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Labor Day Weekend is upon us. There's only a few things on my mind tonight, first is to get finished with the updates for the site. Secondly a little worried about my friends and colleagues in Florida. The last one is the end of the third quarter and the end of the month. Not this month but September. I'm like WTF, it's not even the first on the calendar month and I'm jonesing already. We close our month early, I've got a decent pipeline, but most of its 50/50 at best. In addition I've got a...

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago Third Week of August 2011 Selling Copiers "When is a New Account Not a New Account" Art Post (Guest) · 8/18/1110:38 PM this not a NEW account" Boca Raton, Florida "Dam..........we've got this account that has 28 printers from us and NO copiers/MFP's. They had 45 copiers from Kyocera until I upgraded them. I went back to the office with order in hand and was ecstatic that I had pulled in a new account, to me it was a new account because they did...

Thought this would be an interesting re-post from the old blog site. In addition there are some great responses. Enjoy Death of the Direct Copier Channel? "part two" Last week I blogged the "Death of the Direct Copier Channel", in less than one week there were over 1,400 views. I'm guessing we hit a hot spot with many of those in the Direct and Dealer Channel. The Print4Pay Hotel forums also posted many comments like "Wow - it's like Ricoh coughed up a hairball!" "Since IKON / RBS has not...

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago The Third Week of February 2017 Many times I will post my thoughts in my weekly "This Week in Copiers". Much has been said in the last two weeks about industry transforming or diversifying away from print. We read the captions about EV Charging, and $35K vacuum cleaners but no one in our industry is thinking past the next five years. Well, except for me. Our industry is still and will be a break and fix industry which includes offering service,...

This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago Last Week of September 2017 sponsored by For me, tomorrow is he first sales day of the last quarter for 2022. With 75% of the year complete, net new has evaded me and it's not because lack of effort. Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you, in my case the bear has been taking me to lunch each and every day this year. Something is going to change....... I'm looking for help, I need to reach out to KM, Toshiba and HP...

Real Copier Sales I've always stated that as long as you work hard you never know what tomorrow will bring you. For years and years I've spent at least 30-45 minutes a day on Linkedin. Whether it's giving congrats for a new job/position, posting links to this site, posting interesting links to other sites, sharing threads, and making sure I send everyone a "happy birthday" note more here Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago Konica Minolta’s Award Winning Digital Print...

This Wee k in Copiers Ten Years Ago First Week of July 2014 Real Copier Sales (10 Years Ago) Many years ago, it was not uncommon to get a few leads a week. Back in the Eighties they would come via fax from the manufacturer. Advertising was done through various media sources like Radio, TV, Direct Mail and Print . ....... read more here Check These Great Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week Topic Quocirca Names Ricoh Global Market Leader in Managed Print Services for Third Consecutive...

This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago First Week of July 2009 Please visit FMD Distribution LLC and follow their Linkedin page Real Copier Sales I sold 30 Aficio 2035's to do nothing but scans. This customer felt that at the time it was the best 50+ ipm duplex scanner on the market. They didn't even want us to put toner in the machines. We put them all on a $300/yr. maintenance agreement that included no clicks. I bet we have had less than 10 calls total. $9,000 for 10 service calls...we...