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KHS America Promotes A.K. Kist To National Sales Manager

Dan Ferrisi
A.K. Kist A.K. Kist has been promoted to National Sales Manager of the combo division at KHS America. A lifelong drummer, Kist has more than 16 years’ experience in a wide range of business roles. He joined KHS in 2010 as a District Manager in the...

Five Considerations For A Winning Video Marketing Strategy

Staff
Even if your musical instrument retail business is firmly rooted in brick-and-mortar retailing, you’ve likely started to dip a toe—or even jumped headfirst—into e-commerce. And there’s no time like the holiday shopping season to remind you why it’s c...

Sweetwater Promotes Greg Clark To SVP/CFO

Dan Ferrisi
Greg Clark Sweetwater has promoted its Senior Vice President of Finance, Greg Clark, to Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO. He succeeds Marc Leveridge, who recently retired after 18 years with the company. Clark joined Sweetwater’s accounting...

RBI Purchases TOCA Percussion

Dan Ferrisi
Rhythm Band Instruments (RBI) has purchased TOCA Percussion from Drum Workshop, Inc. For more than 55 years, RBI has built a network of clinicians, educators, musicians and customer support staff, focused on bringing quality musical instruments and m...

Becoming A Certified And IRS-Qualified Appraiser

Rebecca Apodaca
In 2006, my grown daughter saw that I logged 105 hours during one week of rental season. She said, “You have to find another way to make a living.” Can you relate? I changed my career path at age 50, going from 30 years of being a repair technician a...
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Using Instagram To Build Your Audience

Gabriel O'Brien
“Catalog Day” used to be a huge thing for consumers. You’d receive your awesome gear catalogs in the mail and browse through all the cool new gear, lusting after the latest and greatest in instruments, effects and more. When the Internet came along, ...

MI Spy Rewind: Summer At The Shore

MI Spy
This summer, the venerable Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ played host to a robust series of rock ‘n’ roll concerts. The Pixies, Willie Nelson, Blues Traveler and the Wallflowers were among the noteworthy stars who packed the relatively small venue with...

Jim Cullen – National Sales Manager, PRS Guitars

Dan Ferrisi
ven in an industry that’s fueled by passion and populated by those who exude it, the PRS Guitars team distinguishes itself with its fanatical devotion to crafting exquisite instruments that inspire people to play and help fill the world with music. It’s no surprise, then, that the company’s National Sales Manager, Jim Cullen, describes his 20-year tenure with the Maryland-based manufacturer as a two-decade passion project.

Future-Proof Your Music Store

Dan Ferrisi
Just as the fourth-quarter holiday shopping season supercharges a retailer’s annual revenue, the NAMM Show energizes the music products industry members who make the yearly trek to Anaheim CA. There is literally nowhere else on earth that one can fin...