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How an Argentine brand of microphone accessories came to be distributed in five countries and exhibited in Las Vegas

by Ezequiel García on

Some products solve a real problem but never reach the hands of those who need them most.

Cubremic was one of them.

Microphone covers and windscreens manufactured in Argentina, with export-quality standards, but with a brand presence that didn't reflect that level. The product was ready. The system to take it to the world was not.


The starting point

Servidata, the company behind Cubremic, had something valuable: a specific product for a professional niche — journalists, camera operators, production companies, media outlets — with real demand throughout the region.

What was missing was a brand architecture and expansion strategy that would allow them to operate with order across multiple markets simultaneously.

The first step was separating the logic: Cubremic wasn't just a product line. It was a brand in its own right, with its own identity, positioned for the Latin American professional audiovisual market.

That distinction changed everything that came after.


The strategy: brand first, expansion after

Visual identity for a professional market

We built Cubremic's identity thinking about the real buyer: a director of photography in Chile, a press manager in Ecuador, a producer in Uruguay. People who make purchasing decisions based on trust, consistency, and perceived professionalism.

Catalogs, sales materials, market-specific brochures. All designed so Cubremic looked like what it was: an export brand, not a local supplier.

Country-by-country distribution strategy

Instead of trying to sell directly in each market, we designed a local distributor acquisition strategy. One contact in each country who knew the market, had the relationships, and could represent the brand with judgment.

The process was systematic: identifying key contacts in media outlets, production companies, and audiovisual equipment companies, personalized outreach, quote follow-up, and commercial agreement closing.

The result was an active distribution network in five countries: Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

In Chile, the most developed case, the relationship with Castel Ltda was consolidated as a key distributor, with regular orders and brand materials adapted to the local market.


The milestones that define this case

NAB Show, Las Vegas. The most important trade show in the global audiovisual industry. Cubremic had representation — an unmistakable signal that the brand had left the local circuit to play in another league.

Exhibitions in Peru and Chile. Physical presence in the highest-traction markets, reinforcing distributor relationships and generating direct visibility with the end user.

CAPER 2024. In its first year as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Audiovisual Production Companies, Cubremic participated in the annual year-end dinner — an acknowledgment of its consolidated place within the industry ecosystem.


What we actually built

The distributors are the visible result. But what was truly built was a brand that could walk into a meeting room in Lima or Santiago and be taken seriously.

That doesn't happen by accident. It happens when visual identity, sales materials, and brand narrative are aligned with the market you want to reach.

Cubremic went from being a niche Argentine product to a regional brand with international presence. The difference wasn't in the product — which was always good. It was in the system that sustained it.


"Plan Media doesn't just communicate — it reveals the true potential of a business." — Alejandro Rigueiral, Cubremic / Servidata


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