Advice & Opinion Archives - Essential Install

It’s Time To Put Your Service Plans Online

EI Staff11th April 2019

Ryan Kane, who helps home technology integrators get more leads through digital marketing at the Uptumble on-line service, argues its time to be more pro-activ...

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Roon Nucleus+ music server review

Daniel J Sait20th November 2018

Our resident CI focused review, Richard Stevenson, sets his sights on the Roon Nucleus+ music server Roon is a software-based music service that merg...

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Domotz Powers Remote Management Revolution

Daniel J Sait29th October 2018

Speaking exclusively to EI, JB Fowler, chief revenue officer for Domotz explains the present and future of the platform and its place in delivering new abiliti...

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Think Small For Smart Home Success

EI Staff10th October 2018

Thomas Rockmann, VP connected home at Deutsche Telekom, looks at how the smart home sector can grow most effectively. Think small might sound like cont...

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Home is Where the Art Is

Daniel J Sait1st October 2018

How new media art & digital canvases can transform homes By Tim Sinnaeve, managing director, Canada at Barco Image above, Credit, Jonathan Monagh...

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Sonos Beam: Review

Daniel J Sait6th September 2018

This compact sound-bar packs a decent audio punch and provides some useful options for installers. Sonos says it has created this product to deliver a solu...

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What is your seven-star experience?

EI Staff7th August 2018

Peter Baker, marketing professional with over 25 years of experience successfully maximising product sales and driving revenue growth in the custom electronics...

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Virtual Insanity: Making Sense of The Immersive Future

EI Staff14th June 2018

Experienced Crestron programmer and CI industry operator, Cliff Stammers, takes a look at the intriguing world of Immersive Technology As technology deve...

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Essential’s Smart Home Dream May Never Come To Fruition

Jordan O'Brien29th May 2018

Essential, the technology firm founded by the creator of Android, Andy Rubin, had big plans for the smart home market. Its Amazon Echo competitor was designed t...

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Industry Vet Urges Integrators To ‘Sell Differently’

EI Staff19th April 2018

Peter Baker, installer, former vice president of sales and marketing at RTI, and now heading up Baker International Group (BIG), a full-service sales rep firm and business development agency, takes a look at how integrators can ‘sell differently’....

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