Spotlight On: Second Annual Panorama Dealer Meeting
We covered so much great information at our Second Annual Panorama Dealer meeting in San Diego last month that we want to make sure you caught it all! For those of you who were unable to attend – we sincerely hope to see you next year. Until then, check out the highlights below and be sure to visit the Dealer’s Corner to download all the great tips and tools we covered!
Panorama Dealer Council
We’re pleased to announce the inception of the Panorama Dealer Council, a select group of dealers who will work closely with Bekeart Specialty Films on the product and marketing roadmap. The dealers were nominated by Panorama sales reps, and each year, a new Council will be named. Most importantly, this group of committed dealers will provide us with honest and timely feedback that will make us a better partner for all window film dealers.
Members of the 2008 Panorama Dealer Council include: ABC Window Tint, Eastern Metalizing, Idaho Window Tinting, Interior Guardz, Pacific Window Tinting, Solar X, United Home Solutions, Winners Window Tint and Witney Burns & Shutters.
Business Building Workshops
All of the materials and handouts from the Panorama dealer meeting workshops are now available for download on the Dealer’s Corner. Simply log on to the Dealer’s Corner, check out the Events directory for “Second Annual National Panorama Dealer Meeting 2008” and you can easily grab the presentations and handouts.
Panorama dealer meeting workshops included:
• Cash, Profit, Growth – Your Business Triple Crown!
• Learning New Tools: Specularis
• Basics of Web Marketing
• The Learning Lunch & Networking “Completely”
• Turning “Green” Into Green
• Making Marketing Work
Panorama News: Boost Sales with Specularis™
This web-based energy analysis and film selection tool creates easy-to-read reports showing customers how window film reduces their energy consumption and cooling costs, the number of comfort hours they’ll gain without running their air conditioning and how they’ll protect their family and furnishings from damaging UV rays.
Panorama designed Specularis™ to help you close more sales. It is the only tool of its kind created specifically for residential and small business applications. If you or your sales team needs additional training, just call your sales rep.
Start taking advantage of this great new sales tool right away – and check out all the details on how Specularis™ will work for you by logging in to the Dealer’s Corner.
Creating Buzz: Marketing your Business on the Web
According to Jupiter Research, half of all small businesses with fewer than 10 employees don’t have a website, even though 80% of us now spend as much time online as we do watching television! If you aren’t currently marketing your business online, you’re losing out on customers.
We want to help you get your business in front of those 238 million North American internet-users! To make sure we are meeting all your needs, we want to hear from you what types of services you might utilize and what you would expect these services to cost. Take a minute to fill out this survey and let us know how we can best serve your business in helping to design or improve your website.
Newsmakers: 2007 Panorama Dealer Award Winners!
The 2007 Panorama Dealer Performance Awards were earned by the following dealers for their outstanding commitment to customer service, overall business success and contribution to the advancement of the window film industry.
Dealer of the Year, East: Matthew Erbrick and Robin Staveley, United Home Solutions in Alpharetta, GA
Dealer of the Year, West: Jared Gray, Pacific Window Tinting, Inc. in Tualatin, OR
New Dealer of the Year, East: Sara Hunter, Advanced Solar Solutions in Clawson, MI
New Dealer of the Year, West: David Calmelat, Solartivity in Henderson, NV
Hilite Dealer of the Year: Carol Borow, C.H.B. Industries in Smithtown, NY
International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off
The International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off has announced Christophe Fremont, president of Bekaert Specialty Films, will provide the keynote address on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m.
The conference was created to provide an educational venue for film technicians, company owners and suppliers to come and learn from one another as well as industry experts. This year the conference will be co-located with the Independent Glass Association (IGA) and Americas Glass Association’s (AGA) conferences and trade show, in Las Vegas, NV.
In addition to Christophe’s keynote, Bekaert Specialty Films will also be hosting a booth and running a workshop on the window film industry and the green movement.
We are very excited to be a part of this important educational event in the window film industry and hope to see you there in May!
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