Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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TORRANCE, Calif. — SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION proudly announces the finalists for the 17th annual SAMMY (Sales and Marketing) Awards. The SAMMY Awards is the industry’s only program of its kind to recognize and honor installing security dealers and integrators for their marketing, business, installation and overall excellence.
Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (CSS) is this year’s frontrunner with six nominations, including Installer of the Year. Integrated Installation of the Year nominee Protection 1 follows with four nods.
SSI would like to thank the panel judges who were tasked with evaluating the many entries that were submitted from across North America. These individuals are among the industry’s top marketing and PR professionals. They are: Jon Daum (co-founder, Daum Weigle Inc.), Lyne Hall (creative services manager, Bobit Business Media) and Jerry Lenander (president, Syncomm Management Group). Tom Brigham, principal of Brigham Scully Communications, and Richard Hahn of Richard Hahn & Associates, selected finalists for the best Web site design.
Following are this year's finalists:
Installer of the Year
(Small to midsize company - 150 or fewer employees)
- Bates Security (Lexington, Ky.)
- HS Technology Group (Pikesville, Md.)
- Protex Central Inc. (Papillion, Neb.)
(Large company - more than 150 employees)
- ADS Security (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
- Per Mar Security Services (Davenport, Iowa)
Integrated Installation of the Year
- Electronic Security and Communication Corp. (ESCC) (New York)
- Johnson Controls (Milwaukee)
- Protection 1 (Romeoville, Ill.)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
Best Overall Integrated Marketing Campaign
- Protection 1 (Romeoville, Ill.)
- The Protection Bureau (Exton, Pa.)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
Best Sales Brochure
- Protection 1 (Romeoville, Ill.)
- Source Security Services (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
Best Company Logo
- Asset Protection and Alarms (Beltsville, Md.)
- Devcon Security (Irving, Texas)
- Interstate Alarm Co. (Missoula, Mon.)
Best Broadcast Advertisement
(TV, radio or online)
- ADS Security (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Safeguard Security (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
- SDA Security (San Diego)
Best Vehicle Graphics Design
- The Protection Bureau (Exton, Pa.)
- Protection Networks (Dallas)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
Best Community Outreach Program
- ADS Security (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Per Mar Security Services (Davenport, Iowa)
- The Protection Bureau (Exton, Pa.)
Best Company Newsletter
- Advanced Cabling Systems (ACS) (North Little Rock, Ark.)
- Protection 1 (Romeoville, Ill.)
- SecurTek Monitoring Solutions (Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Best Web Site Design
- Custom Alarm (Rochester, Minn.)
- HS Technology Group (Pikesville, Md.)
- Source Security Services (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Best Promotional Giveaway Item
- ASG Security (Beltsville, Md.)
- Per Mar Security Services (Davenport, Iowa)
- Stanley CSS (Naperville, Ill.)
Best Display Advertisement
- Interstate Alarm Co. (Missoula, Mont.)
- Protection 1 (Romeoville, Ill.)
- Source Security Services (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
SSI will announce the winners at a free awards ceremony in Las Vegas on March 27 — the eve of opening day at ISC West. The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Casanova Conference Room 602 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino.
The program will also feature an induction ceremony for the newest SSI Hall of Fame members.
SSI would like to thank program sponsors ADI, Fire-Lite, Honeywell, Visonic, ISC Expo, Campus Safety, Electronic Security Association (ESA) and PSA Security Network for helping make the 17th annual SAMMY Awards possible.
posted @ Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:14 AM
Friday, February 17, 2012
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Installing security contractors looking to strengthen their marketing efforts in targeting specific neighborhoods that house their customer demographics can now consider a new service offered by Facebook.
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As part of its philanthropic efforts, Atronic Alarms has partnered with the Domestic Violence Protection Services Agency (DVPSA) to offer electronic security systems to victims of domestic violence in the Kansas City metro area.
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Through its "Securing Hope" charitable initiative, Pinnacle Security representatives recently traveled to Belize to help construct disaster-proof housing for needy families in support of the nonprofit organization Domes for Belize.
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posted @ Friday, February 17, 2012 2:57 PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION is accepting entries to the 17th annual SAMMY Awards
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posted @ Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:30 AM
Monday, July 11, 2011
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The scale and scope is staggering. Integrator Security Management Systems designs and deploys a comprehensive security solution featuring 1,183 cameras for a Manhattan-based development’s 110-building, 80-acre site encompassing more than 30,000 residents. See why the amazing multiyear project won SSI’s 2011 Integrated Installation of the Year Award.
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posted @ Monday, July 11, 2011 12:00 PM
Monday, June 13, 2011
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The hope is that companies and individuals engage in philanthropic efforts for their own sake in the pursuit of creating a better world in which to live. And that certainly is a great place to start and reward enough; however, the fact is such endeavors for a business typically results in happier, more fulfilled employees and a groundswell of communal goodwill for the commercial enterprise as well.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 1:55 PM
Was a time when promotional items were pretty much a standard practice for most companies. Not so much anymore as the novelty appeal of coffee mugs and pens has lost its luster, and the recession has made the expenditure of much beyond that prohibitive to many operators.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 1:08 PM
When developing its sales and marketing tools, the executive team at Beltsville, Md.-based ASG Security, a perennial SAMMY winner, keeps one thing in mind. “Everything we create first and foremost supports the salesperson on the street,” says the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Bob Ryan.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 1:05 PM
As one of its strategies to gain business, Urban Alarm of Washington, D.C., which has a mix of residential and commercial customers, educates its existing and prospective clients. The company does that with its Security Strategies newsletter, which earned Urban Alarm the SAMMY award for Best Company Newsletter.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 1:02 PM
Last year Vector Security introduced a redesigned Web site incorporating a rich array of new content categories to foster customer relationships. Also new are account maintenance capabilities and other interactivity to build site traffic.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:58 PM
For Ron Oetjen, president of Raleigh, N.C.-based Intelligent Access Systems (IAS), the unveiling of his new vehicle wrap in December 2010 had a singular mission: Drive new sales calls.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:54 PM
TnT Security Services’ SAMMY-winning television ad opens with an animated depiction of the Tulsa, Okla., city center skyline. As a catchy jingle plays, the company’s bright yellow yard signs begin raining down to quickly populate the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The music fades and a woman, joined by her young daughter outside their home, pitches her affordable monitoring rate and suggests, “Don’t wait until it’s to late … call TnT Security Services today.”
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:49 PM
As it revamps its image, Romeoville, Ill.-based Protection 1 has made a tiny, but significant, difference to its name. (Hint: “1” replaces “One”). So, what prompted the change?
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:46 PM
For potential customers in Western New York who may not be familiar with Amherst Alarm, there is much more to the company than its name can ever suggest. Thus the sales brochure plays an important role in helping spread the Buffalo-based company’s message about its diverse portfolio.
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:44 PM
Consistency of message and repetition are two of the most fundamental qualities of a successful marketing program. The first element pertains to branding and creating an emotional reaction (often subconscious) to that company that clients and prospects will associate with it, while the latter component is essential to instill permanency of that messaging. One of the electronic security industry’s most proficient marketers, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (CSS), continues to excel with demo
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posted @ Monday, June 13, 2011 12:34 PM
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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LAS VEGAS — SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION hosted its 16th annual SAMMY Awards at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on April 5 in an effort to recognize security dealers and systems integrators who exemplify professionalism in their sales, marketing and installation endeavors.
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posted @ Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:46 AM
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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TORRANCE, Calif. — SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION is proud to announce the finalists for the 2011 SAMMY (Sales and Marketing) Awards! Now in its 16th year, the SAMMY Awards is the industry's only program of its kind to recognize and honor installing security dealers and integrators for their marketing, business, installation and overall excellence.
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posted @ Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:27 AM
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION is putting out the call for entries to the 16th annual SAMMY Awards. As the security industry's original sales, marketing and installation awards program, dealers and integrators are urged to tout their successes and accomplishments.
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posted @ Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:19 PM
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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In a project demanding immense skill, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (CSS) blends a multitude of old and new systems into a thoroughly integrated solution controllable from a single command point. The company marshals the full measure of its considerable resources to exceed the expectations of Indiana’s Conseco Fieldhouse, subsequently winning SSI’s 2010 Integrated Installation of the Year Award.
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posted @ Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:55 AM
All ASG did in 2009 was post its seventh consecutive record year of revenue growth. Even in the toughest of times, this thriving regional provider — SSI’s 2010 Installer of the Year — stands as a testament to the power of shrewd management and relentless drive.
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posted @ Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:54 AM
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
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This gallery contains photos from the 2010 SAMMY Awards ceremony, held at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on the eve of ISC West (March 23). Click here to view.
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posted @ Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:58 PM
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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Established in 1982, Lenexa, Kan.-based Atronic Alarms considers itself to be a conservative marketer, relying mostly on its existing client base and word-of-mouth referrals. It’s rare the company places ads in publications, but when it does, the goal is not to use scare tactics to attract potential customers. Instead, Atronic positions its ads more for branding and awareness.
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posted @ Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:26 PM
When thinking about the perfect giveaway items to give out to clients, Exton, Pa.-based The Protection Bureau President Matthew Ladd strives to give the people what they want, and more importantly, what will be useful to them. So far, this tactic has worked, especially since this is the second year the company has earned the Best Promotional Giveaway Item SAMMY.
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posted @ Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:25 PM
Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) may be synonymous with systems integration among electronic security professionals, but outside the industry the company’s life-safety services apparently do not enjoy anywhere near the same degree of recognition as its building automation business.
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posted @ Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:23 PM