You’ve scoped the project from the very beginning, courted the customer for months, and designed a beautiful AV install, complete with all the latest displays, audio, media players, accessories and more. Maybe it’s in a hotel or a bar/restaurant or a large corporation. Now what? Is it time to walk out the door and start working on that next install never to talk to this customer again?
Or is something missing?
According to Rob Voorhees, business development manager for Almo Professional A/V. “Your customer has all this technology in the room but how is it being connected? You are leaving money on the table for someone else if you walk away at this point because there is an easy, profitable way to add connection services such as voice, internet, surveillance and even networking to each and every install.”
But how is it possible to build in connection services if you don’t have the expertise or resources on hand?
Almo CONNECT.
Almo CONNECT is a managed service program available from Almo Professional A/V by which Almo provides access to its nationwide network of service providers for traditional internet, voice, video, security and surveillance services, as well as mobile solutions, networking and cloud security. The best part is through Almo CONNECT, integrators can earn an incremental monthly revenue stream for the life of the customer. With pre- and post-project sales and engineering support, Almo has the relationships, the expertise and the connections to help you bring this to the table at the outset of the project.
And Almo CONNECT is growing by leaps and bounds. In the last year, the service group grew from 80 providers to more than 155, including Comcast SmartOffice, DIRECTV, Megapath Hosted Voice and Internet Connectivity, Mettel Mobile and the newest addition, Viasat Internet, the nation’s premier high-speed satellite internet provider.
With the addition of Viasat, Almo CONNECT can provide resellers and integrators faster internet packages with a service comparable to cable at a very reasonable cost for any vertical market.
“Viasat is one of our most exciting new product offerings today,” explained Voorhees. “Even though Viasat has been providing satellite internet services for several years, the 2017 launch of the Viasat-2 satellite system is game-changing. Beginning this month, customers are receiving download speeds of 35m, which is very competitive with cable internet – and this is expected to increase to 60m and 100m downloads, making it ideal for hotels, office complexes and everything in between.”
So, what’s the biggest benefit of using Almo CONNECT services?
“With a single phone call to their account manager, Almo partners can order displays, media players, have digital signage content created by the Almo CONTENT team and then have it all connected by their local internet carrier,” said Voorhees. “This saves time and money while giving integrators recurring revenue streams that continue long after the installation is complete.”
