Back in 2003, I still can't believe ten tears have slipped away that quickly,I started a small community for Ricoh copier sales people.
The platform was an MSN Community (remember those), the first reason for starting the community was that after being in the business for 23 years I still couldn't get information about the Ricoh products in a timely manner and the thought of having someone call you back because you needed the information that day was non-existent.
The second reason was that there was a certain product from Ricoh that should have had great halftones, I placed the unit in a major copy center and the halftones were horrible. Our best techs couldn't do a darn thing with the system. I was able to get the product manager on the phone and that person basically told me that they knew the system had so so halftones but released the system anyway. Well, to say the least I was pretty upset.
At this time Ricoh had a forum where salespeople could collaborate with each other. To make a long story short I slammed the Ricoh unit on the site for the crappy halftones, and then made sure that everyone know that Ricoh knew about the deficiency of the product. Well...Ricoh booted me from the forums...and that's when I stated I could do this better than they could.
Thus, I have to give Thanks to Ricoh for getting started. However, I need to give a special Thanks to all of the those early Print4Pay Hotel members who joined the community and believed that we needed to share information and become more knowledgeable and informed about what works and what doesn't work. Many of those inaugural Print4Pay Hotel Members are still with us today and I need to give Thanks to that core of members.
Over the years, the site has grown an we've had many new members, and I like to think that Print4Pay Hotel members are some of the most talented sales people in the industry. We as sales people especially when working in a Dealership don't garner much attention from the manufacturers but we're the guys and gals out their everyday believing on the product and moving hardware. So, it is right to give Thanks to the all of the rest of our Print4Pay Hotel members. You guys and gals are the best and have helped me become a better sales person over the years. I love reading your threads!!!
The Print4Pay Hotel could not be where it is today without the members and our excellent group of advertisers. Our advertisers (clicking their banner ads and giving them a call helps all of us) is what keeps the basic membership FREE. Over and over 90% of our advertisers renew their banner ads and as much as I believe in their awesome products that they believe in our awesome members. It's time to give Thanks to all of our advertisers!! Thank you!
I wish all Print4Pay Hotel Members here in the US, Canada and through out the world a blessed Thanksgiving for you and your families.
Art
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