Head of Sales & Partnerships

Jacob Layani

Jacob Layani leads sales and partnerships at CrownTV. He's the operator multi-location buyers, AV integrators, channel partners, and enterprise procurement teams talk to first — scoping rollouts, negotiating hardware terms, structuring multi-year managed-services contracts, and closing the relationships that anchor CrownTV's customer roster from L'Occitane and Victoria's Secret to Herman Miller, Pressed Juicery, Janie & Jack, and beyond. He also owns the Samsung Authorized Reseller partnership that anchors the hardware lineup. Jacob writes about deal structure, partner economics, the realities of selling a turnkey signage program against four-vendor stacks, and what procurement teams should look for in a signage RFP response.

  • Sales
  • Partnerships
  • Channel & reseller program
  • Enterprise procurement
  • Multi-location rollouts
  • Samsung partnership
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What Jacob L writes about

35 articles where Jacob L is the named primary author. Showing the 12 most recent.

Retail

Behind the Janie and Jack rollout: a multi-year retail signage program now live in five cities

Janie and Jack × CrownTV × Samsung — five stores live (NYC, NJ, Austin, London, Milan) running 4K commercial signage. Inside the rollout, hardware, playbook.

2026-05-04T11:00:00Z 6 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung QM55C: Complete Guide to the 55-inch 4K Commercial Display (2026 Buyer's Guide)

Samsung QM55C buyer's guide — 55-inch 4K, 500 nits, 24/7-rated, Tizen + MagicINFO. Real install notes from 10,000+ deployed CrownTV screens.

Dec 25, 2025 14 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung QM65C: Complete Guide to the 65-inch 4K Commercial Display (2026 Buyer's Guide)

Samsung QM65C buyer's guide — 65-inch 4K, 500 nits, 24/7-rated, Tizen 7.0 + MagicINFO. Real install notes from 10,000+ CrownTV deployments.

Dec 25, 2025 9 min read

Digital Signage

Digital Signage Software: Features That Actually Matter in 2026

Real features that matter in digital signage software: remote management, scheduling, uptime monitoring. From an operator running 10,000 screens.

Mar 28, 2025 6 min read

Digital Signage

Turnkey Digital Signage: What 'Done-for-You' Actually Buys You

What turnkey digital signage actually includes — hardware, software, install, content, and service under one contract. With real cost ranges and timeline.

Feb 6, 2025 3 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung The Wall All-in-One 146-Inch MicroLED: Buyer's Guide for Marquee Installations

Samsung The Wall All-in-One 146" MicroLED — full review, install considerations, and how it fits into flagship retail, corporate, and hospitality installs.

Nov 8, 2024 9 min read

Digital Signage

Scrolling Ticker Tape Displays: When They Work, and How to Build One

Scrolling ticker displays — where they work (newsrooms, lobbies, brokerages), where they don't, and how to build one with real hardware and software specs.

Oct 14, 2024 2 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung OM55N-DS: The Double-Sided 55-Inch Window Display Buyer's Guide

Samsung OM55N-DS double-sided window display — 3,000 nits per side, slim chassis, ceiling or floor mount. Real install guidance and named CrownTV deployments.

Oct 4, 2024 9 min read

Digital Signage

How to Create an Effective Communication Board for Your Workplace

A digital communication board done right replaces stale corkboards and email blasts. Layouts, content cadence, and hardware that actually get read.

Aug 31, 2024 5 min read

Digital Signage

Communication Board Ideas for Business: 5 That Actually Get Read

Five communication board ideas that employees actually look at — KPI dashboards, recognition feeds, safety incident counters, and two more that work.

Aug 31, 2024 4 min read

Digital Signage

5 Steps to Creating an Effective Digital Bulletin Board (2026)

The five-step process for designing digital bulletin board content that gets read — strategy, hardware, content design, scheduling, and CrownTV install proof.

Aug 23, 2024 8 min read

Digital Signage

How to Choose a Digital Signage System: A Buyer's Framework

A practical framework for choosing a digital signage system: hardware, software, integration, deployment, and total cost — written from 13+ years of installs.

Aug 22, 2024 4 min read

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What Jacob L reviews

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Digital Signage

Best Samsung Commercial Display Resellers in the US (2026)

Best Samsung commercial display resellers in the US for 2026: 7 authorized partners compared on pricing, install, CMS, warranty, and multi-location support.

Mar 11, 2026 10 min read

Digital Signage

Digital Menu Boards: The Complete Guide for Restaurants [Cost, Design & Setup 2026]

Digital menu boards in 2026: real costs, design rules, setup steps, and the mistakes restaurants keep making — drawn from hundreds of CrownTV installs.

Feb 23, 2026 8 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung QM50C: Complete Guide to the 50-inch 4K Commercial Display (2026 Buyer's Guide)

Samsung QM50C buyer's guide — 50-inch 4K, 500 nits, 24/7-rated, Tizen + MagicINFO. Practical install notes from real CrownTV deployments.

Dec 25, 2025 9 min read

Digital Signage

Retail Window Displays That Stop Foot Traffic: 2026 Ideas & Examples

Retail window displays that actually stop foot traffic — Samsung OM panels, motion content, scheduling rules, plus seven plays that work in 2026.

Jun 5, 2025 5 min read

Digital Signage

Cheap Digital Signage: What Actually Goes Wrong, and What It Costs to Fix

Cheap digital signage costs more long-term — failure rates, warranty gaps, and the hardware-software-install combinations that fail in the field.

Apr 12, 2025 8 min read

Digital Signage

Where to Buy Samsung QMC Displays in the U.S. Without Overpaying

Where to buy Samsung QMC displays in the U.S. without overpaying: authorized channels compared, real pricing, warranty rules, and how to bundle install and CMS.

Apr 10, 2025 13 min read

Digital Signage

Samsung QMC Series: The Best Indoor Digital Signage Display for 2026?

Samsung QMC series 2026 overview — slim 4K 24/7 commercial displays. QM43C through QM85C, real install notes, and where the QMC wins.

Apr 3, 2025 10 min read

Digital Signage

Hospitality Apps That Actually Move the Needle: A 2026 Operator's Guide

Six hospitality apps that change unit economics — guest messaging, in-room engagement, booking, signage. What each one solves, and where it fits.

Nov 15, 2024 6 min read

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These three rules apply to every piece on the CrownTV blog — including the ones with Jacob L as the named author or reviewer.

  • Every claim about a customer install is verified against the install record before publication.
  • Every product spec quoted in an article cross-references the manufacturer datasheet.
  • Pull quotes from named individuals are reproduced verbatim, never paraphrased.

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