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Congrats to our CI Integration Award #WINNING Partners!

Written 2019-08-14 by Jeffrey Wolf
Congratulations to the Award Winning installers

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 challenges and delivering great results for their customers. The Herman team is especially proud...

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How we went from an Idea to #110 on the Inc. 500 in 4 years

Written 2016-10-04 by Chris Bianchet

I still remember the feeling of making the decision to start Herman Integration Services.  After a long stint in the AV Integration space, I knew there was an opportunity, but that didn’t make such a big change any less scary....

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How Serious Are You About Creating a Recurring Revenue Model?

Written 2016-07-06 by Chris Bianchet

For as long as I have been in the AV contracting industry, I have been around and part of the endless conversations about the importance of recurring revenue. “We need more service revenue” and “we need more predictable recurring revenue”...

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Are you Charging Enough for Your Most Limited Resource: AV Labor?

Written 2016-03-03 by Chris Bianchet

Having been around the AV integration industry for some time I have witnessed a lot of change. From rapidly eroding product margins to CRT becoming Plasma becoming LCD becoming LED and so much more. We are, without question, in a...

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Best Practices for Working with AV Subcontractors from a Technician in the Field

Written 2016-01-29 by Chris Bianchet
AV Installer

Every month I write a blog from the perspective of an owner of an AV company.   This month, however, we thought it would be great to hear from one of our leaders in the field, Scott Straw and his perspective...

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