ESA Hosts Sales Webinar to Guide Industry Through Pandemic: Arms its Members with Free Online Sales Courses

ESA Hosts Sales Webinar to Guide Industry Through Pandemic: Arms its Members with Free Online Sales Courses

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is again arming members — and the industry — through the COVID-19 crisis. This time, with free online sales training and resources. ESA has teamed with its Choice Service Provider, Braveheart Sales Performance, to deliver...
No, I Insist

No, I Insist

“You’re getting it whether you like it or not.”  In a fateful conversation between Lew Schwander – former residential sales manager at ESA Member Company B Safe Security – and his son, the father insisted that his son had to get a monitored carbon monoxide detector installed in his...
Raising a Barn Built to Last

Raising a Barn Built to Last

RFI Enterprises has grown from a mission-town dream at the kitchen table into one of the 50 largest private companies in Silicon Valley in just 40 years. In that time, the company has expanded into eight different companies and consolidated back into...
Electronic Security Industry is Essential in Uncertain Times

Electronic Security Industry is Essential in Uncertain Times

The last month could easily be described as unprecedented for healthcare and our economy (not to mention the world economy). We quickly discovered as governors and local leaders began issuing executive orders to restrict events and business, that we had...
Legislative Report – March 2020

Legislative Report – March 2020

Federal Legislative Summary Virtually all federal legislation tracked in March was associated with the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most significant bills were obviously the three bills designed to address healthcare and family assistance for Americans, the overall...
ESA Youth Scholarship Program – Application Deadline Extended

ESA Youth Scholarship Program – Application Deadline Extended

Given obstacles created by containment measures and the "new normal" of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA is extending the deadline for the ESA Youth Scholarship Program, designed to support deserving high school seniors with active first responder parents. The deadline has...
US Chamber of Commerce Provides Guide and Checklist for Small Businesses on Emergency Loans

US Chamber of Commerce Provides Guide and Checklist for Small Businesses on Emergency Loans

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a loan application guide (PDF) to help small businesses and self-employed individuals check their eligibility and prepare to file for a loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Many...
Coronavirus Wage-and-Hour Work Time Implications: New DOL Guidance Regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of Compensating Employees

Coronavirus Wage-and-Hour Work Time Implications: New DOL Guidance Regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of Compensating Employees

This article was originally posted by BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC here and reposted on ESAweb.org with permission. Employers are now forced to navigate a broad range of employment-related issues – including workplace disruptions – raised by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic....
ESA Member Companies Dominate 2020 SSI SAMMY Awards

ESA Member Companies Dominate 2020 SSI SAMMY Awards

Photo Courtesy of Security Sales and Integration ESA member companies dominated the 25th year of Security Sales & Integration’s (SSI) SAMMY Awards by filling 11 out of 14 award categories.  This one of a kind program recognizes and honors dealers...
Drawn to a Spark in the Industry

Drawn to a Spark in the Industry

Every passion begins as a moment of curiosity – an interest sparked by a reaction to something unexpected or unexplored. For Merlin Guilbeau, CEO of ESA and industry veteran, there have been many moments along the way where his interest...