In this edition of Clear Talk, Tofiq Indawala shows us how to monitor project profitability in Q360. First of all, who needs to look at project profitability data? Typically, the accounting team, executives, as well as the sales team and
By Abby Sorensen Advice on selling your business can improve your company now. Every VAR should want to increase recurring revenue, form stickier relationships with customers, maintain organized financial records, and accelerate growth. If you listened to sound bites of Brooke
By Chuck Wilson In a recent Twitter debate, I was challenged on a statement I made in this article, recently published in Commercial Integrator. In this piece, I said that until AV companies have the right people in place, they
Big Data is on everyoneās lips as both a challenge and an opportunity for 2018, with a promise that increased information will allow us to yield valuable insights and make better business decisions. Organizations that manage to make sense of
By George Humphrey Managed services continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the technology services industry, but is not without its challenges. Time and again, I see the same mistakes being made over and over. In an effort
Managed services contracts are still considerably low in the AV industry. This is surprising for a space thatās filled with acquisitions. by Tom LeBlanc āIf there was one disappointmentā in the otherwise glowingly optimistic results of Commercial Integratorās and
These six pieces of advice will help you prepare for what could be the most important financial move of your life ā selling your AV business. by Ari Fuchs Are you looking to sell your AV business in the
Four MSPs (managed services providers) share marketing and customer retention tips that have made the biggest impacts on their companiesā success. Lots of break-fix VARs would prefer to exchange their unpredictable sales cycles for the stability of a managed services
By Greg VanDeWalker Low cost and high quality managed services do not go together Iām a huge history buff, so when I was in Manhattan this summer, I couldnāt pass up the opportunity to visit Alexander and Eliza Hamiltonās
All business should be data-driven business, according to this column by Dan Newman. He and many others say that AV business data is good for integrators. by Daniel Newman The AV integration space wants to be taken seriously as a high-tech
By Lori Berry We all have vendors, and if we are lucky enough we have partners. The difference: the partner truly cares about a mutually-rewarding relationship, where a vendor is single-minded in their pursuit of the next deal. So
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, Aug. 22, 2017 The second annual Pivot to Profit event, hosted by NSCA, PSA Security, and SYNNEX, is attracting big names in technology. These companies want to teach integrators how to āpivotā to take advantage of new
Transitioning to a recurring revenue model may not be an overnight move for integrators, however there are a number of services that can be built and delivered in short order to help move integrators toward generating greater amounts of recurring
by Dan Newman If any of your small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients are still buying software on a disk, itās time for you to have a talk with them. As a matter of fact, if any-sized business hasnāt yet
By Chuck Wilson, NSCA Whether it’s after an annual Business & Leadership Conference, or after a conversation with a member, it’s easy to catch the buzz of the integration space and think about how bright the future looks. One takeaway I
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