Commercial Integrator recently profiled the impressive AV installations that were the winners of the 2019 Integration Awards. All of the winners deserve acknowledgment for solving complicated cha...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/congrats-to-our-ci-integration-award-winning-partners/
Subcontracting is a great way to build and grow your business. Partnering with an AV labor services provider can be a power move, expanding your ability to excel at serving your customers. Here a...
Today’s home automation system looks and performs much differently than what existed a mere ten years ago. Driven by the proliferation of on-demand content, the pervasiveness of the iPad/tablet...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/5-reasons-homeowners-seek-next-level-av-integration/
Perhaps one of the most difficult things about being a subcontractor in the AV Industry is the way we are most commonly engaged. Let me paint a picture. A salesman comes back to the installation ...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-av-labor-subcontractors/
If you didn’t stop by the Herman booth at InfoComm, then you missed at least four ways to bring value to your business. Whether you’re in management, sales, engineering or services, we can sh...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/be-your-companys-secret-weapon/
Being a successful business owner means not only knowing when to take a calculated risk, but also recognizing how to reduce other risks. Of course, there are many factors that go into running a...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-risk-as-a-systems-integrator/
There are a lot of strange sayings that have been around for hundreds of years and the one involving the intertwining of Porcine Animal Husbandry with Handbag Design is one of the strangest: “Y...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/making-silk-purses-out-of-a-sows-ear/
So, Friday, January 27th, was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy that claimed the lives of astronauts Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. I’ve always been fascinate...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, isn’t it? Sure, so long as your AV installation projects are wrapped up, profitable, and your customers are happy. After all, isn’t that the goal o...
https://www.herman-is.com/blog/new-years-resolution-1-avoid-these-common-av-mistakes/
In my career in the AV Industry, one of the things that has been a tough pill to swallow time and time again has been the amount of turnover that I’ve seen with customers. It often felt like on...