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IF: Integrator First.
Marketing built for integrators carrying the industry.

Custom integrators generate the demand for new devices, design complex systems, manage risk, and protect long-term relationships. When revenue pressure builds anywhere in that chain, it lands on you. The custom integration channel is structured differently than most industries. Manufacturers market to dealers, trade organizations market to the channel and very few invest meaningfully in direct-to-homeowner demand. That responsibility for local visibility, trust, and lead generation all falls on you.

I have spent more than twenty years inside this industry across distribution, manufacturer representation, showrooms, and dealer strategy. I understand how this channel operates because I have worked within it. I have also seen marketing shift from durable infrastructure to expensive activity. Reports replace results, costs increase while control decreases. In some models, essential components of your website remain licensed, hosting is externally controlled, and continuity depends on ongoing payment. When the relationship ends, what appeared to be ownership reveals itself as dependency. This is not marekting, not an investement, not an caring partner, thats extortion.

Integrator First™ was built to correct that structure by restoring clarity, portability, and long-term control. This program is designed for established integrators operating with an existing website and active marketing agreement. Every engagement begins with a review of your current infrastructure to ensure strategic alignment.

What Makes Us Different?

We are your Strategic Partner, Not another Vendor. Integrator First™ operates as a structured extension of your leadership team. Each month includes planning, execution, and review tied directly to revenue priorities inside your business. We meet live to assess pipeline quality, positioning, and authority growth so that next steps are clear and measurable.

Our perspective is shaped by building industry-facing platforms such as National Smart Home, Smart Home Day, National Headphone Day, and Date Night in Stereo. Those initiatives were created to elevate homeowner awareness and strengthen integrator positioning, and they inform how we approach demand, authority, and long-term equity.

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Authority Assets

Purpose-built service pages or blog articles designed to strengthen local authority and compound search visibility over time.

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Structured Email Campaign

A monthly campaign aligned with season, promotion, or category priority that reinforces positioning with your existing audience.

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Homeowner-Aligned Social

Relevant social assets written in homeowner language, not industry jargon, supporting awareness without noise.

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Protected Territory Listing

Featured placement on National Smart Home within a defined geographic territory to strengthen homeowner trust and referral visibility.

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Live Strategy Session

A monthly Zoom meeting to review performance, clarify next steps, and adjust direction based on real business conditions.

Ownership & Control Is Our Standard

If you invest in content, domains, advertising accounts, or data, those assets should belong to your business, not to an agency relationship. Many integrators discover too late that access is restricted, accounts are controlled externally, or migration becomes difficult when a contract ends. That structure creates dependency where there should be clarity.

Integrator First™ is built differently.
Everything is structured for portability, transparency, and long-term continuity.

We emphasize:

• Domain ownership clarity
• Hosting transparency
• Full analytics access
• Advertising account control
• Content portability

Marketing equity is built through control, becasue without it, you are renting your own growth.
 

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Authority Is Built Through Structure Not Volume

Integrator First is designed for established integrators with an existing website and active marketing agreement. This program is not a starting-from-zero build. It is a structured transition toward ownership, clarity, and long-term authority. Before engagement, we conduct a review of your current infrastructure, contractual positioning, and site architecture to determine fit.
 

Structured for Where You Are and Built for Where You’re Going.

Foundation: Re-Build the Base Correctly

Best for sites under ~20 structured pages

A disciplined structure for integrators who want ownership, consistency, and steady authority growth without unnecessary complexity.

• One authority asset per month
• One structured email campaign
• Four homeowner-aligned social assets
• Monthly live strategy session
• National Smart Home listing with protected territory

This tier refines and strengthens what exists.

$1,500 per month

Comparable content + strategy retainers commonly exceed $3,000 per month without ownership safeguards.
 

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 GROWTH: Expand with Precision

Best for sites 20–40 structured pages

Designed for integrators who have already invested in their digital presence and want that investment structured properly rather than layered with more activity.

• Two authority assets per month
• Structured email campaign
• Four aligned social assets
• Architecture refinement and structural alignment
• Conversion pathway evaluation

This tier strengthens signal, reduces fragmentation, and improves performance of existing infrastructure.

$2,500 per month

Comparable retainers at this depth typically range from $4,000–$7,000 per month.
 

LEADERSHIP: Own Your Market

Best for sites 40–75 structured pages

For integrators who have built substantial digital infrastructure and want to consolidate, protect, and convert that investment into durable regional authority.

• Three to four authority assets per month
• Structured email campaign
• Four aligned social assets
• Full audit and consolidation plan
• Competitor gap analysis
• Extended strategic planning session

This tier prioritizes authority density, structural clarity, and long-term equity over page volume.

$3,500 per month

Leadership-level retainers commonly exceed $6,000 per month and often separate audit and strategy into additional contracts.

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This Program Is Selective. 

Territories are limited to protect performance and avoid channel conflict. Integrator First™ is built for established integrators operating with an existing website and active marketing agreement. Every engagement begins with a structured infrastructure review to determine alignment and transition feasibility.

Authority Is Built Through Structure.

More pages do not automatically create authority.
For most integrators, focused architecture between dozens and low hundreds of purposeful pages performs better than bloated duplication.

Thin pages dilute signal.
Clear structure compounds it.

Integrator First™ includes architectural review and consolidation planning so authority strengthens over time instead of fragmenting.

Built for Serious Operators.

Integrator First™ is not designed for set-it-and-forget-it posting.

It is structured for owners who:

  • Value control

  • Participate in strategy

  • Think in years, not quarters

  • Want durable infrastructure

Territories are limited to protect performance.

Performance Inside Real Integrator Businesses.

The following case studies reflect structured authority growth, infrastructure refinement, and measurable demand generation within active integrator businesses.

Audio Video Synergy — Clinton, NJ

Before:

  • No clear focus or architecture

  • Blogs written without a strategy or funnel

  • Events held with almost no digital traction


After Lantern Room

  • Site re-anchored around real services and local search

  • Content restructured to support events, offers, and comparison

  • Web becomes the hub instead of an online brochure

  • Still an active client — because the foundation actually works

Bravo AV —
Bernardsville, NJ

Before:

  • 100+ pages with no structure 

  • Redundant blogs (“5 reasons you need a” on repeat)

  • Menus overwhelming, not guiding, zero conversion focus


After Lantern Room

  • Navigation simplified around how homeowners actually shop

  • From zero baseline to 48% of annual revenue influenced by the website

  • Site launched in 2020 and we’re still iterating together years later

HiDEF —
Wall, NJ

Before:

  • Small 5-page site with almost no organic footprint

  • No depth of content to support high-ticket work

  • Smart home expertise invisible to search and to homeowners


After Lantern Room

  • Expanded to ~25 pages with structured services and Brands

  • Reached 1,000+ organic visitors/month within 6 months

  • Web presence now matches the scale of the showroom and work

  • Site launched in 2019 — still a live, evolving partnership six years on

"Rob's expertise has been instrumental in the success of my three businesses. His commitment to customer service is unparalleled, making every interaction a positive experience. It's a privilege to work with Lantern Room Marketing, where excellence in SEO and customer satisfaction are always the norm."

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