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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
I received the below message via email yesterday. It's from Kevin Clune (President of Clune & Company LLC). I've known Kevin for years and appreciate his insight with leasing. Art, we haven’t talked in years but I still follow p4p. I liked your article about copier leasing but I thought I’d show you the attached marketing piece which shines a spotlight on some of the leasing industry’s most effective/injurious revenue enhancers. It’s a constantly evolving landscape as our industry is...
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Re: Ditching the Polo Shirt Can Increase Your Sales
It's becoming the norm it seems. I wear a polo if I am in the office for the day, but wear a dress shirt for meetings. I have not worn the tie in quite some time unless it was a major account type of deal. I found that most don't care if you wear a tie or not. I had one customer in a corporate office setting see me putting my tie on in my car out his window and when I walked in he told me to take it off and never wear a tie in his office again because it made him uncomfortable because he...
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Re: Do Black & White Copiers Really Exist?
Um, you can use the Positive/Negative setting and it reverses the "colors" of black and white. I know,I know, still not copying/printing in white toner! ;-)
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Re: WHOA!! You Need to Check Out National AZON!
Art, you're right. National Azon is a great asset to us as reps to hit the AEC vertical. In addition they also sell just stand alone large format scanners. I worked with them (but didn't win) on an opportunity at a state archive for scanning super old documents. The rep was super helpful and if it weren't for a prior relationship we would have won. Also, they offer a pretty robust media selection for wide format. We've got several customers we order media for from these guys. They have a...
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Imaging Channel, DEX Imaging and Staples oh, Imagine the Probabilities
Thanks for chatting with Staples. Yes, Sir, we can deliver the New A4 you bought online. How’s Tuesday? Can we bring it with your supply order? Yes, one more question can you pick up and dispose of my old copier? Yes, we can let's discuss that when we come out to perform your managed print assessment. Thanks again for choosing Staples. End of Chat For Now!! 2019 is indeed starting with a bang. The Imaging Channel changed on Friday the 8th of February. Well, that’s what some will say. In...
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How Authenticity Can Maximize Your Prospecting Results
Authenticity is one of the biggest challenges for salespeople in a profession riddled with scrupulous, fake and disingenuous sales reps; that quite frankly many buyers despise them. However, authenticity separates sales reps from sales professionals and this is what buyers want! It may sound a bit touchy-feely but set aside some alone time, take a look inside yourself as sales is all about building credible, genuine and real relationships. In order to build relationships and change the way...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in November 2003
Do you count how many selling days there are in every month? Do you minus those days for the corporate meetings, or hour the hours that you may leave early or get in late? They all add up, now with the Holiday Season upon us, November and December will offer the least few selling days of the year. Are you ready? Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Xerox claims chip innovation Boston Mike · 11/3/038:38 AM , even on flexible surfaces. Xerox researchers in California then...
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A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death
A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death As the copier homicide unit arrived, the scene was familiar. The office hallway barely lit the trash can next to the copier was laying on its side, the window was broken from the inside and when looking out one can see an A3 Copier laying smashed on the sidewalk below. Recognizable by the owners manual still taped to the broken 11/17 paper drawer and the rainbow color on the sidewalk created by splattering CMYK toner. Yes, it appears there was another...
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas 2018"
I always like to start these Christmas blogs with a small story about Christmas tradition in other countries. In Ireland, people celebrate Christmas in much the same way as people in the UK and the USA , but they also have many of their own Christmas traditions and customs. Christmas for Irish people, who are Catholics, lasts from Christmas Eve to the feast of Epiphany on January 6th, which some Irish people call 'Little Christmas'. Epiphany isn't now widely celebrated in Ireland. There is...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in September 2003
Anders An, joined us 15 years ago. Anders An is the username for a great Print4Pay Hotel member from the Netherlands. I'm hoping Anders cab chime in at the end of this blog and tell us more about the username of Anders An and also share his real name. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Printer Trade in Program Jay · 9/2/038:26 AM New(new to me anyway) trade in program for printers /desktops/notbooks/servers/ ect. http:// ricoh .tradeups.com Dear Ricoh Printer Partner, Here is an...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003
I took the time to re-read and correct some of the grammar and spelling issues that plagued me from many years ago. I'm a copier sales person and not an English major. Please excuse typo's or grammar. Anyway, I must have wrote this after the Ricoh purchase of Ikon and the title "MFP Wars". After the re-read, I realized that we're still fighting the MFP Wars, whether it's the low cost per pages that are low balled or the continuing battle of A3 vs A4. Somethings never change. Enjoy the...
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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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OMG, it's a Brother "Part 3"
It Tuesday evening, just past midnight my time and a little past nine pm Vegas time. The flight out to Vegas was comfortable and a nice flight. I had five hours to reflect on meeting Peter (my brother) at McCarren airport. About a week ago I had suggested that he pick me up at the airport on his way to Las Vegas. Peter agreed and the time was coming to and end when we finally would meet in person. For the last three weeks we've been chatting on and off. With most of the calls was more about...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Third Week in October 2003
Crap there's a ton of threads below! From 1998-2003 many of us in the copier industry ew nothing about network printing and scanning. In addition neither did our managers and techs. The Print4Pay Hotel allowed us have a community where we could share experiences technical stuff and help meet our client expectations. Fifteen years later and all dealerships have on staff IT people and knowledgeable technicians that can handle most everything. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week!
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A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death (Part Two)
Part Two - hashtag # A4’s Murder charges dropped in A3’s death. Well, a few days ago we all heard of the apparent suicide of an A3 copier. The police report outlined that the A3 copier became so distraught over a new A4 its owners had on demo, it jumped from the office window. Today there is an update. It seems that a local judge has thrown out all attempted charges leveled by an A3 manufacturer who believes the unfairness of A4’s capabilities and price points should have caused them to...
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Attention Sales Leaders... Authenticity Matters In A Crisis Fueled Sales World
We've all used the term the "B.S. Meter". I'm here to give you a new meter to judge your sales team by, the "Authenticity Meter". Authenticity is one of the biggest challenges within the sales world. It's a profession riddled with unscrupulous, fake and disingenuous sales reps and managers; that quite frankly many buyers despise them as well as some on their team. Authenticity separates sales reps from sales professionals. Authenticity separates sales managers from sales leaders. What is...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of April 2005)
It's late, need to be ready for another day. You know what they say another day, another dollar! Xerox Launches Industry’s First Color................ Guest · 4/4/057:46 PM Xerox CopyCentre® C118 black-and-white copier and Xerox WorkCentre® M118/M118i black-and-white basic multifunction systems. These compact MFPs are designed for small to midsize workgroups that require copy, print, scan and fax functions. · The EFI™ Fiery X12e controller for the Xerox DocuColor 12 color copier/printer. The...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the First Week of May 2010
Years ago I use to burn the late night candle pretty often. In some cases I would still find myself emailing a prospect at 2AM in the morning. In most cases the email was to schedule a meeting for later that week. Those late night emails was just something I was use to. It wasn't until one of my clients made mention of the email that arrived at 2AM. Of course he didn't see it until he arrived at work. But this client went on to tell me that he wished he had more sales people like me, meaning...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago for the Third Week of May 2005
Sunday and tomorrow starts the last 5 days before the end of the month. It can be bad or good, all depends on how you look at it. I see that I still have 20% of the month left to finish my goal. How do you look at it? Half full or half empty? Below were the most popular threads about copiers from 15 years ago this week! Re: KIP 3000 Guest · 5/23/0510:31 PM I was at the IRgA show in Las Vegas and saw the deom on the KIP3000. The machine looked good and the op panel looks like it is off of a...
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3 Reasons Why Copier Sales Reps Help Your Dealership's Brand
When people ask you about yourself, what are the first few things you share? Aside from where you may live or whether you are married with kids, one of the first things you are most likely to share is your job title or what you do for a living. There’s a good reason as work is a common thread in most of our lives. Sharing with someone where you work and what you do gives them a good idea of what’s important to you. This is just a part of normal "get to know" conversation. In previous posts,...
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Are Your Salespeople Providing a Reason to be Hired?
All human beings are entrepreneurs. When were in caves, we were all self- employed... finding our food, feeding ourselves. That's where human history began. As civilization came, we suppressed it. We became "labor" because they stamped us, "You are labor." We forgot that we are entrepreneurs. - Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer In the start-up of YOU , Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha share how you can accelerate your career in today's fiercely competitive,...
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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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Jon Langdon with DocuWare Chats about Dealer Value with Version 6.8, DocuWare Forms, Mobility & SMB Adoption
As paper based documents decline, I would expect that digital documents will increase, nothing scientific here, documents will never cease to exist! Office Equipment Dealers can and should be the stewards of those digital documents, either by selling document management software or enabling clients with Managed Document Services. I had a day of down time at the end of the last quarter and was able to catch up with Jon Langdon who is Vice President Product & Development for DocuWare. Jon...
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Workflow is Nice and Provides a Ton of Business Benefits "Part Two"
It's my pleasure to introduce our first quest blogger for "What is Workflow?" Doug Gruver has been doing this Document Management/Workflow longer than I've been doing copiers. For me, Doug is my "go to" guru. Enjoy! Wikipedia has several definitions of “workflow” – look it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow Workflow Management is the sub-definition that best describes what we in the it/content management business call workflow.
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Paranoia is Paralyzing
According to the definition in Wikipedia, Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of May 2005
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with $ 50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out Spider-Man 2 ' s top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2 's top...
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Time is Now To Focus on HIPAA Compliant Practices
The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act is almost 20 years old at this point, which might lead some to believe that the medical sector has a tight handle on the requirements therein. However, the statutes were never that simple, and...
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Twelve Tips on How to Return Leased Copiers
Over the years, I would say that ninety percent of my clients leased their copiers with an option to buy the copier at the end of the term. Most of these leases had a buy out option for FMV (Fair Market Value). The general idea of an FMV lease is...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of March 2005
Geesh! How funny is the first thread, and what a difference 10 years can make in this industry!! Sharp now on the balls of their A## and 10 years ago they were looking to capture market share from the likes of Canon & Ricoh, would make for a good blog right? Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! SHARP GUNNING FOR 20% GLOBAL SHARE OF COPIER MARKE... 3/10/05 9:26 PM ...
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Two severe Windows vulnerabilities addressed, another two unpatched
Windows users might have noticed that on the morning of Nov. 13, they were greeted with a large number of updates for their systems. This is all too common of a problem for IT departments as they scramble to patch servers, desktop computers and...
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The past, present and future of cybersecurity
Protecting enterprises with cybersecurity tools has been a long process, one filled with failed attempts, confusion and human error. Furthermore, many new infrastructure-as-a-service offerings are attempting to provide IT departments with high-levels...
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CCS Printing Taps Ricoh for Secure Delivery of Two Million HIPAA-compliant Pages Each Month
BOULDER, Colo. – Ricoh Production Print Solutions (Ricoh), a leading provider of digital output solutions, today announced that CCS Printing has successfully integrated the award-winning RICOH ProcessDirector workflow solution, a key component...
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Our Best Friends Name is Darby and He's a Dog!
Darby........during the Christmas of 2003 my wife brought me a little furball with a wagging tail. This little furball with the wagging tail would grow to almost 200lbs, actually he weighed 198lbs today. Heis a mix ofa Rottweiler & Mastiff with brindle coloring. I was elated and never in my life did I have a dog this large or one that tested me for love, obedience and trust. He and I enjoyed many walks, many rub downs (oh how I loved to rub him down), it...
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I'm Past My Prime Just Like Paper
Late today, I had to bring my wife to the local Emergency Medical Office in NJ. Nothing bad, just a muscle in spasm. The medical office had been renovated just about a year ago. Pretty much new everything and even a new...
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Do Black & White Copiers Really Exist?
Ok, today was the day that the straw finally broke the camels back! I just ran across an article titled "How to print content in black & white colors on Microsoft Edge". I was expecting to read about some printer or copier that was capable of printing the color white. What I wasted my time on was an article on how to print black from Microsoft Edge. White is still a color the last time I checked. In fact the writer of the article stated that in order to print black you need to select the...
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12 Tips on How to Return Leased Copiers
Over the years, I would say that 90 percent of my clients leased their copiers with an option to buy the copier at the end of the term. Most of these leases had a buyout option for FMV (Fair Market Value). The general idea of an FMV lease is that the customer has no intention of ever owning the equipment and they will return it at the end of the lease. Also means lowest lease payments. Most leasing companies have been and still are very aggressive with FMV rates (interest), however most will...
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3 Things Major Account Copier Reps Consistently Do To Shoot Themselves With Complacency Bullets
If you want to win consistently as a major account copier rep you need a plan. You need to develop a strategy which gives "THE" edge, the business "IT" factor over the competition; consistently driving sales opportunities through the pipeline all the way to the finish line. Life as a copier sales rep, especially in major accounts is challenging and I get it. I thrive and embrace personal and business challenges hence my 3 Things I Learned As A Major Account Copier Rep On The Streets Of Los...
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Interview with John & West About Print Audits Recent Acquisition of NeoStream
I had the chance to speak with John MacIness, President of Print Audit and West McDonald, VP of Business Development for Print Audit about the recent acquisition of NeoStream. My first thought when I heard the news was this recent Xerox publication: A recent Xerox International research effort reveals that nearly half (46%) of SMB’s will turn to office equipment resellers for help with paper free solutions. In addition, 25% will look to their IT provider and 37 percent to the product...
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5 Reasons Why Leaders Of Copier Dealerships Should Write Blog Posts
Dealer principals and executives must keep up with the evolving business world to stay relevant and competitive. Employees, vendors, clients and potential prospects look to the top to communicate with you to foster trust and help them feel invested with the brand; your company. Show them you’re ready to have conversations by putting a voice behind your organization’s leadership. As a sales and marketing tool, blogging is all about reaching out and talking to the right people in a meaningful...
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Attention Sales Reps...Your LinkedIn Profile Is Your Storefront - Are The Windows Broken?
Think about this for a moment... I bet all of us have encountered the broken storefront window. Just for a second or two doesn't this affect our thought process? What happened? Who did this? When will this get fixed? Track with me... As a sales rep when your LinkedIn profile offers no clear path for visitors (your prospects or clients), that's the exact impression you give about you and your ability to help their business. You're affecting their thought process. With nearly every business...
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Sales Managers... Eliminate The Number One Roadblock Keeping You From Recruiting Top Sales Reps
For sales professionals, LinkedIn has become the single best platform to build personal brand awareness and drive thought leadership to help facilitate building personal business relationships. Of course, this all starts with how you position yourself on LinkedIn. Positioning yourself is not bragging about how great you are. It is positioning yourself in the eyes of your clients. What is it you can do and provide to help them? Well this got me thinking........ How can V.P. of Sales and Sales...
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Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
When you signed your last copier lease, did you happen to take the time to read that lease? How about the maintenance agreement? If you're like most lessees, you probably skimmed over the verbiage on the lease and then signed the maintenance agreement without reading the T's & C's. Not reading those T's & C's could lead to some problems in the future, because there are clauses in those agreements that will increase your costs. 1) Maintenance included with the lease: Some leases have...
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Attention Sales Reps: Is Your Digital Self, Digitally Referrable?
"Referrals aren't easily given. If you don't take the time to establish credibility, you're not going to get the referral. People have to get to know you. They have to feel comfortable with who you are and what you do" Ivan Misner How is your digital sales rep doing? I know, what the heck are you talking about? As a sales professional think of your online presence as the digital sales representation of you. How you choose to use your digital self will have a direct effect on your sales...
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It's Time To Start Dialing The Social Phone
Successful sales reps pay attention to their sales funnel as social integration can happen 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours per day. Sales reps must start shifting their mindset when it comes to prospecting in a digital business world. I set the business table with How Social Turns Sales Reps Downtime Into Prospecting Time . We must recognize as sales professional's social media is not our primary prospecting mechanism but simply augments prospecting, it changes our approach as this...
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Taking Back Control of the Leash
I was looking out the window to the small dog park below. In the park, a Boston Terrier was running after a squirrel. His leash was free from his owner’s hand, his owner running in a zigzag manner after him trying desperately to catch the leash. The Leash flying in the wind as the dog ran faster and faster toward the squirrel, a squirrel who was quickly reaching the busy downtown roadway at the edge of the park. Sometimes the leashes business owners have on their Operational Cost are...
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Imaging Channel!! Here’s Why I am Excited to be part of the BEI Services Inc. Team
BEI Services has been providing service process improvement metrics for decades. BEI’s experience and the vast amounts of data collected from thousands of service professionals and millions of print devices have positioned itself to offer all the information our partners need to run exceptional service organizations. The hundreds of our current customers have saved millions of dollars. Each day BEI continues providing the intellectual tools for service improvement. With today’s advances in...
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On-boarding High Volume of Employees with Ease
National hospitality staffing company, LGC Hospitality, implemented DocuWare Cloud to digitize and streamline their onboarding workflow, making the process simpler for both the applicant and staff. Established in 2003, LGC Hospitality is a leading hospitality staffing company with over 26 offices across the USA. They help hotels, corporate dining companies, country clubs, hospital food services, special events centers, stadiums, caterers, schools and others to fill hospitality, hotel and...