Archive for January, 2012
New Year’s Resolutions For Your Website
By David Hall, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Pro-Active Websites The end of 2011 means a fresh start in a new year filled with possibilities. Many people make personal resolutions that vary from quitting smoking to spending more time with the family to starting a fitness routine. Although it’s great to take steps to improve [...]
Put Your Customer In The Picture
By Gene Fresco OK, 2012 is here. Let’s do it right this time. Let’s make 2012 the best year we have ever had, in spite of the wailing about how bad the economy is and how deeply in debt our politicians have gotten our country. I have said many times that if you don’t ask [...]
CTV@NAMM Jan. 19, 2012 (Day 1)
CTV@NAMM Jan. 19, 2011 (Day 1) Hosted by Jill Nicolini and Melora Donaghue. Testa’s ConventionTV delivers the late-breaking news and product introductions NAMM attendees need to know. Featuring Melora Donaghue on the show floor and Jill Nicolini in the studio, ConventionTV is produced by the staff of the Music & Sound Retailer and made possible [...]
2011 Strings For Food A Big Success
It was with great joy that the Independent Music Store Owners (iMSO) announced the Strings for Food 2011 results. With the help of its sponsors, D’Addario, Curt Mangan Strings, Planet Waves, and SIT, iMSO collected food for food banks across the U.S. And this was the best year so far! iMSO members nationwide changed 1,573 sets [...]
Don’t Miss A Moment
‘Make It Count’ At The 2012 NAMM Show By Dan Ferrisi When one thinks about January, a few different things are likely to pop into one’s mind. There’s the conclusion of the holiday season, as decorations and ornaments are placed carefully into storage, awaiting their annual reappearance. For those who, like this writer, are in [...]
Three Winners Explain What They Do So Well
By Brian Berk “He’s a joker. He’s a smoker. He’s a midnight ‘toker.’ He gets his loving on the run.” You can also say he’s a nitpicker, a curmudgeon and, at times, he can be flat-out nasty. We are definitely not alluding to Steve Miller. MI Spy would be happy to admit that he (or [...]
A Fine Selection
Overview: Fender Select Series Guitars, Basses Specifics: The Fender Select series, designed as “select instruments for select individuals,” is composed of five guitars and two basses. The Fender Select Stratocaster features a Dark Cherry Burst gloss-lacquer finish and natural binding on a sleek flame maple-top body. Its modern “C”-shaped flame maple neck has a comfortable [...]
Guitar Hunting In Gotham
Whenever I’m on a job in New York City, I always stay at the Plaza Hotel. Hey, if it was good enough for Fitzgerald, it’s good enough for me. So, on that particularly lovely fall day, I rolled out of my canopied bed, showered (after my girlfriend, Daisy), had some Kona coffee with her and, [...]
Vnewsletter – January 16, 2012
What’s Up With Gibson This Time? Hosted by Jill Nicolini D’Addario’s Music Starts Here Campaign Counterfeit Levy’s Straps Appearing AES Chooses Bob Moses MakeMusic Acquires Garritan Corp. Gibson Guitar Back In The News Marshall Amplification Picks Up Eden… and much more! January 16, 2012 | Episode No. 125 Run time: 00.08.51 Vnewsletter Sign-up Got [...]
iMSO Reaches Out To Bedell
In related news, in October, iMSO-iBUY members traveled to Bend OR to visit Breedlove, Bedell and Two Old Hippies. They had a roundtable discussion to talk about the relationship of Two Old Hippies and independently owned music stores (both members of iMSO and non-members). Over the course of three days, the conversations with Tom Bedell covered [...]
