Editors Blog

Between the Lines: Money Matters — Highlights from Copier Careers’ Annual Sales Rep Salary Survey

Every year, Copier Careers, the copier industry recruiting firm, presents its annual salary surveys, including its Sales Representative Survey late last year. The company has been compiling
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Between the Lines: Your Trends and Mine

I received an e-mail earlier this month from Access Innovations, Inc., an organization founded in 1978 and whose focus is Internet technology applications, master data management, database
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Between the Lines: The Rumor Mill Keeps Churning Along

There were a couple of stories circulating the end of the year, which are sure to keep the rumor mill grinding as we begin 2016. The first one reported that Sharp shares rose by 8 percent as the
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Between the Lines: Another Year Ends, Another Begins, and We’re Looking for More Content

It’s been another interesting year in the document imaging industry and now it’s come to an end. If you haven’t read it already, you may want to check out my article on the top document imaging
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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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