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Benefits:

• Low Credit Requirements.
• Online Order Entry (real time).
• Real Time Scheduling.
• Add Additional Services to Existing Customers.
• Inbound and Outbound Telemarketing Allowed.
• Aggressive Commission Structures.
• Minimal Chargeback Period.

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Continue reading »]]> Direct Communications announces Home Security Affiliate Program for Renters.  Sub Agents can now join the Home Security Affiliate Program and promote home monitoring and alarm services to residential customers.  Traditional phone lines are not required, customers have the option to use cellular monitoring.  To join the Home Security Affiliate Program Agents may apply online .

Benefits of the Home Security Affiliate Program:

EVERYBODY QUALIFIES – NO CREDIT CHECKS

RENTERS AND HOME OWNERS ARE WELCOME

HIGH COMMISSIONS

HIGH CONVERSION RATES

NO RESTRICTIONS

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SELLING HOME SECURITY, DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS RENTER PROGRAM WILL ACCOMMODATE YOUR HOME OWNER ALARM PROGRAM.

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How to Install a Wireless Home Security System

Wireless home security systems do not typically require professional installation. In this capacity, they are simpler than traditional home security systems that can require complicated wiring by professionals. With the tools lying around your house, you can probably install your new alarm system by yourself.

This short guide is meant to be general information that may help you decide whether or not a wireless home security system is for you. When you actually buy an alarm system, you’ll want to pay close attention to the directions that come with it to insure proper installation.

Wireless Home Security System Installation

Part 1: Planning

The first thing you’re going to want to do is figure out where you want to put the control panel. Typically, it’s easiest for everybody to place it by the door you use most frequently. You also need it to be near an electrical outlet (don’t choose one that’s switch-controlled). Don’t pick a space where it’s easily viewed from the door or windows (you don’t want would-be burglars to be able to scope out your system ahead of time).

Next, figure out where the best place is to put your security and fire sensors. Also choose a location for the inside alarm siren. Don’t put it in an obvious location (where the burglar could find and destroy it quickly), but don’t put it somewhere where the sound will be muffled wither (i.e. closet, in upholstery).

Part 2: Control Panel Installation

Position the control panel at the height where it’s easy to access the keypad and read the display. Despite the name “wireless home security system” there will indeed by a wire involved in connecting the control panel to the outlet. To avoid tampering, you should run this wire through the wall (drill holes behind the control panel and below the outlet, then connect the two). Most systems will come with a backup battery in case the plug is unplugged or the power goes out.

Installation could be a little more complicated if you are installing a monitored home security system. This will involve also connecting a phone line. Depending on your experience, you may need to have the alarm company technician help you with this stage. Consult the instructions that come with the system to complete installation of the control panel.

Part 3: Siren Installation and Programming

Consult the manufacturer’s instructions for directions on programming the dials on the siren. Typically, you can use a small screwdriver to set the house code. As with the control panel, you’ll want to plug the siren into an electrical outlet that isn’t switch-controlled.

Part 4: Control Panel Programming

You’ll use the control panel’s keypad to program the features of the alarm system. Some systems will come with worksheets to help you prepare and program the control panel. This will make things smoother.

Part 5: Sensor Installation

At this point, it’s time to install the alarm system’s sensors. You will have door and window sensors to install. Each will probably consist of a magnet and a transmitter. The transmitter gets attached to the edge of the window frame or door while the magnet should be attached to the window/door.

Some systems come with PIRS (Passive Infrared Motion Sensors), smoke detectors, broken-glass sensors, and other features. While these features are not typically difficult to install (a few screws, some plastic sheetrock anchors), it is important to place them carefully in order to achieve the best results. Therefore, you should read the instructions that come with the alarm system carefully.

Part 6: Test It

The last step is to test your newly installed wireless home security system. Your control panel should come with a “test” mode. Make sure to test all of the sensors and all of the functions of the security system. If everything works, you’re done. You’ll want to test your system once a month or so to make sure everything is in working order.

How to Choose a Home Security System

A home security system is not only a monetary investment, but it is an investment in your family’s safety. Therefore, it’s important that you carefully consider each potential home security system before purchasing it. Do you want wired or wireless? Security cameras or just entryway sensors? A solely indoor alarm system or one that monitors both indoors and outdoors? Self-contained or monitored by an outside agency? As you can imagine, more features typically mean more money. You can save more than 50% if you can install the home security system yourself.

Wireless alarm systems are easier to install and can often be handled by a do-it-yourselfer with a few basic tools. While wireless systems tend to be more expensive, installing it yourself can make it comparable or even cheaper than a hard-wired system. However, if you’re going to choose a continually monitored system (an alarm that calls you and your security monitoring agency with a prerecorded help message), installation will become trickier, and you may need to call in a professional. If you do want to tackle everything yourself, make sure you check with the local building department in order to find out what kind of fire codes and electrical codes you need to obey.

For large houses full of valuables, you’ll probably want to have a security system designed specifically for your needs by a professional security company. They will typically handle installation also as both wiring and programming tend to get quite complicated when covering larger areas.

Home Security Systems

Home security systems, burglar alarms, security alarms, there are many different names for systems that are basically designed to protect your home and your family. Although all burglar alarms serve the same basic function, there is a lot of variety out there, and it is a good idea to decide what sort of home security system is best for you before you go out with credit card in hand.

How Home Security Systems/Burglar Alarms Work

All alarm systems have triggers. The two main types of burglar alarms are ones that are tripped when someone breaks an electrical circuit, and alarms that are tripped when motion is detected.

Electric Circuit Burglar Alarms

Alarms that use electrical circuits are the simplest types of alarm systems. They are usually used to guard the perimeter of the house, possible entryways a burglar might use to enter your home. These kind of home security systems can be divided into two types: closed-circuit systems and open-circuit systems.

With closed-circuit systems, the electric circuit remains closed as long as the door is shut. If someone opens the door, the circuit is interrupted, and the alarm is triggered. An open-circuit system is just the opposite; when someone opens the door, the circuit is completed, electricity flows, and the alarm is triggered.

Motion Detectors

Motion detectors are the other main types of home security systems. They are useful for detecting burglars who are already in the house. Motion detectors work by sending out radio energy and monitoring the reflection pattern. If the reflection pattern is disturbed, for example by somebody walking into the room, the alarm is triggered and a signal is sent to the control box.

Motion detectors and open- or closed-circuit alarms can be combined to create a comprehensive home security system.

Categories of Home Security Alarm Systems

Single Premises Alarms

These cheap alarm systems have a single purpose: to warn your family about a specific type of danger. They can include CO detectors, smoke detectors, or battery-operated door wedge alarms.

Local Alarm Systems

When somebody triggers a local alarm system, a siren sounds, warning the house’s occupants (and neighbors) of intruders. These kind of alarm systems don’t do anything besides activate a siren, however, so if nobody is around to respond to the noise, they may not be that effective. However, the noise alone is often enough to scare away would-be burglars.

Telephone Dialer Systems

The next step up from local alarm systems are telephone dialer systems. These types of alarms dial preprogrammed numbers if the alarm is tripped. From there, the security service is contacted which in turn contacts local police or fire departments and the homeowners. This is all automated. Typically, telephone dialer systems will call up to four numbers and play a prerecorded request for assistance message.

Continually Monitored Security Systems

The most effective (and most expensive) type of burglar alarms are continually monitored security systems. With these types of alarms, tripping the alarm alerts your security monitoring company. Real people in turn call the police/fire department. Some companies will send a security officer to your home to check in on things.

• Control Panel-- No matter what system you choose, it will have a master control panel. People usually choose to locate it somewhere convenient since it controls all the operations of the home security system.
• Sensors & Transmitters–Sensors detect changes in the surrounding environment (such as someone trying to enter the premises) and through the use of transmitters, they then send a wireless signal via radio waves to the control panel where the receiver is housed. Sensors are typically placed at doors and windows.
• Touchpads–Remote touchpads allow users to operate the security system when they are not next to the control panel and are typically installed at convenient places around the house.
• Central Monitoring Receiver–These are often used in conjunction with monitored alarm systems and will be hooked up to the telephone line.
• Sirens–Sirens are often employed for scaring away intruders.
• Lamp Modules–Many people employed light timers as part of a security system; these serve to trick a would-be burglar into thinking someone is at home, thus acting as a deterrent.

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Continue reading »]]> Direct Communications will allow existing affiliates to finally sell a home security service that will target the growing low credit rental market.  Historically home security companies stay away from renters because they usually cannot fulfill the 36 month monitoring agreement.  Direct Communications has partnered with a home security company that will allow Direct Communications Affiliates to resell monitoring service to their renters who may not qualify for traditional monitoring through carriers who only want home owners with superior credit.

“With rising foreclosures and bad credit scores, we are moving towards a demographic that this program will accommodate.  In fact, our affiliates have told us that 70% of their alarm leads either cannot pass the credit checks or are renters.  Now our affiliates can offer something to those customers they would normally turn away”, says Barry Gilinsky V.P. of Sales.

• No Credit Check!- No Turndowns! – Sign and Go!
• No Social Security Number!
• No Homeownership Requires! – Renters OK!
• No Inventory! – Equipment Ships to Consumer!
• No Waiting on Verification Calls!
• No Outrageous Marketing Restrictions!
• Wide Open Market – Over 120 million!
• High Volume – No barrier model!
• No Company Upsell to kill your sales!

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Inc. Magazine Unveils Its Fourth Annual Exclusive List of

America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000

DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS Ranks No. 512 on the 2010 Inc. 5000

with Three-Year Sales Growth of 592%

NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 — Inc. magazine today ranked  DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS NO. 512 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children’s red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year’s list.

“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

About Direct Communications

Direct Communications, a Colorado based Limited Liability Company distributes residential home services such as Internet, Phone, TV, and Home Alarms through independently operated Sub-Affiliates, who market through retail outlets, door-to-door, and call center campaigns.

The 2010 Inc. 5000, unveiled today on Inc.com, serves as a unique illustration of the profound changes taking place in the U.S. economy. The Government Services sector showed the biggest gain in terms of the number of companies on the list, up 33 percent from last year to 335 companies. Government Services was also the second-fastest-growing sector in terms of median revenue growth, posting a 202 percent gain over the 2006-2009 measuring period. More than half of these companies are based in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The fastest-growing sector by median revenue growth was Real Estate, now just a tiny group of 38 young, small companies, which showed 231 percent median growth over the period. (There were 121 Real Estate firms on the inaugural Inc. 5000 in 2007.) Business Products & Services is the top industry by number of companies on the list (640) and total revenue ($80.7 billion), while Health is the biggest by total employment (287,726  jobs).

Despite the fact that most of this year’s measuring period of 2006-2009 took place during the latest recession, aggregate revenue among the companies on the list actually increased to $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from last year. The effects of the recession are seen, however, in the median three-year growth rate, which dropped to 96 percent from last year’s 126 percent. This year’s Inc. 5000 employ a record 1.4 million people, up from one million on last year’s list. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, policymakers and business leaders will do well to look to the Inc. 5000 companies for fresh ideas on achieving growth and creating jobs.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/5000.

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Why Join the Charter Affiliate Program

When you are thinking about becoming a communications affiliate, there are many reasons why you will want to look at the Charter Affiliate program.  With the Charter Affiliate program you will be able to sell a variety of phone, cable, and internet services individually or in convenient bundles, for a company that is a trusted brand name  in over 5 million homes in 25 states.

The Charter Affiliate program is a program that sells itself, supporting the fourth largest communications provider in America.  When you become a part of the Charter Affiliate program, you become a part of a company that consistently proves it’s a leading name in cutting edge technology that seeks to meet the expanding needs of today’s consumers.

When you sign up for the Charter Affiliate program with Direct Communications, you are providing your customers with technology they can count on.  The most recent advances that dealers in the Charter Affiliate program can take advantage of include:

Charter Cloud Drive™ provides a network-based storage service for important files like photos and music, that can be accessed remotely, or shared with authorized users.

Charter WiFi allows you to connect up to five devices (1 desktop PC and up to 4 laptops)  in your home to Charter’s lightning fast internet.

These new products coupled with Charter’s ongoing commitment to customer service and advanced technology make the Charter’s Affiliate program one of the most exciting of its kind.  Direct Communications is currently offering the Charter Affiliate program to retailers and small business owners that want to sell these products without the hassle of maintaining inventory or hiring technicians or installers.  By becoming a dealer in the Charter Affiliate program with Direct Communications, you will get access to a dedicated support team that will provide you with all of the training, sales, and marketing tools needed to sell with success.

Contact Direct Communications today to become a part of the Charter Affiliate Program!

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