Sales & Service

HP Provides Glimpse into Future Office/Smart Office Platform

This month’s state of the industry package on the Future Office/Smart Office (FOSO) technology movement included a manufacturer roundtable of experts from Ricoh, Xerox and Konica Minolta. Several
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A Servant Mindset is Rocket Fuel for Sales Growth: Are You a Servant?

How often do you hear the key to success is customer service, yet this is one of the greatest struggles for many in sales? I have a solution, but it requires more than a change of focus. It
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Tracking Recurring Revenue Opportunities with Smart Office/Future Office Sales

As we dig deeper into the topic of smart office/future office opportunities for office technology dealers, the conversation invariably turns to post-sale revenue. Certainly, the opportunity to go
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Five Reasons Non-Producers Don’t Produce

In a recent meeting with a CEO and Chief Sales Officer, I heard the following quote from the CEO: “If I knew why non-producers didn’t produce, I would be free of problems in my sales
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M&A Roundup: Datamax Nets Copier Division of Firmin’s Office City; CMP Deal Adds Copiers, Wide-Format to Mail Portfolio

In a bit of a Texas two-step, a pair of Lone Star State dealers beefed up their regional footprints and product menus through acquisition. Datamax nabbed the copier division of Firmin’s
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Xerox Acquires Two Dealers, Expands Business Relationship with HP

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has acquired two new multi-brand dealers, Rabbit Office Automation (ROA) and Heritage Business Systems (HBS), to grow its presence in the San Francisco Bay area and the Delaware
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Epson Introduces 100 PPM Monochrome Inkjet Line to Office Market

Epson America Inc., a leading provider of high- performing printing solutions, today announced the expansion of its corporate inkjet line head printer portfolio with the WorkForce Enterprise
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M&A Roundup: GoodSuite Obtains Advanced Office Automation, Kelley Imaging Systems Reaches into Alaska

West Coast dealers continued to expand their footprint with the announcement of two acquisitions. One sees GoodSuite, the former Copier Headquarters of Woodland Hills, California, adding Advanced
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