Articles Tagged with ''security dealers''

The Electronic Security Expo, which takes place in Baltimore, June 24 to 26, issued a call for entries for its ESX 2015 Innovation Awards. 

 Affiliated Monitoring has been providing monitoring services to alarm professionals for more than 37 years. Our success is built upon our team of dedicated employees whose first priority is the success of our partners.  

Dealer programs are offered by manufacturers, financial firms, monitoring centers and other dealers. Some buy and sell accounts, while others focus on back-end support, marketing and sales support, financial assistance, training help, or product volume commitments. Some require you to sign a contract, while others don’t. What is in or not in that contract matters, of course, but there are some greater considerations that industry experts suggest dealers look into before ever signing on the dotted line.

 In October, industry titan Honeywell was host to its dealer organizations in Orlando, Fla., where hundreds gathered to celebrate industry dealers and attend a wide variety of keynote and educational sessions. All three of Honeywell’s dealer organizations were in attendance: Honeywell Integrated Security (HIS), Commercial Security Systems (CSS), and First Alert Professional (FAP). 

Nortek Inc. (Nasdaq: NTK) announced that its Linear LLC subsidiary has been renamed Nortek Security & Control, LLC. Linear^®, 2GIG^® and GoControl^® will be the subsidiary’s cornerstone brands, each targeting key markets. Strongly positioned with product portfolio synergies and the ability to cross-pollinate technology across the broader Nortek family, Nortek Security & Control provides a broad range of smart home solutions to OEMs, telecoms, major retailers, managed service providers, security dealers, custom installers and DIY consumers.

A large percentage of security dealers participate in authorized dealer programs,which have evolved to feature more long-term incentives. 

Nationwide, dealers seem to be improving their foundational marketing efforts before stepping into a second-tier level of marketing — and to this we say kudos. After a while, however, dealers start to notice their marketing efforts are plateauing — naturally raising the question, “What next?” How do you continue to see growth from your marketing efforts after the initial wave subsides? When a dealer starts asking these questions, it might be the best time to experiment with some fresh — even unorthodox — ideas. Get ‘em while they’re hot!