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Top 10 Take Homes from the 2012 Kyocera Dealer Meeting

Last week I traveled to Las Vegas for Kyocera’s annual dealer meeting. This meeting followed the company’s tried and true format of a General Session, a dealer roundtable discussion hosted by
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A Conversation with Ricoh’s Mike Dane about the New Global Brand Positioning

In late March Ricoh Americas Corporation announced the launch of a new global brand identity with the tagline “imagine. change.”. The launch aligns Ricoh Company, Ltd. operations worldwide under
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Industry Analysts’ Sales Dashboard App Brings the Sales Pitch into the 21st Century

This is cool if you’re a dealer sales rep, sales manager, or owner. Imagine a mobile app that functions as a presentation tool, or better yet a virtual pitch book with all your product brochures,
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Database Quality vs. Quantity

“We’re thinking of starting up a new marketing program for our business, but our database isn’t really as current as it should be. Should we spend the time to clean it up now before we spend any
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Digging Deeper into the Samsung GreatAmerica Leasing Partnership

The news came out last week that GreatAmerica Leasing Corp. and Samsung Electronics America have joined forces to assist Samsung office equipment dealers with an equipment finance program.
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The New LinkedIn

LinkedIn, launched nearly nine years ago, has always had a primary purpose of allowing individuals to connect with other business professionals. By expanding personal profiles, adding in-mail and
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Learning Curves: Northeast Photocopy Takes the High Road to Learning Better Ways to Sell MPS

When fast isn’t good enough, outside experts can help expedite desired results. That’s exactly what NEP in Appleton WI wanted to accomplish in order to expand their impact in the MPS arena. By
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Toshiba Goes Lean and Green with Adobe’s LeanPrint

Last week Toshiba America Business Solutions announced a partnership with Adobe to launch Adobe LeanPrint, a desktop print optimization software that reduces paper and toner consumption by
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Conference Preview: DocuWare’s May DocuWorld Conference

For the first time in the U.S., DocuWare is bringing together customers, solutions experts from its partner companies, and the DocuWare team in Orlando, May 21-24 for DocuWorld 2012. Focused on
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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Facebook was never designed for marketing businesses online but anywhere people are, marketers will follow. It’s become a platform where you can market your dealership. You have to be careful,
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Lexington and Conquered: Lexmark Still Looks Like a Contender

Last week I had the good fortune to travel to Lexington, Kentucky for a Lexmark press/analyst briefing. In case you’re not aware I fit squarely into the press category and that’s the way I like
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Is MPS Driving Your Profits or Driving You Crazy?

For those of you who still believe cost-per-copy with break-fix and toner service is the end all be all of managed print services, brace yourself. I’m about to go to a place that only a select
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