Articles by Tim Bigoness
I'm the VP of Sales and Marketing here at D-Tools. I have been fortunate to have worked with some great people over the past 20 years at such companies as Macromedia, Equilibrium, and Scene7. Prior to that I was a co-founder Morph’s Outpost, a technical trade publication for interactive media developers, and I started my career in television at TV 20 in San Francisco. You can contact me by going to the URL below and answering an anti-spam question: http://tinyurl.com/96rwge
We have recently been writing about our company’s experience with CRM systems, both bad and good. We are in a great place right now with our current Zoho implementation, and we finally have right tool to help us manage and facilitate the sales and marketing process that we as an organization have identified as right for us. The combination of having the right process and the right toolset to implement it has been the catalyst for positive change within our organization.
Customer Case Study: Advanced Home Environments
Focus: System Integration
Background:
Based out of Woodbury, Minnesota, Advanced Home Environments is a full service system integration company specializing in easy to use home theaters, distributed audio/video, security, lighting systems and …
ELAN hosted their bi-annual Dealer event, TechWeek, and it was once again a huge success! D-Tools participated by donating a seat of SI5 Standard to a lucky winner. We are happy to announce that …
We’re pleased to announce that D-Tools System Integrator 4.5 (SI 4.5) has been named Best Installation Product as part of The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) 2006 Mark of Excellence Awards. The awards were presented by …
I admit it. I’m a bit of a control freak. As much as I may take a hands-off approach to managing individuals, for my direct areas of responsibility I want to make sure I have …
Welcome to MusicGiants! We are proud to announce our new partnership with D-Tools that will provide dealers a platform to sell HD content with their home entertainment system installations. This article is designed to introduce you to our high-definition music and movie collections and …
Challenges:
• Proposals were too time consuming and often, not accurate
• Not all items were tracked efficiently, resulting in a loss of profit
• Labor was estimated, resulting in a loss of profit
Based out of …
Ah, yes…after all of the marketing, the long sales process, the haggling and finally getting to the finish line, the real job begins.
Just like interviewing a job candidate, you never really know if there is …
As many people often do at the beginning of a new year, I was reflecting on the past 12 months. 2007 was a year of many changes and growth at D-Tools, from the release of …
Let’s face it. We’re being pummeled with bad news about the economy from all media outlets. It makes for a difficult sales environment. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy at some point. Keep telling people over …
I want to talk about Forest Gump. The movie. I hated it. To me it seemed like an OK idea gone overboard. I can almost hear the pitch to the studio executives: “Ok, you’ve got …
Challenges:
• Ability to provide documentation that clients could understand
• No effective method to communicate project innovation to staff
• Drawings were done by hand and were time consuming
• Better project tracking
Based out of Ft. …
