Editors Blog

Between the Lines: Meet the Elite

This is always an exciting time of year at The Week in Imaging as we announce the year’s Elite Dealers. We’re going to unveil a new group each week throughout the month of October with the final
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Between the Lines: Help Wanted, Try Twitter

I was just reading an article from Software Advice on “How Does Twitter Use Twitter to Recruit?” Since recruitment is an ongoing challenge for the independent dealer channel as is learning how to
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Between the Lines: Scan Artists

That headline is meant to be ironic. Based on the early returns on our survey about how many dealers are charging for scans, it looks like there aren’t a whole lot of scan artists among the
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Between the Lines: You Can’t Charge for Scanning…or Can You?

Terry Bogner of Austin Technology Group in Austin, Texas, had an epiphany a while back. He had one of those inexpensive inkjet MFPs at home that had seen its better days with the exception of the
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Between the Lines: A Subtle Sign Your Company Might Not Be Such a Great Place to Work

Last week I mentioned how I’ve been reading the Elite Dealer nomination forms that have been arriving daily as we prepare to make this year’s selections. (In case you missed it, I announced last
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Between the Lines: Good Reads

I’ve been spending the past few weeks reading the Elite Dealer nomination forms that are rolling in. As the summer months wind down, they’re good summer reads. I find it fascinating to learn how
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Between the Lines: Service & Operations Manager Salaries Predicted to Decline

If  a recent prediction from Copier Careers, the Minneapolis-based recruiting firm for the document imaging industry, comes to fruition then dealerships across the country will be paying lower
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Between the Lines: Canon’s Press & Analysts Day

Last week Canon U.S.A. hosted an event for press and analysts at their new Melville headquarters. For many it was the first opportunity to see the new digs, a 700,000 square foot building located
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Between the Lines: Who Needs Copier Dealers?

I saw this article online, “Do We Really Need Car Dealerships Anymore?” from Popular Mechanics and it got me wondering whether or not anyone could ask that same question of copier dealers. The
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Between the Lines: Mixed Messages about MPS

After interviewing MPSA President Greg Walters and attending Photizo Transform back in the Spring, I get the feeling that managed print services is alive and well and continues to present an
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Between the Lines: While I Was Away on Vacation…

Sometimes you owe it to yourself to just get away. Don’t know why I feel guilty about taking five work days off to go on vacation, but I did. I was even planning on writing this column while
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Between the Lines: A Vanishing Legacy

As some of you know I’ve been writing about this industry for 27 years now. That’s a long time. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun even if you don’t realize you’ve been having fun. I
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