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Pro Sales Management Founder Takes the Helm at Former Client

Sun Valley, CA, June 2010….Late last year, music industry veteran Rick McClendon shook things up with the introduction of a whole new business model. McClendon’s Pro Sales Management was the first company in professional A/V to offer outsourced sales management consulting, bringing the sales strategies and expertise of major corporations to small and mid-sized music technology manufacturers. The company’s rapid growth within the professional audio and MI markets has gained McClendon recognition and spawned imitators.

NAB’s decision to implement an online press resource, like most other trade shows, is laudable. For many of us in the media, it provides quick and easy access to the resources we need to report on the show.

But NAB has gone beyond merely offering a Virtual Press Office as an option. This year, the organization has declared that the distribution of any and all press kits and other info, in any form, will not be permitted in the press room. Instead, manufacturers wishing to distribute their info to media attendees must do so online, via a third party company, for a fee starting at $375.

Renowned Guitar Gizmo Company Builds a Better Switcher

VISTA, CA….RJM Music Technology has introduced the Y-NOT, a compact, full-featured A/B/Y unit that allows guitarists to easily switch between, or combine, two outputs. Using the Y-NOT, guitarists can choose between two distinctly different amplifiers, enabling a player to alternate between or combine different sounds in a live or studio environment.

The Y-NOT is designed as a powerful solution for switching a single audio signal between two outputs. Guitarists can use the Y-NOT to switch between amps with clean and distorted signals, or between the individual inputs of a dual-channel amp. Unlike traditional A/B switchers, the Y-NOT’s high-quality audio buffer and isolation circuitry adds no undesirable coloration or noise to the signal, resulting in a pure, unadulterated sound and smooth, transparent switching.

Legendary Manufacturer Signs On With High-Powered Sales Consultants

Marvin Caesar, Aphex (L) with PSM's Rick McClendon

Industry veteran Rick McClendon’s Pro Sales Management group continues its unprecedented growth, today announcing the addition of renowned signal processing manufacturer Aphex Systems to its client roster.

Effective immediately, Pro Sales Management will oversee Aphex’s considerable network of factory representatives and distributors, helping to grow the company’s sales reach and market share. As Aphex founder and President Marvin Caesar observes, Pro Sales Management’s range of services is ideally suited to a company like his.

New Firm Brings Large-Scale Know-How to Mid-Scale Companies and Manufacturers

Rick McClendon, Pro Sales Management

Companies in the MI and pro audio sector have responded to the economic slowdown by slashing budgets and downsizing, with recent industry trade shows looking increasingly like job fairs. But one industry veteran has come up with an innovative approach to turn the current downturn into a growth opportunity for businesses both large and small across the MI and pro audio spectrum.