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All In: Positive Early Experiences Help Dealers Position for Future Success

In the 1998 poker-driven film “Rounders,” Matt Damon’s character opines “Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career.” Bad losses can definitely leave a mark, but
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The Road to Scaling and Timetables for Diversification Success

In the introduction to this month’s State of the Industry report on product diversification in the print edition of ENX Magazine, we rattled off a sampling of the many questions dealer execs have when pondering a given offering. Among the many factors to weigh, one of the more
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Diversification Allows Dealers to Cast their Lines in Unchartered Waters

Diversifying your product portfolio carries with it certain opportunities. The obvious one is the ability to offer it to your current client roster. Two, depending on the product, it can open the doors to a whole new subset of clients who may or may not have a need for MFPs. At
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Two-Minute Drill: Aaron Smith Taps Extensive Experience to Bolster Green Office Partner’s Fortunes

Individuals who have experience in sales growth and development have long been valued commodities in our industry. When their background is a. extensive and b. industry related, it makes the demand for their services that much greater. But the ability to pounce on an available
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GOP Taps Industry Vet Aaron Smith as Chief Revenue and Growth Officer

Chicago (Jan. 12, 2026) – Green Office Partner, a leading provider of office technology, managed print services, and AI-powered document management, announced today that Aaron Smith has joined the company as chief revenue and growth officer. In this role, Smith will lead Green
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Rolling with the Punches: Part Two of Elite Dealer Challenges

Not all challenges are created equal, and this is certainly true for the office technology dealer space. There are the sobering variety, such as the loss of longtime customers or star team members. Those never have easy solutions. They keep dealer execs awake at night, repeatedly
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MPS’ Future Hinges on Ability to Serve Supporting Role for Client Technologies

If the world of office technology was reimagined as a well-rounded meal, managed print services (MPS) would not represent the protein in a client’s diet. And it’s not the carbohydrates or the fats. Rather, it says here that MPS’ impact is similar to the vitamins and minerals one
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MPS Fumbles: The Due Diligence in Maintaining Customer Accounts

It’s that time of year here in the northeast when mornings are cool and kids head back to the classroom. That also means high school football practices and games are well underway. The fundamentals of the sport, you may have noticed, closely mirror competition in the business
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AI and Print Security: MPS and MNS Cross Paths While Tech Evolves

Over the years we’ve witnessed how managed print services (MPS) and managed network services (MNS) continue to become intertwined. Since the pandemic, the distributed workforce demanded contingencies for maintaining an acceptable level of security, as printers became viewed as an
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Corralling MPS: Service Providers Safeguard Against Problematic Implementations

We’ve all heard the expression, “Life is hard because it gives you the test first, then teaches you a lesson.” Unfortunately, it’s impossible to safeguard against every challenge in business. The hope is that when issues eventually arise, they don’t result in a swift kick to the
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What’s Next? Dealers Share Plans, Wish List for Future AI Innovations

Dealers and end-users alike, it’s safe to say, are in various stages of engagement when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Some are leveraging it to enhance sales talk tracks or generate marketing content. Others have heard of AI and think it sounds neat, but
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Talking Generative AI: Dealers Add Insights to its Internal and Client Use

As we all know, “The Godfather” saga teaches us many lessons, from “leave the gun, take the cannoli” to never drive to a toll booth in a violent rage while seeking revenge. To that end, we can relate the personas from Francis Ford Coppola’s Magnum Opus to the world of
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Hot Takes: With (Eventual) Arrival of Tariffs, How Will Industry Be Impacted?

As anticipated, President Trump’s tariffs have arrived (sort of), creating volatility on Wall Street and Main Street. Across the nation, 401Ks took a massive hit (160 million people are invested in the market, per Time) while the Trump Administration maintained that the tariff
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Looking to Offload Holiday Stress? Check Out Elite Dealer Challenges

In-laws, cooking, shopping, extended family, in-laws, travel, friend time, in-laws, fruitcake, year-end accounting…in-laws. These are some of the pressures we face during the month of December. All of this takes time, money and a portion of our sanity. Most of it is pleasant.
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