Between the Lines: How the Other Half Sells MPS

Scott Cullen

Have you had enough of MPS yet? At the risk of over-generalizing, everybody’s talking about it, everybody is either doing it or thinking about doing it, and if you’re not doing it, you’re done for. That pretty much sums up every single article ever written about MPS. However, the way it’s done has the potential to be interesting as is who’s doing it.

Last year I wrote an article for Independent Dealer magazine about office products dealers who are selling MPS. It’s a segment you don’t often see written about in the imaging industry rags. In case you’re interested in how the other half sells MPS, I’m reprinting the article in two installments over the next two weeks in The Week in Imaging. It’s a good read if I might say so myself.

And if you also sell office products and supplies or simply want to monitor what’s happening in the office products industry, I recommend you sign up to receive the monthly notification from Independent Dealer magazine at www.idealercentral.com. It’s online only, and as a frequent contributor, I unabashedly recommend it.

Finally, don’t forget to fill out your Elite Dealer nomination forms.

New content this week includes:

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Scott Cullen
About the Author
Scott Cullen has been writing about the office technology industry since 1986. He can be reached at scott_cullen@verizon.net.