Scott Cullen

Between the Lines: After the Pomp & Circumstance

My daughter graduates from high school next Wednesday. She’ll be taking a gap year spending August through next January as a teaching assistant at a private school for international students in Denmark. I hope it will be a positive experience and open the door to future
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Between the Lines: Supplies Wise

If you’re involved in supplies in one way or another you should seriously consider joining us for our second Webinar with Actionable Intelligence’s Charlie Brewer on June 25 at 2 p.m. EST.  The topic is especially timely, “How Impending Lawsuits Will Impact the Supplies Market,”
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Trending Now: The Trends Impacting the Leasing and Finance Industry

The document imaging industry is driven by trends. For those in the midst of the fray it certainly helps to be on top of what’s happening and an understanding of the impact certain trends may have on one’s business or product, services, and solutions offerings going forward. In
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Between the Lines: A Little Sales Help, Please

I’m starting on my interviews for an article for the August issue of ENX titled “Sales Strategies for the 21st Century” and would appreciate the input of a few good document imaging dealers or even some somewhat successful document imaging dealers. If you’ve got something to
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Between the Lines: What I Learned from This Month’s Difference Makers

And so with the five Difference Makers profiled in this week’s newsletter, we have reached the end of what has been an enjoyable and illuminating series. Not to toot our own horn, but this was a terrific way to tout the individuals, well known and lesser known, that are making an
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Leasing & Financing: What’s New for 2015?

The leasing and financing companies aren’t sitting back and doing what they’ve done last year. No way. They continue to create new programs to meet the needs of their customers and keep up with changes in the market. It’s inevitable and what needs to be done in order to keep
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Home Field Advantage: Plus Inc.’s David Carson on Selling Production and Going Up Against Bigger Competitors

It’s common knowledge that there is often a home field advantage for many local dealers even when competing against manufacturer direct branches who aren’t hesitant about giving away the store in order to win the deal. That’s why local dealerships often emphasize the community
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Between the Lines: Not as Sci-Fi as It Sounds

As you may or may not have noticed, I’ve been on a technology kick the past few weeks, writing about the amazing things that technology has brought to our industry, our work, and our lives. After reading this book review in last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review sectio
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Considering the Advantages of Distributed Printing

Remember when the workgroup ruled and centralized printing was in vogue? That wasn’t so long ago. In fact it’s still happening now. Or how about that bygone era when personal printers dotted every corner and corner office of Corporate America? No doubt there’s still segments of
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Between the Lines: Calling All Elite Dealer Candidates

And so the countdown begins to the December issue of ENX when we announce the 2015 Elite Dealers. We had tremendous participation last year and we encourage you to participate again this year, or for the first time if you haven’t participated before. We’re already receiving
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Between the Lines: That’s Entertainment?

I’m curious. Do you ever watch OEM or document imaging related videos on YouTube? Plenty of OEMs and even dealers either have YouTube channels or post videos on YouTube. If you watch do you find these helpful or informative? If I can be honest for a moment, I love writing about
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Between the Lines: Digital Killed the Video [Store] and Everything Else Too

I’ve written about new technologies, technology shifts, disruptive technologies, and the way we work and how it’s changing all the time. I find it fascinating. Often, what’s going on in the real world mirrors trends in the business world and vice versa. I’m not sure yet what
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Between the Lines: Who’s Making a Difference in the Document Imaging Industry?

This month in ENX magazine we’re celebrating the Difference Makers from the Document Imaging community. These folks represent all corners of the industry, from the OEMs, to services and solutions providers, to supplies folks, to analysts, to social media mavens, to speakers, and
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Between the Lines: Before All This

How often do you step back and remember what it was like before all this? I do it all the time. It truly is amazing all the technology we have today to help us do our jobs. Take my job for example. I still don’t know how I wrote and rewrote articles on a typewriter as compared to
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Between the Lines: Celebrating the Document Imaging Industry’s Difference Makers

This month we celebrate individuals in the document imaging industry who are making a difference. You may be familiar with some of the people we’re recognizing, or you may be reading about them for the first time. It’s a diverse mix that we’re acknowledging. Some of these
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