by Jonathan Blackwood | Jan 21, 2021 | News
AV integration marketing may not come easy to integrators. If you were to audit the marketing efforts of different firms you’d find varying strategies. Some strategies are bare bones, others are a major business focus, but the majority fall somewhere in the middle. ...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Jan 1, 2021 | News
“How They Got There” is a new series from CI highlighting successes in the AV industry. It’s meant to help others understand how they can advance their careers and achieve similar success. We hope you gain insight from the wisdom of some of those that came...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Dec 31, 2020 | Insights
I recently had a discussion with Steve Grace and Collin Hogan of AVH Technology Partners, a consulting firm that graced the November 2012 cover of Commercial Integrator, when the company was called AV Helpdesk. We discussed the company’s experience during the last...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Dec 28, 2020 | News
In 1946, Warren Chaiken’s grandfather, Morris Green, opened Almo Corporation, a distribution firm in Philadelphia that originally wholesaled replacement parts for radios and later televisions to the dealer service trade. Our audience knows the company for its Almo...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Dec 21, 2020 | News
There are two issues in the AV industry we wanted to explore in our Total Tech Summit Virtual keynote, The Workforce of the Future. The first is relatively straightforward. There isn’t enough new talent entering the industry. Every year Commercial Integrator conducts...
