Intro 1:
Are you prepared for the next hurricane or tropical storm? Is your home prepared?
"Don’t let this happen to your home. Get the protection you deserve. Invest in Safe-T-View, Advanced Window & Shutter Technology."
Intro 2:
During a storm or hurricane, you and your home needs protection from the elements. The windows to your home are the most vulnerable areas in the events of high winds, flying debris, and heavy rain. If you live near coastal areas, waves like this one can be an extreme threat to the integrity of your windows.
Hello, my name is Drake Fillmore and I have lived through hail storms, blizzards, tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes. Non of those storms caught me off guard quite like Tropical Storm Irene. I was not prepared for the intense power of this storm, and as you can see, I paid the price for it. Normal storm windows like I had installed were no match against the forces of Irene.
Then I heard about Safe-T-View, the newest and most advanced in window & shutter technology.
How It Works
Safe-T-View uses the latest technology in hurricane proof windows & shutters. These state-of-the-art windows are pressure sensitive, measuring wind and water pressure through a control panel installed inside your home. Once these windows detect a certain amount of pressure, the aluminum shutters are activated, covering the windows and locking into place. The amount of pressure detected can be adjusted by the home owner, or the windows can be activated or deactivated through the control panel at any time.
Once the shutters are activated and lowered, metal bars inside the frame of the window lock into place, offering further strength & support. The shutter technology absorbs shock away from impact areas and into the frame.
The Glass
Safe-T-View windows are made with triple layered laminated glass with waterproof seams and impact resistance. Our windows keep out harmful UV rays and glare while letting in natural light. Our windows are supported by a heavy duty frame which comes with our patented metal bar locking mechanism.
The Shutters
The shutters are made from rigid aluminum and can withstand winds up to 210 MPH/322KPH, and missile impact up to 160 MPH/241KPH. Their construction and anchoring keep high winds and debris from breaching your home’s outer envelope. Our windows and shutters have passed a series of tests including the "Miami-Dade County Hurricane Impact Test",* making them the strongest and most reliable storm windows on the market.
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Our heavy duty Safe-T-View window shutters:
• Offer four times the impact strength of 1/2" plywood
• Protect windows and doors from winds up to 160 mph
• Resist corrosion and rusting
• Have a thickness of .050"
The Control Panel
Our windows and shutters are controlled by an electronic device installed inside your home. This system is known as the WindQ® pressure measuring device. Through this device, small pressure sensitive plates are installed on the windows edges, allowing it too measure the amount of wind or water pressure impacting the window. Once a certain amount of pressure is detected, the WindQ® system automatically engages the shutters to close. "So what if the power goes out?" -you may ask. The Safe-T-View window & shutter system has a manual override as well, allowing the home owner to engage the shutters in case of power loss.
Installation
Safe-T-View windows and shutters are installed by our dedicated staff and comes with a full money back guarantee. Our storm shutter systems can also be installed over doorways. Our large line of storm and wind mitigation systems will keep your home safe and secure.
Cost
Our line of all aluminum Shutter Panels cost $4.65 per square foot. Window prices vary due to size, specifications and thickness, but are priced according to market competition. Installation prices run anywhere from $250 to $1500 depending on size of job.
Closing
Do the right thing. Reduce the loss of revenue from your home or business due to storm damage. Invest in Safe-T-View window & shutter technology. Thank you for your time and consideration.
I hear your frustration in one of your other posts.
ReplyDeleteI never knew how involved and interlaced writing is with the world. Like art, it is in everything we do. I wish I knew this before I started this class, at least it might have been slightly easier for me to interpret what I wanted to propose, pitch and present.
This is the point of my class, that you see how much expressing your ideas can influence your goals and life. I cannot teach you that lesson any faster than I do. Which is okay, because this is just a class and you cannot expect an assignment to be more than a learning experience.
A proposal should take months to hone. An article can take months to research and write too. A screenplay or a product can take years to get off the ground. Just getting your ideas down to their core statements takes time.
You can’t expect to get these things right the first time. They must evolve in drafts, far beyond this class. Now that we are approaching the end, you can take all of your drafts and make some decisions.
Irene clearly influenced you and the possibilities at your fingertips are wide. You pitched a film and designed a product. From the looks of it, this product is not just a proposal. You seem to have already tested the appropriate tensile strength of steel.
Your pitch is also an intense flash presentation. You have your blog and some very personal writing on the subject. I don’t see this as a scattered approach either. You are finding your way and learning a lot in the process. Don’t beat yourself up. You are an artist. This is what artists do. What will you make from this storm –a blog, a product, or a film?
Again, become comfortable with drafts.
Your flash presentation was slow on my home connection. The images didn’t match up with the narration. We could blame my connection, but you want a presentation to reach everyone. You have to learn how to reduce your image and file sizes so that anyone can stream and hear your message.
Regardless, your first draft is amazing. Was this a gut response to the storm? Were you drawing out plans for better windows the day after cleaning up the glass? Or did you put this together –wingnuts and all– while putting together the flash presentation? The photographs speak for themselves. You have the testimonial story of a lifetime. Are you going to go forward with this? Do you need a patent?
Your presentation is mostly an advertisement for your product, when it could have also proposed setting up the business to sell the product. How will you get this product off the ground? What will it cost to create the prototypes and initial inventory?
Your executive summary is already very concise. I wouldn’t think of yourself as a business school dropout. Don’t think of business as something separate from creativity at all. I don’t have an MBA, but I know how to plan and produce a creative project. It comes down to a how-to or algorithm. What are the steps between you and your goal?
What is the first thing that you need to do? Hire a lawyer and develop a patent and prototype? Then find out how much those things cost and begin.
I found some competitors online, including stormsolutionsusa. I like how they set up their web page as the problem, the facts and the solutions. In addition to fabric protection, they do have aluminum roll down shutters. Don't be discouraged by this. Everyone has competition.
It’s been seven weeks since the storm and since this class has started. Don’t feel frustrated. Don’t expect to save the world in that time. Look at what you have accomplished in this short period. You’ve not only made your writing clearer, but you’ve taken a tragedy and turned it into creative possibilities. You understand the wider possibilities within writing.
In addition to your design company’s presence on the web, you’ve built a great first draft of an entirely different online voice.
Great work.