the know.
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Guide to Subwoofers – Lower Frequencies for High-End Sound
Properly spec’d and placed subwoofers impact whatever is played through them — be it movies, music, or video games.
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Integration Guide to Video Over IP Now Available
Sending video throughout a home has never been more important, and thanks to the latest innovations, it has also never been easier. In this...
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The Integration Guide to Whole-Home Audio is Now Available
In this special supplement, we speak with top dealers and manufacturers about the latest tools available and how they present them to clients.
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Selling Home Theaters – Riding the Wave
Keeping up with the latest home theater trends — and the rolling popularity — are key to making the sale.
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The Residential Systems 2024 Custom Distributor Guide is Now Available
Hear from executives at major CI distribution companies.
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The Integration Guide to Outdoor AV is Now Available
In this special supplement, we speak with top integrators and manufacturers about the current trends in outdoor electronics and how they present them to...
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Integration Guide to Selling Lighting Fixtures Now Available
This guide features advice from integrators who have already invested in lighting fixtures as to how they are pitching it to trade partners and...
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Choosing a Projection Screen – Seeing is Believing
To make the most of today’s high-quality projectors, you need to choose the right screen for the job.
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Keeping Up With the Home Network
Manufacturer services help integrators face challenges as network demands increase and the technology continues to evolve.
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The Integration Guide to Selling Shades Now Available
Dealers are finding shades to be a very lucrative market — the trick is to find out what clients want and guide them to...
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Integration Guide to Selling Projectors Now Available
Top integrators reveal how they present the latest generation of video projectors to their clients.
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Integration Guide to Buying Groups eBook is Now Available
Buying group executives reveal what dealers need to do to remain competitive and successful in the current market.
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The Integration Guide to Video Over IP Now Available
Top installation pros discuss how they set up successful Video-over-IP systems.
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Integration Guide to Business Software — Minding the Business
Custom integrators have several high-powered options when it comes to business software that can help with everything from proposals to client support.
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Integration Guide to Selling Power Management — Increasing Interest in Power
Integrators provide tips on how to get clients to understand the benefits of power management in their homes
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Working With Distributors — Fighting the Pain Points
How distributors are helping dealers work through the current industry challenges.
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Integration Guide to Networking — More Than Wi-Fi
Getting clients to realize that there is more to a strong network than its wireless capabilities.
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Integration Guide to Human-Centric Lighting: The (Automated) Human Touch
Customers need the benefits that human-centric lighting provides — even if they don’t know it yet.
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Integration Guide to Projection Screens – Big Screens for Big Scenes
Tips on finding the right projection screen for the room for both traditional and ultra-short-throw projectors.
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The Integration Guide to Outdoor Audio
In this supplement, we talk to industry experts about the advances made in the space, how best to let clients know what their options...
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The Integration Guide to Smart Shades Now Available
In this special supplement, we talk to industry pros about how they present smart shading solutions to clients.
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Integration Guide to Selling Projectors: Bigger Is Better
For customers looking for the big-screen experience at home, projection is the way to go.
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The Integration Guide to Buying Groups Now Available
We talk to the custom installation industry’s major buying groups to find out what they see as the biggest threats and opportunities facing dealers...
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The Integration Guide to Selling Immersive Sound Now Available
In this guide, we talk to top industry pros about how to demo and sell these systems — and make sure they live up...
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The Integration Guide to Selling Whole-Home Audio – Rocking The House
Whole-home audio systems offer a wealth of possibilities to clients.
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The Integration Guide to Selling Video Over IP Supplement Now Available
We talk to top integrators about how to make sure the distributed video experience lives up to the client’s high expectations.
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Guide to Selling Power Management — Powering Through
Getting clients to see that the necessities of power management go way deeper than outages.
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Custom Distributors Expand Their Reach
From sea to sea, distributors are celebrating new and expanded facilities in carefully chosen locales.
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Guide to Selling Control Systems: Right-Sized Automation
They key to successfully selling control systems is to listen to the client and fulfill their needs without overwhelming them with all the possibilities.
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Guide to Selling Human-Centric Lighting: Circadian Style
Human-centric lighting offers a variety of options for the client and myriad opportunities for the dealer.
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The Integration Guide to Projection Screens: Screening Rooms
Innovative features enable projection screens to make their way from dedicated home theaters into multipurpose rooms.
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Integration Guide to Outdoor Audio: Sounds in Nature
Outdoor audio sees a surge in popularity as homeowners spend more time in their backyards.
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The Integration Guide to Smart Shades is Now Available
Ssuccessful dealers tell how features like motorization and integration with the smart home have helped spur sales and increase profits.
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The CI Guide to the TVs of 2022
Get a look at the recently unveiled television technologies from Samsung, LG, and Sony.
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Buying Groups: No Time for Just-In-Time
Buying groups work with their dealers and vendor partners in navigating the current supply chain issues.