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STILLWATER, USA – Stillwater Designs® is announcing the addition of industry veterans Marketing Pros, Inc., (Conroe, Texas) to its force of sales representatives for the KICKER® brand, effective immediately. The Marketing Pros team boasts nearly 200 years of combined sales experience, working with dealers in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The firm is currently among the five finalists for the “2018 Top 5 Sales Reps” award, to be handed out at the Mobile Electronics Industry Awards held during MEA KnowledgeFest August 17-19.

“Having been familiar with this team for many years, I’m extremely excited at the opportunity to work with them,” said Tom Heath, Stillwater Designs Vice President, Domestic Sales and Marketing. “We felt (Marketing Pros) believe in many of the same core values of our own company, beginning with strong fundamentals like first-class customer service and follow-through.”

Marketing Pros is nearing its 40th year of supporting manufacturers in the 12-volt industry, which includes numerous national “Rep Firm-of-the-Year” awards under its belt. The team, under principal George Reed, has flourished using ideas based around servicing partners regularly, reinforcing sales and product trainings, and removing obstacles for seamless solutions. According to its website, Marketing Pros strives to “share know-how it has learned and pass it forward to retailers to help them raise their product, sales and installation standards.”

Marketing Pros includes team members George Reed, Pete Daley (president), Mike Penny (vice president), Jim Wehling, Jimmy Chauffe, Mark Sartain, Kristin Daley and Stephanie Reed. The firm is a long-time member of MECP (Mobile Electronics Certified Professional) and CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association).

KICKER Performance Audio products, a division of Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc.®, are available for the mobile and home audio aftermarket at authorized retailers worldwide, and also as Original Equipment for automobile manufacturers. Consumers seeking more information on KICKER or Livin’ Loud® may call the Consumer Information Line at 1-800-256-5425 or visit the brand website at www.kicker.com. Follow KICKER socially at Facebook.com/kickeraudio, Twitter.com/kickeraudio, Instagram.com/kickeraudio, or Pinterest.com/kickeraudio.

11-20-2017 -- Rep firm, Marketing Pros Inc. of Texas, is growing and expanding. It has recently hired seasoned veteran, Mark Sartain, to its already successful team of field representatives.

Mark has over 36 years in the 12 volt industry and is one of the most trusted and driven reps in the region. This reputation has led him to be chosen by Marketing Pros, which has been honored the past four years with Rep Firm of the Year by the Mobile Electronics Industry.

Pete Daley, President of Marketing Pros, is quoted as saying, “We have been blessed with long term success, along with some great retail and vendor partners that have driven this growth. As a rep, you only have so much time to provide better service in those partners, only thing we can do is invest to maintain our high standards. Mark already had a similar culture of representation to ours, so the decision was easy. We are excited to have him.” Mark will service North and West Texas, along with El Paso. He can be contacted at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..      

Marketing Pros Inc. represents AAMP Global, Alpine, Crossfire, Epsilon, Focal North America, and Orca Designs respectfully in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. www.marketingprosinc.com

10-1-2016 -- Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. announced that the Marketing Pros rep firm has joined Alpine’s aftermarket sales force. Marketing Pros is now representing the Alpine product line in TX, OK, AR and LA.

Marketing Pros is led by President George Reed and consists of the sales team of Mike Penny, Pete Daley, Jim Wheling and Jimmy Chauffe.  The company was founded in 1979, and the members have over 150 years of combined experience in the consumer electronics business.  The Marketing Pros team specializes in partnering with independent retailers to help them to achieve mutually beneficial sales goals.  The company has been nationally recognized with the “Rep Firm of the Year” award for three years in a row (2014 – 2016), as voted on by members of the 12 volt industry.

“The Marketing Pros team is highly respected and their professionalism is well known in the industry.  We’re excited to have them representing Alpine and look forward to collaborating with them to support our retail partners,” said Mike Anderson, assistant vice president of sales, Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.

Marketing Pros is based in Conroe, TX and has field offices in Oklahoma City, Arlington, San Antonio and New Orleans.  They can be reached through their main office at 936-856-6733, via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or through their website at www.marketingprosinc.com

July 7, 2021 -- Seven-time Rep Firm of the Year Marketing Pros Inc. has added Pedro Rodriguez to its team to assist in the North Texas region with Pete Daley.

“With our vendors market share growing over the past several years in the TALO market, we felt now was the time, and that Pedro was the ideal candidate for the job. We wanted to provide better service for our dealers, distributors, and vendor partners, this allows this continued expansion,” said Pete Daley, Marketing Pros Inc. President.

“Pedro brings a new perspective to our team since his experience comes from the bay, in addition to being bi-lingual , and his impeccable customer service skills from his prior endeavors, he can only flourish in this environment.”

Pedro can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / Marketing Pros Inc. - www.marketingprosinc.com

Marketing Professionals Officially Joins the Wet Sounds Team

Houston, Texas -- February 1, 2019 -- Wet Sounds Inc., the recognized leader in innovative design and manufacturing of the world’s best performing and most rugged audio adds to their arsenal of sterling sales rep-firms.

Wet Sounds is pleased to announce they have teamed up with Marketing Pro's to represent Wet Sounds in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Marketing Pro's Inc. will provide dealers with product and sales support in the 12-volt, Marine, and Power Sport dealer network.

“Marketing Pro's has an impeccable reputation and a long history of success in the Mobile Electronics Industry," said Ray Woodall, Wet Sounds Regional Sales Manager. “The Marketing Pro’s team is elated to have been chosen by Wet Sounds for the region. We do the simple things a rep firm should provide, we travel extensively to see dealers, and offer detailed service before and after the sale. This philosophy has worked for our success for a long time and we have no plans on changing”, says Pete Daley, President of Marketing Pro’s Inc.

The team at Marketing Pro’s Inc. is comprised of industry veterans with almost 200 years of Mobile Electronics experience. Their staff includes the founder George Reed, Pete Daley, Jim Wehling, Mike Penny, and Kevin Knox. Marketing Pro’s has won numerous industry awards over its 40 years of doing business, including Rep. Firm of the Year from Mobile Electronics Magazine from 2014 to 2018.
For more information about Marketing Pro’s visit them online at www.marketingprosinc.com

Wet Sounds is without a doubt, the leader in innovative design and manufacturing of the world’s best performing element-proof audio and lighting components. Specializing in marine-grade audio has set our quality standards so high that our products can be used virtually anywhere. Since developing the world’s first true wake board boat tower-specific HLCD speaker system we have grown to create and build; audio and lighting components that can be utilized on the water, off-road, on road, residentially and more. Over-engineering our products to exceed standards is in our DNA and we feel that quality and performance value should never be sacrificed.

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