Hi,
I have been designing home theaters for about a year. I have a web
page but it is through a friends web page. I want to get my own
domain but I think I need a new name before I invest in a domain. The
business name I currently have is ˇ§All Star Home Theatersˇ¨ but I
donˇ¦t feel the name flows or portrays what my business niche is. I
would like a name that is easy to remember and easy to find when
someone is running a web search for home theaters. Currently, I
primary design home theaters for do-it-yourselfers but, I donˇ¦t want
to limit myself to just those clients.
Hereˇ¦s a brief history of my venture into home theater designing. In
2001 I contacted the largest audio & video magazine to see if they
wanted to feature our home in an upcoming article. Shortly, a writer
from the magazine contacted me and said yes, they would like to
feature our home and questions in an upcoming issue. The issue came
out in the fall of 2001. The 5-page article with many color photos
featured three experts giving advice about our home theater setup and
equipment purchases. This expert advice, and the desire to have a
first rate home theater started us down the road to do exactly that.
During the next 10 months, we researched, spoke with experts, ask a
lot of questions, designed and built (we did 95% of the work) a high
quality theme Mexican Courtyard home theater, complete with fiber
optics twinkling stars. The magazine was so impressed they featured
our completed theme home theater in another issue in the fall of 2002.
We receive so many calls from readers asking for advice I decided to
start a home theater design business, but with a different twist.
Most electronic companies that design home theaters only work with
clients that are willing to spend many thousands of dollars. They
want the client to purchase all the electronics from them and they
handle the installation as wellˇK for big bucks. These businessˇ¦
must do the whole design, sell the equipment and installation because
they have large overhead. But, the customer pays for service. This
is fine for people who have huge budgets but what about the people
with smaller budgets and who are willing to do some or all of the
manual labor... themselves!
Since I live in a remote area, starting a home theater business the
ˇ§normal storefrontˇ¨ avenue wasnˇ¦t an option. I design home
theaters from my home and communication to the client is via e-mail
and phone, I will even travel to their location if they want. I have
had customers from all over the US, such as, New Mexico, Philadelphia,
Michigan; I even have a potential customer in Singapore. I charge by
the hour and have no minimum required hours. I recently worked for a
client for 3 hours; he only wanted questions answered and a floor
plan. Since I donˇ¦t sell nor endorse any products I offer the client
an unbiased opinion
Hereˇ¦s a list of my services;
„h Travel to a clientˇ¦s future home theater location to gain an
understanding of their goals and to make suggestions.
„h Design a normal home theater or create one-a-kind theme home
theater.
„h 3d color pictures showing how the new home theater will look.
„h Floor Plan Layout.
„h Acoustic Requirements & Treatments.
„h Seating location.
„h Screen selection.
„h Speaker selection & location.
„h Fiber Optics Lighting Selection.
„h Insulation & soundproofing.
„h Flooring & Wall Coverings.
„h Lighting Fixtures, Dimmers & Controls.
„h Remote Controls & Sensors.
„h Furniture & Color Selection.
„h Construction tips and ideas.
If you need any additional information please let me know.
Thank you, |
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