Editors Blog

Impact Networking Celebrates the Holidays by Helping Those in Need

Last week I wrote about how the independent dealer community gives back to their communities all year round. This week I want to share the story of how one dealership truly makes a difference
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Between the Lines: 12 Months of Dealers Giving Back to Their Communities

If there’s one thing I admire about the independent dealer community besides their successes and their spirit of entrepreneurship, it’s the importance so many place on giving back to their
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Between the Lines: Will Sharp’s Weekend Dealer Meeting Become the New Normal for Dealer Meetings?

Before I start, don’t forget to read my recap of the Sharp dealer meeting in this week’s edition. It was an excellent show and reaffirmed Sharp’s commitment to the channel despite all the
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Between the Lines: Kyocera Rolls Out New Apps and Canon Recaps 2015 and Looks to 2016

Two OEMs have been making a bit of noise the past few weeks and I thought it would be interesting to share some of that noise with you while I’m away at the Sharp dealer meeting. During the
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Between the Lines: Reasons to Be Thankful…One, Two, Three…

It’s a holiday week and a short one at that for many of you so I thought I’d reflect on some of the reasons that I’m thankful to be part of the document imaging industry. It’s something I think
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Between the Lines: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I was reminiscing the other day to no one in particular, just myself as I’m sometimes prone to do, about the year of color. How many remember that year? I can’t place it though. Was it 1998,
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Between the Lines: A Game Changing Sale in the Dealer Channel

You wouldn’t think that one of the largest dealerships in the country would ever end up putting itself on the market and then selling to what probably was the highest bidder, but think again. And
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Between the Lines: Change Happens so Does Other Stuff…Faster Than You Think

I was going to be writing about my trip to the Square 9 Encompass conference this week, but I’m putting that off until next week with the latest news hitting the wires about Lexmark and Xerox. I
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Between the Lines: Customer Appreciation

As I’ve been writing the Elite Dealer profiles for the December issue of ENX and comb through the responses for unique marketing programs I’m seeing quite a few dealers touting their customer
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Between the Lines: If I’d Known I’d Be Staying…

A couple of weeks ago at The Cannata Dinner I was speaking with someone who’s been around the document imaging industry for something like 40 years working in various capacities. He’s now with a
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Between the Lines: The Cannata Dinner was the Place to Go for a Managed Networking Experience

If the annual Cannata Dinner isn’t the document imaging industry’s premier networking event, I don’t know what is. I’d be hard pressed to come up with another event that brings together such a
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