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Connections
September 2011
Hello again,
This month's connections column devotes itself unashamedly to being a sales promotion aimed at all Security Installers rather than opinions on trade matters.
Upgrade Your Digi's With Us Today & Receive:
Unlimited free phone calls for the first year and every year
This service is included in your fixed yearly charge which you pass onto your customer saving them money on their current digital communicator call costs, plus the added peace of mind of no hidden phone charges for the first year and every year. The only stakeholder not to benefit is the telephone provider. Previously their profit, it is now redistributed to you and your customer.Pay as you connect and add margin to your existing base
To help your upgrade run smoothly, you can take consignment stock of the upgrade hardware for the total number of digital communicators you have. We won't charge you until you connect one, allowing you to add additional recurring revenue to your business and provide savings to your customer up to £20 per year.Smart signalling that's future proof
In a world that is heading towards fibre based Next Generation telephone networks, upgrading with DigiPlus® will guarantee immunity from any problems associated with network upgrades, such as BT's 21CN which is affecting 12m homes and businesses. Say goodbye to your customers' call charges going through the roof as a result of multiple open and closes caused by unexpected updates to telephone exchanges.
The equipment required for this upgrade is a DualCom DigiPlus®; a small hardware module that works in conjunction with your existing Digital Communicator. By re-routing the call via CSL DualCom's Gemini Managed Network using free calls, DigiPlus® removes both round trip delays and all end user call charges.
DigiPlus® is available from Southern Monitoring to purchase for an annual fee which includes the DigiPlus® hardware (this annual charge is in addition to your existing digi monitoring charge). You may choose to charge out at £40 per year (in addition to your existing Digi Charge) giving you an additional profit. At the same time end users save at least £20 every year in call charges and in some cases, significantly more.
Just 100 digital communicators would provide you with an additional profit of £1500 per year and offer immunity from current and future NGN upgrade issues.
An Alarm system signalling regular set/unset signals could easily generate anything from £60 per annum to over £350/annum in alarm calls. Based on 10–60p per set up charge, per open and close i.e. 2 calls/day 6 days/week 52 weeks a year.
We have created this opportunity in partnership with CSL DualCom and would welcome your call to discuss your communicator conversion programme – you know it makes sense!
Bye for now,
Steve
P.S. Still not seen the SMS/NMS 'Work Smarter' Presentation Videos? Here they are again:

