Features

It’s Time to Teach Sales Reps How to Sell Again

What’s wrong with these people? Sales reps I mean. If you ask Tom Callinan of Strategy Development, the industry has changed, but some sales reps haven’t changed with it although he’s not really
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MaxxVault Continues to Take Document Management to the Cloud

I was talking to Bruce Malyon, president of MaxxVault, the provider of document management software, last week who told me that he thought about 70 percent of his business would be on premise
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5 Simple Tips for Leading Well

If you are conscientiously working on your leadership skills, I commend you!  Remember that leadership is not just having a vision, but the ability to execute and get the results you want through
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What to Do in the Wake of Declining Print Volumes?

If you were at Toshiba’s LEAD dealer meeting last fall in Orlando you’re well aware that arguably the biggest trend confronting Toshiba, but everybody in the office imaging industry in 2014 and
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Canon Looks at the Trends Affecting the Enterprise and Production Market Segments

As I continue this ongoing series on the trends that will affect the various players in the office imaging space in 2014 I had the good fortune to speak with Dennis Amorosano, director and
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LMI Focuses on Best Practices to Bring Its Dealers Up to Speed on MPS

When I asked Gary Willert, president and CEO of LMI Solutions about the trend that’s going to affect his business in the coming year and what LMI has in store to help its dealers be successful,
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Return Engagement: Ervin Equipment Finance Returns to the Office Imaging Space

You learn something new every day. Or so they say. Until recently I wasn’t familiar with Ervin Equipment Finance, formerly Ervin Leasing, an organization that has been in the equipment finance
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Watching the Migration from Small Workgroup Devices to Mid Workgroup Devices with OKI Data

If you ask Carl Taylor, vice president of marketing for OKI Data, what trends will be affecting OKI’s business in 2014 don’t be surprised if he hones in on a couple of hardware-specific trend
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A Look at Lexmark’s Plans to Improve Its Dealers’ Bottom Lines in 2014

I can always count on Lexmark’s Phil Boatman to succinctly answer questions related to anything Lexmark and that’s what he did when I recently asked what Lexmark has planned for its dealer
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Document Capture and Management Market on the Upswing

We continue to see explosive growth in the document capture and management market and expect that trend to continue in 2014. In reviewing our “scan” meters throughout our MFP fleet we continue to
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Explosive Organic Growth in MPS and MNS Will Impact Dealer’s Hiring Decisions in 2014

As always, Copier Careers is a reflection of the needs of our retained clients. Going into 2014, the majority of our clients are experiencing explosive organic growth due to MPS/MNS placements.
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EverBank Commercial Finance’s Vision of the Trends Impacting Its Dealers in 2014

When I asked Fred Carollo, general manager, Office Products for EverBank Commercial Finance, what trend or trends do you expect to have the biggest impact on your business in 2014, his comments
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