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Where were you in ’92? That was 22 years ago. How about in 1989, 25 years ago? Many of us were smack dab in the middle of this industry, doing some of the same things we’re doing now, or laying Read More

NSi’s Vice President of Marketing Mike Morper can barely contain his excitement. He’s all worked up about ENGAGE 2014, NSi’s first ever end user event in the U.S. scheduled for June 4-5 at Read More

(Editor’s note: I wrote the following article for the May issue of Independent Dealer magazine. To read the complete issue or subscribe to this excellent publication targeting office supplies Read More

There is a question being asked on a sales management LinkedIn group, and I am paraphrasing, “Are high quality sales professionals born that way or developed?” This question demeans the sales Read More

If it’s early Spring it must s time for Kyocera Document Solutions America’s FY15 Pan-American Dealer Meeting.  This year’s event was held, where else but Las Vegas at The Venetian, one of my Read More

One of the beautiful things about the game of baseball is the fact that stats are kept on EVERYTHING.  Think about it, how often has the casual fan heard an announcer in the World Series say, “He Read More

The Association for Information and Image Management—otherwise known as AIIM—held its 2014 conference April 1-3 in Orlando. The theme of the event, Information Opportunity vs. Information Chaos, Read More

So when you’re at a dinner party with friends and they ask “How’s business?” how do you respond? Do you say, “I couldn’t be happier! I’ve seen revenue increases of 50 percent or more year after Read More

You have sifted through the top level candidates’ resumes and now you have scheduled interviews to decide which candidate will most effectively contribute to your organization and its culture. Read More

Last week I accidentally stumbled upon Coordinated Business Systems’ Facebook page. I was writing a column about the value or not of social media to the dealer community and just when I thought I Read More

For companies with sophisticated sales operations territory design is paramount to maximizing their investment in sales professionals. Can you imagine starting your sales career at IBM, GE Read More

One of the biggest challenges a dealer sales rep has today, and they’ve got a few, is sorting through and comprehending the variety of solutions on the market as well as how to effectively Read More