Tag: Security Options
Time Warner going retail with IntelligentHome
June 19, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
NEW YORK—Time Warner Cable is joining the new trend of retailing home security by offering IntelligentHome, its home security/home management product, in its several hundred retail stores nationwide, according to Adam Mayer, VP of IntelligentHome.“We have retail stores where customers today can go to either subscribe to our other products—video, voice and data—[where] they can go with customer care issues, [and where] they can exchange equipment, so we certainly plan and we've...
'20 under 40' 2013 - Ryan Harvey
June 11, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
Ryan Harvey, 32President, Security OptionsOklahoma CityHow did you get into the security industry?I started out as a telemarketer making cold calls for another security firm in high school. I was real successful and found myself really loving the industry. Prior to that many of the things that I had pitched or sold over the phone were more or less trivial—roadside assistance, or credit cards or discount cards. Security was much different and it didn't take me long before I had one of my first...
Security Options ahead of curve on retailing security
May 15, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
OKLAHOMA CITY—The president of Security Options feels validated by the fact that big companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Lowe's are now selling home security in a retail setting. That's because his 50-employee company has had a home security store for several years now.“Every time I see what they're doing, I think, 'I guess if they're making those decisions, we made a good decision.' Those guys usually do a good bit of marketing research and figure out what works and we're really pleased...