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Smart Insights 2019
Smart Insights

Size Is Everything for Viewing Media

Helen Heneveld - SDM Magazine
Helen M. Heneveld
January 6, 2020

2020 looks like a great year in the smart home industry. Electronics are flying off the shelves, delivery trucks are full and professional installation is at an all-time high.


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Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

3 Ways to Generate Sales Leads

Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
January 6, 2020

One of the most important things to any security salesperson is customer acquisition. Here are three of my favorite ways to find new prospects. They aren’t for the weak at heart, but they sure do produce results.


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Marketing Madmen 2019
Marketing Madmen

What Google's BERT Update Means for the Security Industry

Alex Chavez
David Morgan
David Morgan
January 6, 2020

By now, you have probably heard about Google’s BERT, and if you are like most of the people calling our office, you are concerned about what the October 24 update means for you and your website.


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Security  Law 2019
Security & the Law

When are Police Dogs Unreasonable Force?

Lessing E. Gold
January 6, 2020

An issue recently arose in California where a police dog was used to seize and retrieve a suspect. The plaintiff fled into a thicket of bushes during a police chase.


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MAV
Tech@Work

Assisted Living Co. Upgrades Security Software To Protect Residents & Stay Current on Technology

January 6, 2020

Masonicare is Connecticut’s largest not-for-profit integrated senior care continuum. With residential living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, senior hospital, home health care, homemaker companion and hospice and palliative care, Masonicare cares for thousands of patients and residents every day.


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MT Editor’s Angle

Monitoring Best Practices

Laura Stepanek
January 6, 2020

When it comes to running a top-tier monitoring center, the people component is perhaps the biggest factor that can make the difference — in some cases in life or death; but also the overall customer experience.


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Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

3 Ways to Generate Sales Leads

Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
January 6, 2020

One of the most important things to any security salesperson is customer acquisition. Here are three of my favorite ways to find new prospects. They aren’t for the weak at heart, but they sure do produce results.


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Editor's Angle

On the Cusp of the Future

A new decade of security
Laura Stepanek
January 6, 2020

Welcome to 2020. This year has special significance for me, as my oldest son will graduate high school and prepare to go off to college in the fall.


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Viking
Digital Shuffle

Viking Offers Education & Training on YouTube Channel

December 3, 2019

Viking Electronics, a manufacturer of security and communications products, has filled its YouTube channel with a variety of educational and training content for customers, distributors and installers of all experience levels.


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Aiphone
Digital Shuffle

Aiphone Adds Smartphone App to Multi-Tenant Video Intercom

December 3, 2019

Aiphone Corp., an international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, now has a mobile app available to new and existing installations of the GT Series multi-tenant video intercom.


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