September 24, 2013

It Ain’t About Price

The nuns at St. Rose Grammar school would be smacking my knuckles with a ruler if I made that statement, but the poor grammar is meant for emphasis.  As we work on sales effectiveness with our clients the most constant value proposition I hear is “we’re going to save them money.”
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Remember When: Smart Copier Sales Person or Not So Smart With Lost Deals?

I believe I wrote this about four years ago and at that time I never used a real CRM system. Believe me, I fought it tooth and nail, four years later, I can’t operate without it.  If I had once wish for a CRM program it would be that I could have it display a large warning
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What’s Hot & What’s Not?

This week Kyle Ruhland, marketing director, for Century Business Products in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, shares what’s hot and what’s not in Century’s market. Century sells Kyocera and Konica Minolta equipment along with MPS and document management. What’s hot? Ruhland: The new
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News Bytes

Blue Technologies Acquires HP Autonomy’s Top Dealer in the US: Smart Solutions Sept. 20, 2013 — Blue Technologies, Inc., an office technology provider based in Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Smart Solutions, Inc. headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio effective September 1, 2013.
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