The Week in Copiers 5 Years Ago This Week In 2015, the Second Week of August
This would be the time of year when I'm looking forward to attending the BTA East Dealer Event that's usually held in late September or early October. One of the reasons I look forward to the event is because it's local. For the last three years the event was held in NYC. The year before that it was Baltimore, and before that it was in Connecticut. BTA East will not be happening this year do to COVID19. Kinda sad was always a good time to get together with my peers, visit with the vendors and engage in their educational sessions.
Some great threads here from 5 years ago this week
Konica Minolta Releases Watkiss PowerSquare 224 for Combined Book-Making Process
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verticals. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition, including placement in the Leaders Quadrant on the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for eight consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for three years in a row. For more information, please
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Ricoh awarded patent for Remlox, a unique remote data collection solution for computer forensics and eDiscovery
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industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives. Under its corporate tagline, imagine. change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees. For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com/about/ © 2015 Ricoh Americas Corporation. All rights reserved. All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies
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Periscope Is Winning The Live Streaming Video Competition
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this area, which is one reason why Periscope is doing so well. But here's another. When Twitter acquired Periscope — which was still in beta at the time — it wasn't just bolstering the future of it's own video capabilities, it was giving Periscope a lot of press. And a lot of potential users. (Video via The Verge ) Twitter has some 316 million people actively contributing to its network. Eighty percent of which are on mobile, which means they're only a few taps away from downloading Periscope and
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Why I Spent 30 Minutes Researching a Headset and What That Means to Copier Sales Reps
information to prepare for sales conversations 5. Contribute Insights Offer insights by providing relevant information that earn the opportunity to engage with and influence contacts 6. Use Social Solutions Gain a competitive advantage via leveraging social platforms to engage, nurture and turn contacts into warm prospects 7. Incorporate LinkedIn pulse for interesting articles to share Allows you to share your personally developed content through blogging to immediately reach your targeted audience
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Re: Ricoh & Epson = "perfect together" NOT!
Jason H ·
They are never going to get their act together. I spoke with Jim Corridi at the CDA meeting several months ago and he told me big things were coming down the pipeline very soon because he agreed it would be hard to upgrade 3406WD systems with a 3406WD system. He also, however, acted like the Epson was going to be the latest and greatest thing for all of us that sell wide format. Not sure why sincewe don't typically mess with the ink jet machines. You can find the Epson's extremely cheap online
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Re: Ricoh & Epson = "perfect together" NOT!
GR81 ·
Art, I think the industry is starting to figure out that Oce equipment is not as well built as it used to be. My techs hate working on them. In fact were finding the Ricohs are more reliable than the Oces. GR
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Great work 2015
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Re: Ricoh & Epson = "perfect together" NOT!
Jason H ·
We were talking with KIP but my father did not want to order 2 or 3 machines at one time for inventory like they wanted us to.I talked with Oce' and the guy was pretty much like talking to a wall and said he didn't need anymore dealers in his territory and pretty much hung up. I would like to have an alternative and not be at Ricoh's mercy. I have tried to upgrade 3406's with 3406's and it doesn't go over that well.
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Re: Why I Spent 30 Minutes Researching a Headset and What That Means to Copier Sales Reps
Thanks Art. Buying habits, research and how we interact with clients and prospects is changing.
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Re: BTA East Grand Slam
Yes, It's in my back yard so this is a no brainer. Who else will be attending? Vince
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Re: BTA East Grand Slam
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dang! The one year I will not be there! I'll be at Print Audit Top 100 Summit.
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21 Buyer Phrases That Should Make Salespeople Snap to Attention
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in" statement. You hear these with prospects and customers too.Do you pick up on them and react the same way? For example, on a call with a prospect, my ears really perked up when hesaid, “Here’s our real problem ... ” I leaned forward in my seat, turned up the volume on my headset and took even better notes. I questioned more deeplywith each response he gave. Eventuallywe were able to determinethat the problem was costing him about $50,000 every month. Prospectswilloften let salespeopleknow
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Getting the Most Out of Your Support Experience – Part I: How to Fix a Broken Fence
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The ‘Net is full of horror stories from both those providing support and those requiring support. Sadly, both groups want exactly the same thing – to have an issue addressed as quickly, as painlessly and as thoroughly as possible. From the point of view of those whose job it is to provide support, no matter how well prepared we are, inbound support calls are always “reverse cold calls.” We never know what or who we will be dealing with. Folks calling in for support can do a little preparation
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Google Creates Parent Co., Names New CEO
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Google Creates Parent Co., Names New CEO Google Inc. has created a new parent company for itself called Alphabet Inc., moving co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to helm the lead company and promoting Sundar Pichai as Google’s new CEO, Page told investors Monday.
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Hackers Expose Data of 2.4M UK Cellphone Co. Customers
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Hackers Expose Data of 2.4M UK Cellphone Co. Customers British data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office said Monday that it is investigating a hacking breach of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse that may have exposed the personal data of 2.4 million people.
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Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
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We'verun into two accounts where Toshiba is proposing color unit- and the CPC is based on coverage area of color( 5%- 10%) pricing is variable. Is anyone aware of them launching a product capable of doing this- like Xerox had with the Colorqube?
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Re: Canon CLC 320 Proposal & Brochure.pdf
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Special thanx to Mike for this proposal! Brings back fond memories of when 5 Pages per Minute for Color was FAST!!!
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Re: Ricoh & Epson = "perfect together" NOT!
fisher ·
The Epson thing is a joke. You can buy it on-line for less than you can buy it from Ricoh and so can your customer. I've got a customer right now who is at end of term on a 48 month lease on a LW426 and I have no choice but to go back to them with the exact same machine......oh and my cost is now higher for that same machine thanks to Plotworks (which gets thrown in the garbage). Would love to have KIP now.
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Re: Ricoh & Epson = "perfect together" NOT!
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Only 16% of W3601 users turned on Plotworks!!! (from PLP) Originally Posted by fisher: The Epson thing is a joke. You can buy it on-line for less than you can buy it from Ricoh and so can your customer. I've got a customer right now who is at end of term on a 48 month lease on a LW426 and I have no choice but to go back to them with the exact same machine......oh and my cost is now higher for that same machine thanks to Plotworks (which gets thrown in the garbage). Would love to have KIP now.
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