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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The First Week in September 2013
Konica Minolta and Komori Debut World's First 23"x29" Digital Inkjet Press at PRINT 13 Art Post · 9/5/137:08 AM today's highly competitive printing marketplace. Delivering a high level in print quality coupled with impressively fast make-ready and open systems architecture, Komori presses help printers achieve the higher productivity and efficiency levels essential for increased margins and business growth. Komori America Corporation headquarters are in Rolling Meadows, IL with sales and...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Last Week in September 2013
Wow, has it really been 5 years since the launch of Ricoh ICE. Well the threads from 5 years ago state it is. In addition I posted up a thread about copier demonstrations. Check em when you have the time. Enjoy the threads from 5 Years ago this week! 10 Awesome Tips for a Great MFP/Copier Demo Re: Adobe PostScript vs. Emulation IPS · 9/23/135:27 PM Czech is correct: there are Ricoh printer models with non-Adobe PostScript as well as 3rd-party Adobe controllers for Kyocera, Konica Minolta and...
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The Copier Industry Fast Forward Twenty Years
The year is 2039. It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since the mighty Xerox Corporation folded. One remembers that statement in December of 2018 that touted Xerox "Unable to Adjust". My how the mighty have fallen. It wasn't only Xerox that fell to the paperless society that we now see today. Canon Let's take a trip back to late 2022, it was late in November that Canon announced that they were going to cease to manufacturing A3 multi-functional devices. That decision was made...
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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 5 Years Ago (First Week of March 2014)
Avoid Insulting the Customer Obvious, right? Well, people do it without even realizing by using comments like "did you understand that?" and "are you following what I'm saying?". This automatically shrinks the customers' intelligence and ability to catch on. It is down to your own ability to make the customer understand and therefore if you feel the customer is failing to do so, use comments such as "did I explain that clearly" and so on. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week!
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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 10 Years Ago (Second Week of February 2010)
Some additional tidbits from the show I was at for the last three days. I learned along time ago that in order to be successful at these types of events that you need to engage with people when they walk by your booth. You need to greet everyone that walks by and then ask them a question. The question I asked the most is where they were from, after getting a response I would then ask if they have a plotter or ask if they've ever seen a white board before. The questions sparked conversations...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the Last Week in April of 2010
Interesting about what a difference 10 years can make in an industry. Just this week Canon profits will drop 80%. Ten years ago they had posted a profit that had tripled. Ten years ago clients and sales people alike were all concerned about latent images left on copier hard drives. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Industry Notes for 4/25/10 Neal · 4/26/107:24 AM which has resulted in the opening of offices in 15 metropolitan areas in the last year - Rosetta...
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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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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for February 15th, 2020
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2015)
There's a cool thread I did years ago about the history of the fax. We sold tons of faxes in the eighties and had a lot of fun doing it. It was not uncommon to sell multiple units along with boxes and boxes of thermal paper. There's also a cool thread about some fun that we had with selling fax machines. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Rewarded for Sustainable Investment Standards With Globally Renowned Distinctions Art Post · 2/24/1510:41 PM improve our...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the Second Week of May 2015
Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Sharp Earns Business Technology Association’s Art Post · 5/12/1510:36 PM manufacturers were also presented with 2015 Channel’s Choice awards. KYOCERA Document Solutions America received the award for its Outstanding Performance as a Secondary Product Line Provider. The company also received an award in the three-way tie in the Corporate Support performance category. Tom Walsh, vice president of the Western Division for Kyocera, accepted the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the Last Week of May 2015
Two selling days left in the month and I looking for another $10K to get me over the hump. Two days of pushing coming up and it should be exciting! Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Ricoh Multi Copier Lease Award in Missouri ART POST · 5/31/1512:50 AM TOPIC Ricoh SP4520dn print will not print... ART POST · 5/26/159:58 PM Ricoh SP4520dn print will not print on to carbonless paper from Relyco. No matter what we did it was still pulling two sheets. Rats!!! Proposed...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of April 2015)
Since the last two to three weeks have been less than perfect I figured we could reminisce when times were better. There's a cool little story about and event that took place in Jamaica while on a Presidents Club trip with Dr. Feelgood. That link is below! Enjoy these awesome threads from five years ago this week! Konica Minolta acquires printing business of Monotech Systems Art Post · 4/7/1510:05 PM NEW DELHI: In a bid to have direct interface with its customers, Japanese printer firm...
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Re: Sharp Watch....It's Like Playing Battleship
Japan’s Sharp is making dull promises to reform, but it’s hard to see a path to recovery for the struggling electronics maker. The company on Tuesday reported a 7.2 billion yen ($61 million) net loss in the nine months to December, and now sees a 30 billion yen net loss for the full fiscal year ending in March. That is versus earlier guidance of a 30 billion yen profit. This is especially disappointing because it was only last fiscal year that Sharp raised fresh equity and posted a narrow...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Third Week of March 2006
It was Monday , under the sign of Pisces . The US president was George W. Bush (Republican). In that special week of March people in US were listening to So Sick by Ne-Yo . In UK It's Chico Time by Chico was in the top 5 hits. Inside Man , directed by Spike Lee , was one of the most viewed movies released in 2006 while Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton was one of the best selling books. But much more happened that day: find out below.. March 2006 Re: 2051 duplex copy from bypass? 3/17/06 4:06 PM...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of March 2005
I got nothing! Not much in the news from ten years ago and most of the threads were well not that important! Enjoy the threads and the links. Maybe we'll have something better next week. But. I am getting ready for my vacation!!!! ...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of December 2004
U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act , creating the office of the Director of National Intelligence to oversee the country's fifteen spy agencies. (Dang, we got 15 spy agencies!!). raises...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of August 2004
Scientists speaking at a news conference on natural disasters raise the alarm that the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma , Canary Islands , could erupt at any time, sending a 250 km 2 . rock crashing into the Atlantic Ocean and producing a...
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Here Is How I Can Relocate To Sydney, Australia As A Copier Rep And Crush Quota Within 12 Months!
Over the past week, I had the honor and privilege to be a speaker at the annual BTAS conference in Sydney, Australia. BTAS , Business Technology and Services; is Australia and Asia Pacific's premier event for dealers and resellers in the office equipment, document solutions and managed services arena. The conference has a growing international reputation of eliminating the sales pitch which can often blur dealer conferences and cuts right to the chase with relevant educational content and...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of October 2006
While I was scrolling down on this weeks threads from ten years ago, I saw the threads for the Aficio MPC2500, MP C3000, MPC3500, and MP C4500. Hard to believe that these systems are ten years old now Another old but goodie was the introduction of the variable print head for the Seri Model 25. The variable print head was actually an HP print head/cartridge that was located in the Seri Model 25. Never sold the VPPH model, however I did sell a few of the Seri Model 25, in fact I just sold a...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of October 2006
I was trying to look for something special in threads from ten years ago this week. However, not much to hang my hat on for a conversation. I item that did cross my mind is that these threads are from 2006, and just a six month before I noticed a drop in wide format business in 07. We all know what happened next. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta P4P Up and Running! 10/29/06 6:12 PM Konica Minolta site is ready for memberships! Keep in mind you can become a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2014)
I had to go back and do some editing one of the blogs I wrote 5 years ago. Seems my fat fingers and my racing mind leads me to many typo's and grammar errors. I do not profess to be a writer, but just a copier sales person that likes to write stories with an occasional opinion or two. Here's the blog I touched up 5 Reasons WHY You Will Fail Selling Copiers Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Procurement Goes Digital at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Art Post ·...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of November 2014)
I didn't have to do it but I did. Last week I sent an email to all the sales managers at Stratix with a cut and paste of Section 179 web site. Hoping that they would share will all of their sales peeps. It's crazy that when I speak about Section 179 most business owners have no clue what it is or how it can affect their profit margins. Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Named Leader in 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print and Content Services Art Post ·...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of November 2014)
As with everyday some of my time is spent on Linkedin. Today I was part of a conversation where a third party provider for our industry had stated the data (facts) they have does not support the notion of honest reps. In a nutshell that person was stating that we (copier reps) oversell (he used overprescribed) our accounts for MFP's. I took offense to that and posted some repsonses on Linkedin. You can go to my Linkedin profile and you'll see what I'm talking about. What ticks me off even...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2004)
@Old Glory Posted this 15 years ago. Brian Tracy says in The Effective Manager, that "change is accelerating." I believe that, do you? What does that mean to you? You know the old saying, "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always have what you always had." I don't think that is true anymore. If you always do what you've always done, you will continually have less and less. If we are not consciously getting better, we are unconsciously getting worse. In our...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of December 2004)
We've all been there, but it really sucks when it happens. On Wednesday I had an appointment that was a 2 hour drive. Yup, it was a lead and a wide format lead at that. The client had interest to buy or lease now and wanted to meet. I left an hour early for that appointment because it's not often that I'm in that area of New Jersey and wanted to make sure I was on time. In addition I could make a pit stop, scout the area for some knocking on doors. I was 45 minutes out when the client...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of January 2015)
Hard to believe we're in a new decade. What will the next ten years be like for the copier industry? Who will rule the roaring 20's? Will there be enough print to go around? Who's out and who's for this decade? All sound like a blog I need to write, stay tuned! Enjoy these wonderful threads from 5 years ago this week! Information and Data Security With Konica Minolta bizhub SECURE Art Post · 1/8/1511:12 PM perform at their optimal, productively and securely. Konica Minolta Business Solutions...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of January 2005)
Starting this year we'll now have 17 years of press releases, blogs, conversations, brochures, pictures and threads related to the copier industry in industry! Join our community, it's free and get connected with some of the best of breed in the industry. The Print4Pay Hotel is here to share industry knowledge and help others to be the best! Become a member, you'll love it! Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Names Carolina Wholesale Guest · 1/11/058:48 AM Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of September 2014)
There's a really cool blog below about cold calling for wide format. If you don't cold call for wide format that's cool too. Cold calling still works but you need a plan. I ended up selling that client, the lease is up this month, however I did sell him on pre-owned and the purchase option was $1. Actually going there tomorrow! Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Inbound Marketing For Sales Reps (and Sales Vets) Czech · 9/1/144:31 PM . (I certainly have.) Last year...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for September 1st, 2019
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes I T Total Care New Co-Managed IT Promises Relief to Strapped SMB IT Teams Located in Foster City, California, provides outsourced IT support to small and medium sized businesses Offers their Co-Managed IT, allows companies to “lease” IT Total Care’s staff wot work with their existing IT department IT Total Care operates in San Francisco Bay area since 20019, has worked with more than 2,000 Bay Area companies Logically Expands Sales Leadership Team to Drive...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of September 2004)
I'm doing all of copier industry x amount of years ago in advance. I only have 20% of my month left and I'm having a rough go this month. Got many peeps hanging out but can't get them to move or we're playing tag. I hate it when people ignore my emails and phone calls, just can't see why that happens. If you're busy tell me, if you don't like me then tell me, if you bought somewhere else then tell me. Don't leave me hanging because I didn't leave you hanging when you scheduled an...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of September 2014)
Sunday afternoon here, just about a quarter to 4PM. Also a beautiful day here in New Jersey. Summer weather for another couple of days. At 1PM decided to watch the NY Giants vs Buffalo Bills. Just like last week the Giants score early and couldn't score again. Frak me, it's going to be a long season. Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Benchmarked Sales & The Future of Selling Excellence Art Post · 9/20/1411:24 PM Blog Post This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment...
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Ricoh IM 550F, IM 600F and IM 600SRF Copier aka MFP Specs in Review
Just a note for everyone, these specs are coming from a brochure that sourced on the web for Ricoh Asia Pacific. While the IM 550F has not been released in the United States I would expect that most if not all of the specs will be the same for the US market. It seems there will be three models offered by Ricoh. The IM 550F, IM600F and the IM 600SRF. There was a note on the brochure that stated double feed detection is only available on the IM 600F and the IM 600SR. Double Feed Detection So...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for October 27th, 2019
October 28th 2019 MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA has established itself as an industry leader in the recycling and processing of electronics scrap. Our management has over 30 years of experience in scrap and precious metals recycling. As an R2:2013, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified electronics recycler, we can assure you that all of our material processing is done in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. Office1 Partners with Chaparral...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of October 2004)
I had this short chat with my VP of Sales today. I exhausted my pipeline in recent months, not as much time to prospect during that time. Put the foot on the pedal this week with almost 70 calls, and 40 plus emails. Resulting in 10 appointments and 3 opportunities for about $50K. Need to do the same for the next 3 weeks! Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Topic Canon Targets Commercial Print Market 10/7/048:19 PM their respective owners. (i) Source - Gartner Dataquest -...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of January 2010)
Prospecting never ends, it's the daily grind that we have a love hate relationship with. Some days are good while most are not that good, however if you continue prospecting you'll never find your pipeline dry or be on the unemployment line. Today I came up with an idea for crafting emails. Today I was prospecting very large clients via email. My idea worked! I love it when a plan comes together. If someone can tell me the location of the title picture, I'll give you a free premium...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of October 2014)
Some of my favorite quotes for sales: "The harder you work the luckier you get" "Luck is for rabbits" "As long as you work hard, you never what the tomorrows will bring you" "The thought of the cheapest price is long forgotten after poor service" "If it sounds too good to be true it usually is" "You cant see both sides of the coin without looking at the edges" Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week, especially the one from the "ghost" Topic Konica Minolta Launches Managed...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Third Week of March 2008
Interesting model numbers below. The 1224C the 1232C, the CL5000, this was the start of B2C conversions. I can probably count the number of accounts on two hands that don't have a color device now. Times sure do change. Makes me wonder what the next big change will be? Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week in March! Ricoh unviels 2090 3/20/036:47 PM subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 67-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Fourth Week of March 2008
Each week I review all of the threads that I've posted below. I'll try to find some thread of the past that can help us know or in the future. The thread I found most interesting this week is "Papers Paper Right?" Yea that's not grammatically correct, but let's not forget that I still sell copiers for a living. If you get the chance please check out that thread below. XEROX CORP (XRX) 3/27/039:23 PM represented 6 percent of revenue as we continue to invest in technological development,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week of February 2003
Each week I'll scan the threads and look for something interesting and or something unique. This week marks the 15th anniversary for Old Glory as an excellent Print4Pay Hotel member. Jim and I have met several times over the years and I'm thankful that he is such a great supporter and a friend of mine. In addition Jim just sent me a copy of Minella's Pocket Guide to copiers for 1990. Thus a special shout out to you!! Enjoy the threads from fifteen years ago this week! Konica, Kyocera, Sharp,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of September 2007)
Were you in the copier industry ten years ago? If so, can you remember what accounts you sold along with the model numbers of the copiers that you sold? Can you remember what was and what was not? Many of the questions are some of the main reasons that so many Print4Pay Hotel members love reading This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago This Week. For many it brings back memories of what we love best about the industry! Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Notes...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of August 2004)
Still watching the Mets doing this blog in advance. Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Q1 profit down 8/8/049:41 PM printers have also boosted the quarterly earnings of Canon Inc , Ricoh Co and U .S.-based Xerox Corp (XRX), which said its profit more than doubled and raised its outlook for the full year. Konica Minolta said that sales in its mainstay copier and printer division fell 4.1 percent to 144.06 billion yen, hurt by a rise in the yen and price...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Last Week of August 2014)
To the bottom of the ninth we go with the Mets vs Braves. Mets are home and hoping we have a walk off win. We'll see! Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! Topic Canon Adds AirPrint Compatibility to New imageCLASS Multifunction Printers Art Post · 8/26/1410:37 PM MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug 26, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Canon U .S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that four of its newest line of imageCLASS laser multifunction printers (MFPs) support Apple...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of September 2009)
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...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for September 14th, 2019
September 14th 2019 MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Accenture Acquires Pragsis Bidoop, Boosting AI Capabilities, Big Data Portfolio and Talent Pragis Bidoop founded in 2004 in Spain, operates in big data and AI markets. Offers innovation data solutions Accenture is a global professional services company, servers 6,000 clients in 102 countries. Employees 482,000 worldwide and two hundred offices in 52 countries Bespin Global Receives 'Google Cloud Platform Managed Services Provider' partner...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of June 2014)
Oh how I miss "bandit", taught me so much about wide format. Hoping "bandit" can get back in the industry one day! I posted "Selling Copiers (A week in my life) 5 years ago. This thread starts off with Monday and what we do on Sunday. Because any good sales person needs prep and plan going into Monday AM. Check it out. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of June 2004 Art Post · 6/15/149:04 PM Cathedral)...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of July 2014)
Just a thought for everyone today. Today marks the last week of the month. I'm had sitting on some 25 plus opportunities and for many reasons (not losing) most have moved to August and September. I'm still short to get to my quota, but I look at this like this. I still have 25% of the month left, and when I don't see the movement then it's time to do some additional prospecting. Thus an old dog like me will be knocking on doors in between two appointments tomorrow. BTW, it's suppose to be...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of April 2014)
Apologies to everyone, it's been a week that I've never forget. I've always lived by this motto "You never know what the tomorrow's will bring you". Well an awesome tomorrow happened last week. You can read more about that with my recent blog or in the email newsletter for this week. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of April 2004) Art Post · 4/6/148:39 PM With The Launch Of The New e-StudioTM211 c and...