Sales & Service

Connect with Your Prospect

Seems like I always have a good story to tell from my Presidents Club trip. This year our trip was to Montego Bay, Jamaica, we stayed at the Iberostar Grand Rose Hall Hotel.  I loved everything
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7 Tips to Help Win Net New Competitive Copier and MPS Deals

  (Editor’s note: While Art is away this week enjoying his President’s Club trip, and not blogging, here’s an oldie but goodie from a couple of years ago that’s still relevant today.)  
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Sharp: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Back in the mid to late ‘80’s I can remember always getting my butt kicked by Sharp.  Even better, if you owned a Sharp dealership you were in play to be bought by Alco Standard (January 1997
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Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh

Heard from a friend who is a Canon dealer. That dealer states Canon Business Systems (CBS) is dumping machines to his existing base and selling in most cases for 20 percent less than his cost! He
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Five Items Spock Would Consider Illogical About Purchasing or Leasing a Copier

  Last friday at lunch, I saw the scrolling marquee that Leonard Nimoy had passed away. Leonard was best known for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series. Like my mother,
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Tell ‘em Columbo Sent You

Last week I received a lead in my territory from our manufacturer.  OMG, these are rare nowadays! Before I called the decision maker, I did my due diligence and checked the company out on their
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Telemarketing and the Person with a Bad Attitude

There was a recent thread on LinkedIn from an executive with a major manufacturer that I took exception to. In that thread (post), the LinkedIn user was complaining because they had downloaded a
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Why Referrals Still Matter

I wrote this many years ago when I first started writing; I cleaned up a few things and added a few things to keep the blog current.  Clients are more skeptical than ever. How do you win the sale
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