Editors Blog

Between the Lines: The Spirit of Giving

For those of us who celebrate Christmas, the time eventually comes when we realize it’s more fun to give than receive. I guess that’s all part of growing up. That’s okay, but I wish growing up
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Between the Lines: Looking at Copier Sales Reps’ Pay Stubs

A couple of weeks ago Copier Careers released its 2013 Sales Representative Salary Survey. This is the third year the company known for its service technician, service manager/ops manager, and
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Between the Lines: Nice Workplace if You Can Find It

Most of us have had a crappy job at one time or another. Maybe it wasn’t the job, but the company culture or management that made a good job bad. Or maybe some of us found ourselves working in a
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Between the Lines: It Was a Very Good Year

It’s the end of the year as we know it and I feel fine. I hope you do to. I’m working on some informative articles as you’re reading this and I will be presenting those throughout the mont
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Between the Lines: Giving Thanks

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday it’s a short week for many of us so I figured I should get this week’s issue out sooner rather than later. As the year winds down along with my third year of
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Between the Lines: Lessons Learned from a Heavy Metal Rocker

As Lou Reed, one of my all-time music idols sang, “I guess that I’m dumb because I know I’m not smart, but deep down inside I have a rock and roll heart.” Some of you know about my rock and roll
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Between the Lines: The Next Wave Has Arrived

I just returned from Orlando where I spent time at the Sharp and Toshiba dealer meetings. I’ll be presenting more detailed coverage on each of those meetings in next week’s issue of The Week in
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Between the Lines: It’s Nice to Share

Next month The Week in Imaging celebrates its third year of publishing.  I’ve been writing about this industry for various dealer and end user office publications since 1986.  Barring any
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Between the Lines: The Final Elite, the Dealer of the Year, and Not Leaving for Las Vegas

I hope you’ve been enjoying reading the Elite Dealer profiles as much as I enjoyed writing them. It’s an amazing group comprised of dealers of all shapes and sizes from across the country. I’m
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Between the Lines: Event Planning

I’m a big fan of industry events. That goes back to my earliest days in the industry in the mid to late 1980’s. I still long for that one-stop networking experience of the old NOMDA and BTA
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Between the Lines: Oh, Technology!

Sometimes you just want to pull your hair out. You think everything is working out fine then you discover it isn’t. For those of you who have noticed some formatting issues with The Week in
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Between the Lines: More Than Just Copier Dealers

This week we present another group of 2013 Elite Dealers. When these awards were first presented by that other publication I worked for in 1988, the dealers honored as Elite Dealers that sold
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