“The face time you get with people, the quality of the interaction, it’s just great,” says Jon Harris of Harris Teller about Tuesday’s annual Music Distributor Association’s “Meet and Sell” event. “This is worth two days at NAMM.”
President of the MDA Ellen J. Cavanaugh was also pleased with how the day went. “We had ten new members and over 100 people participating,” she said. (She is also executive vp of The Cavanaugh Company.)
The event was held at the Paradise Pier hotel. One of the guest speakers was Jeff Hawley, Director of Customer Experience at Yamaha who gave a presentation on Search Engine Optimization.
Hamilton Stands was on hand with several announcements. The company is now distributing their products themselves and Bob Jespersen has joined as director of marketing.
The gathering ended with a cocktail party where a Martin guitar was raffled off, going to Liz Schaefer, creative director of HW Products.
Photo: Saga Musical Instruments' Lilliana Urosevic with MMR publisher Terry Lowe
