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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
Second Week of December 2016
There's no doubt this time of year is very busy with family, web site and work. It also never seems to fail that I'm always chasing something and guess that's why I got so good at chasing what I want.
Enjoy these great copier threads from 5 years ago!
Top Ten Copier & MFP Quotes for November 2016
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the investment because you would access to the entire site! Heck, it's an investment into your future. Thus, adios to those three members that unsubscribed from the weekly email updates. Won't they be surprised the next time they log in, and find out that they are banned from the site. Here's the quotes! Enjoy! Ricoh MP CW2201SP Quote Ricoh MP C4504SP Health Care Quote Ricoh MPC4504SP Quote Ricoh MP4054SP Quote 0 pro Konica Minolta Bizhub C454e Quote Konica Minolta Bizhub 454e Quote Xerox
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Ringdale Announces FollowMe® Integration With Latest Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Device Series MFPs
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://www.followme.ringdale.com About Ringdale Ringdale invented FollowMe and the print roaming technology in 1997 and has continued to be at the forefront of the industry for over three decades. With offices in the United States , United Kingdom , Singapore and Japan , Ringdale has a strong global partner network and relationships with the world's leading printing manufacturers including Brother, Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Oce, OKI, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba and
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57 Days of Selling "Day 45"
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next project was to model a few pricing scenarios for the net new account I visited yesterday. When I was finished I sent it off to my manager and we'll have a pow wow about this account on Monday. All in all, I figure this ate up another two hours. BTW, special thanx to those Print4Pay Hotel members that helped me out with the finishers for the existing Canon devices. Could not have completed this without your help! The rest of the day was spent was preparing for my 7:30PM appointment in South
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2016"
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pray . reposted from Christmas Traditions Around the World. This blog will mark the ninth blog that I've posted over the years for "What I Want for Christmas" from Ricoh. Over the years I've asked Ricoh to supply me with new products, and services that could help me sell more Ricoh stuff! Alas, I must have been a bad boy for most of those years, since many of my requests did not come to fruition. I've been selling Ricoh products since 1998, thus I've been that loyal sales person,along with
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Reap all the benefits of centralized printing with RICOH Enhanced Locked Print NX (Video)
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Re: Top Ten Copier & MFP Quotes for November 2016
JeffR ·
What’s happened to our membership? I didn’t opt out! Sue at Copy-Fax
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Lead for Fleet of copiers in Georgia
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Multi-Function Copier /Printer/Fax/Scanner Matched Keyword(s) copiers Region Georgia Agency Georgia Local Government Access Due Date Jan 12, 2017 Source http://www.glga.org/Detail. aspx?CNID=105660 Multi-Function Copier /Printer/Fax/Scanner Forest Park, Georgia Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 End Date: Thursday , January ...GIVEN that the City of Forest Park, Georgia, is accepting sealed proposals for: 6 +/- Multi-Function Copier /Printer/Fax/Scanner 1 Desktop ...executed documents and
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Re: Top Ten Copier & MFP Quotes for November 2016
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You should be finem what is the issue?
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Kyocera to buy British IT and office equipment company
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, Annodata sells and maintains printers and copiers from manufacturers such as Kyocera. It also offers IT services such as server and network setup and cloud services. It employs about 340 people and logged roughly $80 million in sales for the year ended in June. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads One of Annodata's specialties is building unified communications infrastructure for offices. Kyocera plans to send employees to the company to glean network and maintenance know-how to be used to make
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Lead for Copiers & Print Service In Alberta
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AB-2016-07308: 2017 Copy and Print Services - Fleet Matched Keyword(s) copiers Region Alberta , Canada Agency Government of Alberta Due Date Dec 22, 2016 ...Print Services Fleet which involves the supply, installation and maintenance agreement for eleven (11) Multifunction Copiers . Alberta 12/22/2016 04:00:00 PM Alberta Time 12/08/2016 11:03:
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Better Buys Recognizes Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500 Series With Editors' Choice Award
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handling and any unique features such as mobile printing capabilities, within each respective category. "Better Buys is proud to award the Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500 Series with one of the most highly coveted distinctions in the office equipment industry," said Melissa Pardo-Bunte , editor, Better Buys. "Building upon previous generations of imageRUNNER ADVANCE models, this Series of MFPs offers new upgrades and strong features, in addition to a 10.1-inch color flat touch screen control panel
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Ricoh Canada and VersaPay Announce Strategic Relationship to Deliver Integrated Invoicing and ...
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. These include document management systems, IT services, production print solutions, visual communications systems, digital cameras, and industrial systems. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2016 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,209 billion yen (approx. 19.6 billion USD ). For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com
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57 Days of Selling "Day 44"
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the file at the MFP, scan to that folder and then go to their PC and then upload that file to their document management system. Just last week, I spoke to our sales people aboutFAB (features, advantages and benefits). I spoke about the importance of how a single feature on a device can lock out the competition. We call those "lockout features". With our line of Ricoh wide format MFP's we have one of those "lock out features", that feature is the TWAIN scanning driver that comes with our Ricoh wide
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57 Days of Selling "Day 47"
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location. When I developed the existing cost vs new cost spreadsheets, I was able to prove that there would be an annual savings of more than $2,000 per year. In most cases, saving two thousand a year is a no brainer to upgrade right away. The fly in ointment was the location that had the one device. In addition when I originally sold that device it had some decent GP. As we were reviewing the volumes at this location, our DM expressed that they may be closing that location, since it was only staffed
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57 Days of Selling "Day 48"
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I'm hear to tell you not to lease the copier that you just signed the paperwork for. I was greeting with, "why do you have a better deal for me?" With that we went over the T's C's and my DM was able to tell me that we're 95% that this will happen. He just needs to talk with one other person (I'm thinking it's his marketing person). In previous interactions with this DM, 95% is something I feel really good about. Just selling this one system will give me the revenue I need to cut the other order
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57 Days of Selling "Day 49"
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I figure by the end of this week, I'll down to counting the hours left until the end of the sales year rather than the days. I need quite a lot of meetings and appointments to go just right, and I'm coming around the notion that I may not be able to get to where I want to be. I've never been a quitter and at this point, I'm not going to lay down and give up. There was not much going on today, it was my plan to be in the office all day to see if I can gather some additional appointments for
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3 P's Major Account Copier Reps Must Embrace To Crush Quota In 2017
Congratulations if you’re on track to meet or exceed your sales goals this year. Even if this year has been challenging for you as a major account rep, now is the perfect time to make a few adjustments, tweaks and commit to a successful 2017. Set aside quality time to do some serious sales planning so next year you get extraordinary results. As you reflect and start working on your business plan, think about one word... "TRANSFORMATION" As a major account copier rep, how can you transform
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 44"
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Love it Art! I had a day of running around with a networking luncheon followed by a training for a new device that I sold earlier in the month and stole from Sharp. I was extremely late to the party with this deal but they already had a canon that was very old and decided they wanted another canon and on top of that wanted someone to deal with local over Sharp and Ricoh direct. Then I was walking into the grocery store on the way home and got a call from a person I quoted a machine to about 2
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Need help with Canon Ir 6275
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Can anyone post a picture of the standard finisher stapler for this device? I need to know what I saw on the unit, not sure whether it was a booklemaker or not
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6 Tips to Leave the Perfect Sales Voicemail
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6 Tips to Leave the Perfect Sales Voicemail By Jeff Hoffman, December 7, 2016, 8:30 AM Although a seller might get a higher response rate from an email or another type of message, responses to voicemails are generally richer and demonstrate a greater level of interest.Of course, you won’t get any responses at all -- high quality or otherwise -- if you don’t leave a carefully planned and thoughtful voicemail. Read Full Post
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Lead for Fleet of Copiers in Texas
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Lease: Copiers Matched Keyword(s) copiers Solicitation No. 2017-001 Addendum 2 Region Texas Agency Collin County Due Date Dec 14, 2016 Source https://collincountytx. ionwave.net/ CurrentSourcingEvents.asp... ...Bid Title Bid Type Bid Issue Date Bid Close Date/Time 2017-001 Addendum 2 Lease: Copiers Quote Collin County Purchasing 11/16/2016 12/14/2016 03:00:00 PM (CT)
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Lead for Copier in Maryland
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One Multifunction Device Copier with maintenance agreement with four option periods Matched Keyword(s) copiers Document Type Combined Synopsis/Solicitation / Total Small... Solicitation No. NB645080-17-00403 Region Maryland Agency Department of Commerce Due Date Dec 19, 2016 Source https://www.fbo.gov/?s= opportunitymode=formid= 84e1f6897cfa... Solicitation Number: NB645080-17-00403 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: Added: Dec 09, 2016 3:28 pm THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS
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Lead for Copier in Texas
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Provide One (1) Multi-functional Color Copier Device to include on-site service and all consumable supplies (excluding paper) for Waco, TX VA Regional Office Matched Keyword(s) copiers Document Type Combined Synopsis/Solicitation / Service... Solicitation No. VA101V17Q0010 Region District of Columbia Agency Department of Veterans Affairs Due Date Dec 19, 2016 Source https://www.fbo.gov/?s= opportunitymode=formid= 54b22352c1f7... ...labor, tools, equipment transportation, facilities, and
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New copy machine lease to help Y-S schools save money
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The Yellville-Summit School District should be saving roughly $1,500 from what it spent last year this coming January, a decision board members made after voting on a bid to lease copiers from Ricoh during a meeting Monday. The district is leasing a total of 15 copy machines: six large machines and nine smaller ones that will be making about 1,000 copies a month. The bigger ones make the bulk of the copies. Each office will have itscopy machine, including the high school and middle school. read
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Lead for Three Copiers in Pennsylvania
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3 MFD's for American Samoa Matched Keyword(s) copiers Document Type Sources Sought Solicitation No. SP700017RFI1003 Region Pennsylvania Agency Defense Logistics Agency Due Date Dec 30, 2016 Source https://www.fbo.gov/?s= opportunitymode=formid= 4a618eca5a6f... ...to 60 months of services and equipment associated with 3 Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs), accessories and copier machines (hereafter collectively referred to as devices) including installation and removal, full service maintenance
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Lead for 145 Copiers
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Up to 60 months lease of 145 MFD Devices ONENET requirement for Rota, Spain Matched Keyword(s) copiers Document Type Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Modified) Solicitation No. SP700017Q0003 Region Pennsylvania Agency Defense Logistics Agency Due Date Dec 13, 2016 Source https://www.fbo.gov/?s= opportunitymode=formid= f1be5f9a387b... ...into a contract for up to 60 months lease of 145 Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs) and copier machines (hereafter collectively referred to as devices) including
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You Could Be Selling Lies
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You Could Be Selling Lies By West McDonald, Dec 7, 2016 10:53:38 AM In this modern age of social media and other sharing platforms we have access to more “facts” than ever before. If you are in sales (and come on, we’re ALL in sales to one degree or another) you may use the internet or content shared by colleagues to aide in your selling efforts. Unfortunately those facts are often untrue. Fake “memes” or quotes overlaid on pictures of famous people are particularly prone to fooling us. Let
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Re: What's the weirdest place you've sold a copier to?
About to hit 17 years in the industry now so seen a few.. Sold a scanner to a strip club, I was new to the industry and just a teenager at the time - made the mistake of asking what they wanted to scan Had a "serviced" copier in a massage parlour (inherited the install base so I cant take credit for this) Sold/installed copiers/MFD's to both of the last two Prime Ministersoffices/houses Installed a fax machine INSIDE a jail, there was a very dusty gap and some cables on the desk so I asked what
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 47"
Art, these are great for our sales teams. Keep them coming. Thank you. Carl Carl Little Director of Business Development Datamax KC 913-752-2256 (direct) 913-333-7180 (cell)
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 49"
Good Luck Art Still holding on to that $20 bucks!!!! Thank you, Have a Great Day! Thomas Koenig District Business Manager Dealer Division - Northeast Region RICOH USA, INC. 5 Dedrick Place West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Cell: 570-439-2864 Thomas.Koenig@ricoh-usa.com
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Scodix Announces 2016 Winners of Annual Scodix Design Awards
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packaging, fine arts, and commercial printing. This contest is crafted to identify the most creative work produced, by Scodix customers using Scodix Digital Print Enhancement technology. All of the submitted entries projected professionalism, creativity, and a superior understanding of the power and potential impact of the Scodix post-press enhancement tools. The best of the best in the four defined categories this year are: General Commercial Printing (GCP) First Place Project Name: Retro
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New Canon Direct Program?
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Hey Gang, I caught wind of a Canon program (likely direct MPS) that offers a number of incentives for long-term/fleet customers. - Canon 10 years warranty support - Free controller refreshment offered to the customers after 10 years use. This seems unusual to me and I feel like they would try to refresh all products after 10 years. Has anyone heard anything about this and have any details? Thanks, - Jake
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Re: New Ricoh MP501SPF & MP601SPF's
exit148 ·
PM Kit/Maint schedule on the Kyocera 3560idn is 500K also. Toner yield 25K.
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 47"
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Karl Thank you! Please feel free to share via social media also! Ten more to go. I was just thinking about doing a journal for the entire 2017. Art
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 47"
Jason H ·
I am seeing more of that with wide format recently and I am not sure why. Most of what I have seen has been where they are running the same volume as before but they just don't want to have a machine anymore so they outsource it and it doesn't seem to matter if the machine was leased to them for a $1 a month they still wouldn't do it.
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Re: 57 Days of Selling "Day 49"
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Tom, Oh, aren't you the funny one!! Have fun at the Stratix Holiday party!
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Epson Unveils the New BrightLink Pro Interactive Display Series for Business
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LONG BEACH, Calif. , Dec. 6, 2016 --Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, continues to drive the interactive display market with BrightLink ® Pro by building on innovative features for collaborative meetings. With useful digital whiteboard tools, BrightLink Pro makes it easy to capture, save, print, or email without a PC or software. The new BrightLink Pro 1460Ui and 1450Ui interactive displays deliver crisp image quality with Full HD resolution and a bright, readable
Sales Professionals Just Do The Work, Sales Reps Find The Excuses!
"Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses."
Mitt Romney
When it comes to leadership in sales, I first think of self-leadership, self-accountability and the willingness to remove all the excuses.
When you make excuses, you aren't giving yourself a shot to succeed.
What would happen if you stopped the excuses, the mental gymnastics and trained yourself to try new things?
What would you learn?
What would happen to your sales results?
What would happen to your professional growth?
One of my favorite quotes is by Craig Groeschel,
"We can make excuses, or we can make progress but we can't make both."
There has been countless articles and comparisons between professional athletics and sales.
Let's just all stop for a moment and reflect upon the following...
Can you imagine a professional athlete operating with a sales reps mindset?
Once asked why he was so successful on the basketball court, Kobe Bryant looked right at a reporter and said: “Have you seen Los Angeles at 4am? I see it often because that’s when I start training.”
It can sometimes be difficult to find differences in top athletes which are noticeable. Their level of physical imbalance is minuscule.
What separates the good from the great? What separated Kobe Bryant from good athletes?
Top athletes are finely tuned machines. They spend their lives perfecting their craft as they look to gain every conceivable physical and mental advantage over their opponents.
Success as a professional athlete or as a sales professional is simply a consequence of practice and repetition. There are no shortcuts. It's based on pushing yourself to do better and better.
Sales professionals remove the word excuse out of their vocabulary.
Sales reps consistently talk about their work ethic as most enjoy puffing the chest BUT are they really committed to it? Does the walk match the talk when it comes too putting in the necessary work? Where's the consistency and discipline?
WHAT ARE EXCUSES, REALLY?
“An excuse is a way of promising ourselves that we will have the same issue again.”
Henry Cloud
Excuses stunt sales growth. Excuses stunt relational growth. They are invented reasons we create to defend our behavior, to postpone taking action or simply as a means of neglecting responsibility.
Excuses are mainly a means of placing the blame of an internal problem on an external condition.
“Excuses are tools of incompetence used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness, and those who use them seldom specialize in anything else.”
Vernon Brundage Jr.
There are numerous reasons why people make excuses.
Let's look at a few...
- Fear of failure
- Fear of success
- Fear of change
- Fear of uncertainty
- Fear of what others may have to say
The roadmap to success for a sales professional is based upon disciplined work, personal ownership and practice. They hold themselves accountable to a process and they just do it!
Why do sales reps have difficulties doing what sales professionals do?
How willing, able and committed are you to practicing, planning and preparation?
This is what sales professionals hold themselves accountable to do every single day!
NO EXCUSE MENTALITY
Sales reps with an excuse mentality fear negative outcomes and make excuses to avoid responsibility.
Sales professionals hold themselves personally accountable. They hold themselves to a higher degree of standards than sales reps. They have a no excuse mentality and they don't point fingers when they fail to hit their sales plan.
They hold themselves accountable even if their manager doesn't.
Why do so many in sales reps accept excuses?
Sales reps love swimming in the sea of excuses. Many use excuses to rationalize their actions regarding the circumstances they've created for themselves such as... Why they didn't hit their sales plan, why they lost one of their best clients and why they don't have time to prospect.
One excuse follows another excuse which follows another excuse. You want to know what the real issue is here... lack of commitment!
When you only put half of yourself into something and then proceed to make excuses, you disrespect yourself, your manager and your company.
Half-ass efforts get you half-ass results
- How committed are you to the sales profession?
- How committed are you to practice?
- How committed are you to yourself?
HOW DO SALES PROFESSIONALS OPERATE?
A huge problem with salespeople today can be attributed to lack of consistency and discipline. Simply, doing the right things right.
Sales professionals do things differently than the sales reps. They practice with purpose, passion and pride.
GET REAL
Sales professionals set goals and invest the mental and physical energy towards achieving their goals. They equip themselves with an arsenal of effort, patience, and persistence as they understand their journey is difficult. They are realistically optimistic.
Can the same be said for sales reps?
BE THE BEST
Sales professionals understand, no matter what, there's always room to improve. This may involve learning a different technique, strategy, or even hiring a coach.
Can the same be said for sales reps?
CONSISTENCY
The success of sales professionals is built upon small sustainable changes. When those become second nature, they add in new challenges. Whatever their goal is they track their progress and are consistently consistent with practice.
Can the same be said for sales reps?
SALES REPS... THE TIME IS NOW
I encourage the self-centered and the "all about me" sales reps out there to kick your complacent mindset right in the ass.
Do you think a complacent mindset lands an elite athlete a new contract?
Sports athletes don’t come out of rookie training camp saying, “I’m shooting for average – average skills, average income and average performance.
Chew on this one for a moment...
When you started out in sales you didn't set out with the goal of hanging on, doing enough to just “get by”, or "winging it" by figuring out how to survive until you can inherit other sales reps accounts. Well, at least not in the beginning, correct?
You learned that mindset. You learned that behavior. You learned to settle. You failed to practice. You started to make excuses.
I'm positive the mind can be convinced of almost anything if you tell it the same story repeatedly.
So here lies the question to all of you in sales...
Are you happy with average results or have you just convinced yourself that’s the case?
Excuses stunt sales growth.
So-called being busy stunts sales growth.
Growth is uncomfortable!
“When you are good at making excuses, it is hard to excel at anything else.”
John L. Mason
I understand, I get where you all are coming from. Every day, I walk in your shoes. I am fully committed to helping your sales team integrate social aspects and heartfelt strategies into your current sales process to grow new business. I want you to get results. This is why I am passionate about doing this the right way, the genuine way, the authentic way! It's about understanding value before visibility.
Selling From the Heart is making a difference! I poured my heart into every page of this book and I think you're going to love it. You can find it on Amazon in paperback, kindle and in audio. You can click on the book image below and this will take you to Amazon.In a world full of empty suits, I'm passionate about helping sales reps succeed by getting valuable before they get visible. I help sales teams understand the true value they bring to the market.
In a world full of empty suits, I'm passionate about helping sales reps succeed by getting valuable before they get visible. I help sales teams understand the true value they bring to the market.
With great pride I transform, challenge, coach and inspire sales teams to grow new business by helping them share their story and how they communicate it out by integrating the use of social and Selling from the heart inside the sales process. You can follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and on my podcast by clicking on Selling from the Heart.
DocuWare Launches New Business Solution for Vaccine & Testing Records Management
DocuWare Launches New Business Solution for Vaccine & Testing Records Management
~DocuWare’s new solution digitizes the management of vaccination and testing records~
New Windsor NY, December 9, 2021 – In response to demand from its Partners and customers, DocuWare, provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, releases a timely new cloud-based* Preconfigured Solution called DocuWare for Vaccination & Testing Management.
DocuWare for Vaccination & Testing Management is a business solution built to assist HR professionals automate the collection and secure archiving of information pertaining to employee health and safety.
At a time when employers are considering how to manage vaccination and weekly testing records, the time-saving business value this free add-on solution** brings is how it streamlines and monitors the entire process, allowing for more efficient reporting. The easy-to-use web forms allow employees to upload proof of vaccination, testing or other documents, quickly and securely. Sensitive employee information is protected with restricted access rights and data encryption.
The solution allows HR professionals to:
- Quickly verify employee vaccination status
- Manage weekly testing requirements
- Automate email reminders and notifications when testing is due
- Maintain an accurate and secure record of vaccine exemptions
- Securely access complete reporting
Customers already using any other DocuWare Preconfigured Solution can easily add this to their current portfolio by contacting DocuWare or their local DocuWare Partner. It can also be used as a stand-alone product to securely manage only the employee records relating to vaccination and testing requirements.
Digitizing the process and removing paper-based processes enables employers to remain compliant with record keeping standards.
*This solution is also available for on-premises customers. Contact DocuWare or your DocuWare Partner for details.
** This solution is available immediately to all DocuWare version 7.5 customers.
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About DocuWare
Headquartered in Germany & the US, DocuWare provides document management and workflow automation solutions in the cloud. DocuWare has helped 15,000 customers across 100 countries simplify their work through digitizing, automating and transforming key processes.
Lead for Fleet of Copiers in California
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas 2021"
I always like to start these Christmas blogs with a post some snippets about Christmas tradition in other countries.
Iceland
Icelanders really go all out in Christmas celebrations. Most people start preparing and celebrating on the first day of Advent, 4 Sundays before Christmas Eve. Of course, preparations vary from one household to another, and people celebrate differently - so excuse me for any generalisations!
Some people buy the Christmas tree early in December, while others make a tradition of buying it on the 23rd of December (Þorláksmessa). Some people clean every single corner of their house before each Christmas, while others prefer to leave it just somewhat tidy and spend more time hanging out with loved ones instead of cleaning. you can read more here
This blog will mark the fourteenth blog that I've posted over the years for "What I Want for Christmas" from Ricoh. Over the years I've asked Ricoh to supply me with new products, and services that could help me sell more Ricoh stuff! There's ac couple of retreads from last year because I still need these! That's all I want is some cool new stuff for Christmas.
Geesh, what do I want this year, hmmmm…..now some of these are replays from last years wishes, but if you don't ask you don't get!
Thought I would also use some quotes from one of my favorite Christmas movie. Can you guess the name of the movie? If so PM me and I'll hook you up with a FREE one year Premium Membership.
To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas 2021"
1. What about giving us a 70/80/90 page a minute A4 black MFP's? Ya know something we can crush the market with? But they would have to come with finishing capabilities and color would be awesome too!
"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
2. I still want a 36 inch color laser wide format MFP that's toner based, and none of the wishy washy gel ink technology. More and more clients have the need for one wide format device in the office.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for"
3. Can you buy us a seaport so we can get copiers a lot faster?
"Now, you listen to me! I don't want any plastics, and I don't want any ground floors, and I don't want to get married - ever - to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do. And you're... and you're..."
4. I would like you to call George Kurtz and cut a deal to buy Crowdstrike!
"Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!"
5. How about getting us one of those fancy COLOR MICR production printer 
"You've been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world would be like without you"
6. How about some more videos of your products on YouTube. However not those generic ones with the nice music and graphics. I'd like to have more detailed videos that show features and how they will help my clients with their business processes.
What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
7. Can you get me one MFP to replace your ten A3 11x17 MFPs you're selling? In addition I would like to ability to change speeds, add color and give clients ability to choose variable speeds with licenses. This way I could configure my own devices.
Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
8. Here's another really cool idea for Christmas would be some training course where I can learn more about all of the digital services that we can offer.
" HOT DOG"
9. Can we please get wifi added to all of our devices as a standard feature? Because everyone is asking for wifi these days
To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2020"
To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2019"
To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2018"
To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2017"
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2016
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2015
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2014
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2013
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2012
What I Want for Christmas from Ricoh 2011
Lead for IT Services in California
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Lead for Color Wide Format in Maryland
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Lead for Fleet of Copiers in Florida
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Lead for Fleet of Copiers in Illinois
It's been ten years that we've been posting leads and RFPs/bids for copiers. Last year we added lead services for Managed IT and IT services. From now until the end of the month we're posting all of these leads up for up members to take advantage of. Have a great Holiday Season and Enjoy!
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Better Call Art with Chris Polek "Our Heart to Heart"
Little did we know that the two us would have issues in August of 2021
We expect to make a decision in late January
Hello Art,
We expect to make a decision in late January.
Regards
Okay, I received that email response and it's typical to the way the last two months has been for me. Each month is a bear and each month has it's on conditions that I need to wade through.
I was kinda of upset and I blame that on me because I thought everything looked good to get this deal that week or the week after. I should have clarified when the client will be buying and or making a decision. A dumbass rookie mistake by someone who is no rookie.
But, I thought there is still a chance to make this happen for this year. Rather than call the client I got out the creative juices to craft and email that I thought would resonate with the client.
My Email to the client:
Understood, the reason I asked is because of existing supply chain issues.
I don’t think you can speed up your process for the time line of ordering the copier, however I thought I would let you know the status of our industry. It seems to be getting worse rather than better.
One rep from Kyocera emailed me this morning and stated they have 6 Million Dollars in back orders with no immediate end in site.
Stratix is better off than most because we are taking a proactive approach with telling our existing and potential clients of what can be done so clients can receive their equipment within their timeline.
Supply Chain Tips:
- Order early (leave at least 8 – 12 weeks for delivery
- If you ordered a device that prints at 30 pages per minute, consider looking at a 25 page per minute print device or a 35 page a minute print device. That 5 page difference may save a couple of weeks
- Ask if there is an additional incentive to order early from the dealer
Hope this helps
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It was ten minutes later when I received and email from the client asking additional questions about delivery times, supply chain. At the end of the call the client and I scheduled a demo for the device which is happening this Wednesday. In addition the client stated she can work some issues to order this month.
It's never not over, keep asking and keep plugging away.
In my email I stated that I don't think you can order early and then proceeded to help the client on her quest. I believe this worked in my favor.
-=Good Selling=-