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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
I, for one, don't care much what Ricoh thinks about my selling options. Tariffs also have a way of redirecting business decisions. China may sease to be a viable place for manufacturing. No manufacturer has 100% of their maunfacturing being done in China. No matter what, the effect of any tariffs will be watered down by whatever manufacturing that is being done elsewhere. I would really love to see something that tells what % of manufacturing is being done in China broken down by...
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Re: Is This the Beginning of the End for the Padding of Lease Rates?
This bill may not apply to Fair Market Value leases. There is no mention of establishing the residual value of the asset which makes the interest rate impossible to calculate. Is a .0278 rate on a 36 month FMV truly -0- interest? Of course not. If you don't end up with title to the equipment, you really haven't financed anything. What is the interest rate on a Hertz Car Rental? What is the difference between that an a 36 mth FMV other then the length of term?
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Re: Is This the Beginning of the End for the Padding of Lease Rates?
Hello Art and the rest of the P4P members - Our industry association (ELFA), along with several independent law firms that represent many of our industry members are reviewing this legislation to determine the actual effects it will have on the industry as a whole and to provide guidance so that our members will be in compliance with the legislation. What we know at this point is that is you are involved in offering financing to businesses in California, you will be subject to this...
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Re: We're Sorry.......To all my Canadian P4P'ers!
I have been glued to the TV watching Canada win Gold in the Women's Olympic Hockey final beating USA in a thriller. in the men's hockey, Canada beat the USA 1-0 and advances to the gold metal round. I am waiting for Barrack Obama to pay up on his losing bet to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and deliver two cases of beer! Productivity was not that great today in Canada as everybody who could was watching TV.
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Re: Top 19 Old Copier Manufacturers that FADED Away
I remember Kodak well, especially the EktaPrint, here's a cool link I found for the press release https://www.nytimes.com/1984/0...ktaprint-copier.html
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The First Week in December 2013
Okay, we're back to doing three of these a wee. Where we look back on the threads from, 5, 10 & 15 years ago Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! Canon U.S.A. Unveils Océ VarioPrint 6000+ Series of High-Speed, High-Volume Digital Production Printers Art Post · 12/5/139:45 PM deliver critical savings to print providers. This black-and-white printer is ideal for burgeoning industries -- such as on-demand, digital book printing -- due to its registration accuracy, outstanding...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2014
One of my goals for this year is to garner more leads. You can do that with generating educational documents. I wrote this blog a few years ago, hope this helps. 31 Ways to Garner Net New Copier & Managed IT Business (2 of 31) Enjoy the threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd Week of January 2004) Art Post · 1/12/143:32 PM it... Ricoh Dealer Meeting 1/8/04 9:48 AM Topic by Boston Mike Ricoh Dealer Meeting - Las Vegas, NV...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Nine, Course One
Yes, Since Summer is winding down, I thought I'd get back in the groove with the glossary of terms for Color Label Presses. It was a few months ago when I went cold calling in South Jersey. I was on the lookout for copiers but also wanted to keep my eyes open for companies that could benefit from a label press or a corrugated press. If you're not familiar with a corrugated press that device will allow a user print graphics for use on card board boxes. I was able to find three companies that...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Last Week in August 2013
I thought it would be time for something new. Each week we post threads from the last 10 year and 15 years on the Print4Pay Hotel. So we're going to give you another one. This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago. Enjoy these most excellent threads from just 5 years ago! Who Makes the Best Multifunctional Copy Machine? Art Post · 8/28/1310:23 PM manufacturers for multifunctional copiers. Here they are in the tiers. Tier I: Canon (includes Oce), Ricoh (includes Savin and Lanier), Xerox and...
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3 Tips To Avoid Sounding Like Another Sales Monkey On The Phone
Paper shuffling, sweaty palms, time to go to the bathroom, nobody answers the phone, surfing the internet; the excuses run rampant inside sales bullpens. Sales monkey business has run amuck inside sales teams of all sizes. Isn’t the ability to pick up the phone to potential clients supposed to be one of the defining features of a sales rep? Then why do so many do almost anything but pick up the phone to potential new clients. Successful sales professionals do not make excuses! They...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of March 2014)
Wow! Hard to believe that the end of the first quarter is a mere two weeks away. Twenty five gone and Seventy five percent of the year left. How is your first quarter going? Would love to hear from you in the reply section of this blog! These were the top threads from 5 years ago this week. Enjoy Konica Minolta Honors Pacific Office Automation of Beaverton, Oregon with 2014 Pro-Tech Service Award for Service Excellence Art Post · 3/19/1410:16 PM Colorado. The company is also one of the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2004)
In the last two blogs and in this blog I used some scene pictures. If anyone can tell me what country these are from we'll comp you a one year Premium/VIP membership at no cost. You need to post your answers in the reply section. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Color On Demand from bizhub C350 4/9/044:56 PM punching with the addition of PK-501 Punch Kit. Printing and Scanning Capabilities are Standard The standard configuration for the bizhub C 350 includes color and B&W...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in November 2008
There's a pretty cool thread below that I wrote ten years ago. The thread was about what Japanese copier companies were manufacturing in WWII. Take a peek it may surprise you. Japanese Copier Companies & WWII Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 11/0/08 Neal · 11/10/087:21 AM Ricoh units, Canon ran full color, full page ads in major newspapers around the U .S. last week. The ads try to push customers to contact their local Canon factory direct branch...
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This Week in the Copier in Industry, Third Week of November 2003
My sales month ended today, thus allowing time for our beloved bean counters the chance to close the month on the calendar end of month. don't mind and I'm kind of use to it. I figure that closing the month early gives me two end of the month chances to close some orders. Of course one is our actual close and the other is calendar end of month. December this year is a little frightening since Christmas falls on a Tuesday. Which means most will not be working on the 24th. Thus December only...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of February 2010)
I mentioned in the previous blog that we had our Kickoff Sales meeting for 2020 yesterday. Rather than drive the three hours home I opted to stay over night and leave first thing in the AM. 2019 was a very good year, I was back in President's Club for the 7th time, got me a $50 gift card for winning a contest at our branch. Maybe an old timer like me can win the Grand Prize next week, we'll see we have some talented peeps and all will be out for the glory. It's time to bring out the old dog...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of February 2015)
It's Friday night and late. Tuesday evening I traveled to Atlantic City for our annual showing of wide format copiers and white boards. Our event started Wednesday in the AM and lasted until 1PM today. I'm getting too old to put in 10 hour days on the show floor (lol). I love doing them because of the interaction with potential clients and you never know who you're going to meet. We brought the BIG 65 inch white board and it was the sizzle that we needed to catch all of those prospects. All...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2010)
For each of the next few blogs I'll be inserting some tips from what other dealers and sales peeps are doing on a daily basis from around the globe for staying relevant with their clients and prospects . Share our FB posts daily. Enjoy these wonderful threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Helps AMG Resources Eliminate Paper Filing Guest · 4/8/1011:21 PM .A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. For the third...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the Second Week in April of 2015
For those of you that are new to the industry, there's a cool blog I wrote about making the phone calls. Believe it or not the phone is your friend. You can read that here or below. Fourty Eight Hundred Phone Calls a Year Can Equal a Lot of Dough! Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Bid Tabulation for Xerox_Sharp_Samsung_Canon_Kyocera.pdf Art Post · 4/14/1512:55 PM Topic Konica Minolta Expands and Enhances Corporate Communications Team at US Headquarters Art Post ·...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of February 2010)
Still chatting about today. It was an awesome day for me. For something that I didn't think I would perform well in, let's just say I nailed it. Yes, there's still plenty of fight in this old dog when it comes to selling! Enjoy these threads from Ten Years Ago This Week! Océ and Konica Minolta revise production print alliance Guest · 2/17/1010:21 PM marketing manager for production printing at Konica Minolta Australia, told ProPrint the two companies will continue to sell OEM products under...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of February 2015)
It's late and the last post of the night for me. Enjoy! bid tabulation for Ricoh Toshiba Xerox.pdf Art Post · 2/21/1511:05 PM Blog Post This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of February 2005 Art Post · 2/21/1511:36 PM Canon and would appreciate any and Xerox6030 With P/S 2/25/05 10:23 AM Topic by Guest Does anyone know anything about The Xerox 6030 wide format copier that prints and scans and how it compares to the Ricoh 240 Ricoh MV310 2/24/05 7:28 AM...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2005)
Why would this week be different than the rest of the weeks in February? Since I depleted by pipeline at the end of the year it's been quite the struggle to rebuild. Thus I'm no where near where I need to be with February coming to an end on Monday for me. To make matters worse I'm off to Aruba the first week of March for our Presidents Club Trip. I was able to add a couple of large opportunities this week, one for MNS and the other for 30 plus devices. At this time both are March or April...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2010)
Recently we had a contest for all of the salespeople at Stratix. It was not a demo contest but more about telling the awesome Stratix story to our clients. There were judges and then group winners for each branch. The group winners would then have the face off. Years ago we had this contest and I failed miserably, I was so bad that I wanted to be shot. I have a hard time memorizing anything that has to be word for word, not sure what my issue is but I have an issue. This will make a good...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago (First Week of April 2010)
Hot Dog! Yes, I'm going to mention those savory dogs in a bun. Ten years ago we had a discussion on the forums where to get the best hot dogs in New Jersey which evolved into the best dogs in the US. Have you been to one of these joints? Care to add your own? Enjoy these delicious threads from ten years ago this week! Sir Speedy of Los Alamitos Selects Konica Minolta's bizhub PRO Digital Presses to Dri Guest · 4/7/1011:03 PM , Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. "Counting on Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the Third Week of May 2010
Saturday night here is Jersey. Was a great day to get things done around the house. Enjoy these awesome threads from 10 years ago this week in the copier industry! Konica Minolta Contributes to Minimize Environmental Impact with a New MFP for Emergi Guest · 5/17/1011:27 PM design, and reduction of packaging materials. Having excellent eco-functions and featuring Simitri HD polymerized toner with superior image quality, Konica Minolta will provide this feature-rich 3-in-1 model -- printing,...
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Re: 3D Printers & Copy Machines "is there a common thread"?
Hey Art, We just got a desktop 3D Printer in our showroom. I expect it will do great at getting IT folks in for demos. The technology really is cool! But that's about it. From what I've seen, 3D printers have 0 practicality in an office or business environment. Perhaps the occasional school will purchase one. A lot of dealerships sell telecom services on top of copiers. It's a very similar industry: - 5 year contracts - upfront hardware revenue that can be purchased or leased - reoccurring...
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Re: Ricoh America's Trying to Poach Dealer Account?
As promised, here is the email from the dealer rep: I received an email this evening from the purchasing director of a large educational institution that has been our exclusive customer for Ricoh products going on 7 years. They are very happy with my company and this is why I was contacted and asked to take care of it. The email simply stated "you want to give this guy a call?" It was in reference to a RBS rep sending special rebate university contract pricing (the exact same contract and...
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Re: Ricoh America's Trying to Poach Dealer Account?
If you bring this to the attention of your Ricoh Dealer Support Manager. One of our partners has started firing any direct reps that don't follow the rules of engagement. About 6 months ago I lost to a Ricoh rep using government pricing. $97 per month on a 60-month lease for a Ricoh MP C3003 with a booklet finisher. I had 0 profit in my quote and was still more expensive. There is just no money in those accounts for reps that work off of GP.
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3 Ways Copier Sales Reps Can Use LinkedIn To Solve Sales Math Problems
I know what you are thinking, "What does math problems and sales have to do with each other?" How many times have you all heard the "Sales is a numbers game" cliche? By incorporating simple sales math, copier sales reps can integrate LinkedIn to invigorate their sales funnels. No need for a calculator to help solve my social business development math problems. Allow me to ask a serious question to help set the stage. This may open up a "can of worms" with a vast majority of dealerships and...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of January 2006
It's Super Bowl Week! Denver or North Carolina? I'm picking Denver because of experience and their awesome defense. Take some time and review the threads from ten years ago. Re: NCPG gets DMAP6 Cost Boston Mike · 1/24/06 8:55 PM Worked on my end at work and home. How does one sign up for this and are Jewish Temples allowed? Thanks -=Boston Mike=- Theo's back and you are all in BIG Trouble! Reply Re: NCPG gets DMAP6 Cost Old Glory · 1/25/06 9:11 AM The...
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I Tried LinkedIn As A Copier Rep, It Doesn't Work!
Inside the copier industry, the generational gap conversations run rampant. Let's face it, it is tough inside the copier world. Baby boomer dealer principals aligning growth strategies with Gen Xers who in turn are leading and coaching Millennials. Meshing business philosophies, sales strategies and even marketing strategies; yes it is challenging. The opportunity for copier dealers to expand and grow their business beyond hardware in this hyper-connected, fast paced office environment is...
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How To Destroy Your Reputation in One LinkedIn Post
Imagine one of your sales reps receiving an invitation to a prestigious gathering of local c-level decision makers. In this day-long conference, the executives would be sharing their best thinking on how to improve their businesses. Throughout the day...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of October 2004
The Boston Red Sox top the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS , and win the series after being down 3-0, winning four straight games in the greatest comeback MLB playoffs history. The Red Sox continue on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series....
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of October 2004
The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series title since 1918—and break the "Curse of the Bambino"—by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3–0 in the fourth game of the 2004 World Series of baseball. Konica Minolta Launches the...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of February 2005
WOW! It's been ten years since Toshiba introduced "erasable toner"? WoW! Check out the Toshiba thread was written by Mike Sasso (I worked with him for quite a few years). It's actually pretty funny!!!! How2Beat...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of May 2004
Randy Johnson pitches the 17th perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 2-0 win by the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves . Kyocera Mita America Calls 5/24/04 7:50 PM ...
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Buy from Direct-Sales Model or Buy from a Dealer?
Recently this question was voted on by the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission of New Jersey. The commission voted 6-0 to approve a regulation that effectively prohibits companies from using a direct-sales model. This regulation will...
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Cold Calling and Telemarketing Tips for Multifunctional Copiers
Since the Giants are getting hammered by the Bronco's, and the fact that they will now be 0-2 leaves with some additional Sunday night time! Thus, I thought I'd bring back this blog from 2010. Enjoy! How many calls will it take to get...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (1st Week of February 2014)
Ten years ago, the major story was....was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe...
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Fifty Seven Days of Selling Copiers
Just about two years ago, I posted up a blog titled the 12 Days of Selling (for some reason I can't find 7 & 8) which was based on the last 12 selling days of the year in 2014. Each day, I would post up my sales journal of the days events, and then keep a running total of what I needed for the end of the selling year. Thus, I thought I would not put as much pressure on my-self (lol), and start my sales journal earlier this year. Each selling day I will post a blog my days activities...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 2"
Wednesday night saw me catching the last few innings of the Mets vs the Giants, alas I will have to wait till next season since the Mets were shut out by the Giants. Since I hit the sack so late, I found myself up a little past 6AM, finally arrived to the office just a little after 8AM. I had scheduled to be in the office all day because we had a call block scheduled for 12:45 that would last until 3:30PM. Starting at 3:45 we had a monthly sales meeting for all of the branches via our Ricoh...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 3
What a night it was at The Cannata Awards Dinner! I found my-self calling it a night early because I had two appointments on Friday. My first stop was at a new account in Princeton, thus I had to l leave two hours available to fight the New Jersey traffic. Left the Westminster Hotel at 8AM, and arrived at my net new prospect just a few minutes before 10AM. It's always good to be on time. My first appointment with this prospect was back in late May of this year. This net new and new business...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 4"
What a night it was last night. The Giants vs the Packers or Trump vs Clinton, after watching 15 minutes of the Giant vs the Packers I switched to Trump vs Clinton. I tell you, Trump vs Clinton was a whole heck of a lot more entertaining than the Giants game! Arrggg, Monday mornings, I hate em, you hate em, we all hate them. I think I finally feel asleep some where around mid-night, thus I had a hard time getting this old bag o bones moving in the AM. I had a 9AM appointment with an existing...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 5"
A couple of thoughts before I start day "5" for everyone. In reference to the opportunities that I've created. These are opps that have been created since from the start of this blog, in addition these are opportunities that I think have a 50/50 shot of closing my the end of my year. When I started the this collection of blogs, I had about $125K in the pipeline for the end of the year and nearly zero for this month. The reason for the zero this month is because I emptied my 30 day pipeline...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 6"
For the rest of the blog series, I'll be posting pictures from Previous President's Club trips. That should only increase the desire to get there this time around! You ever have one of those days where something happens in the AM, and then the rest of the day turns to crap? Yup, happened to me this AM. I arrived in the office just about 8:30AM after my minor fiasco. I had an email from a current client last night stating they wanted to move forward with an A4 color system. Thus, I needed to...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers Day 7
Twas a special night at Ruth Chris Steak House, good people, good food, xclint beverages. Looking forward to Presidents Club. The above paragraph was written will we were finishing up dinner and waiting on some excellent desserts. Me, I was one of those fortunate enough to hit my quarter last month, and even though I had a two hour drive home, I thoroughly enjoyed the ambience, the food, the drinks and most of all I enjoyed being amongst my peers in a setting other than work. With hard work,...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 8"
OMG, I finally arrived home about 20 minutes past mid-night from our quarterly sales dinner last night. I'm thinking I finally fell asleep somewhere on the other side of 1AM. The week has finally caught up to me. I felt drained when I woke up, and it took me the better part of an hour to get going. I had two appointments scheduled for the day. My first appointment was scheduled for 10:45, and sure enough the travel time from my house was about ninety minutes. Myself and my IT Guru were...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 9"
Today was a day like another other day at the Jersey Shore, the Sun still rose in the East, the ocean still sent it's countless waves ashore and I was off to work. Dagnabit, it was such a beautiful day for October in New Jersey! I had one early appointment at 9AM for that wide format color scanner I spoke about the other day. Funny, how thrifty some clients can be. The first question was centered around, "can I rent a wide format color scanners for a few months?", the second, "do you have...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 11"
I'm fast approaching twenty percent of my selling days that have passed, yes, I'm feeling a tad bit uneasy, but I've learned that you can have the great months with out having a couple of stinkers here and there. I arrived at the office just a little before 8AM, made my self some coffee and went right work with doing my social media bit on Linkedin. I shared about a half a dozen threads that I thought would be interesting for my connections, made sure to check who had vetted my profile and...
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57 Days of Selling "Day 12"
Geesh not sure where to start this, since today was almost a mirror image of yesterday. Thursday mornings are set aside for a net new call block. We'll start around 9AM, break about 10:30 and then finish up with a 10 minute chat at Noon time. I can't tell you who impressed I was with a few of the rookies, they were coming in with 65 calls, 71 calls and one rookie topped off with 84 calls!! That's impressive! Many had three net new appointments and there was one rep that led the pack with...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 10"
Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up, I noticed I was late Found my jacket grabbed my hat Made my car in seconds flat Arrived at the office and had a smoke And somebody spoke and I went into a dream Ah, I read the sales board today, oh boy Four hundred copiers sold in one month And though the copiers were kind of small They had excellent spiffs for them all Then, I woke up and it was the beginning of "Day 10". I do love...