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Lessons Learned, Volume Two: Dealers Talk Insights Courtesy of 2021 Teachings

When certainties are few, the office technology dealer network must rely on the most recent of trailing data, because 2019 (and even 2020) offered a short shelf life for actionable intelligence—those expiration dates became shorter and shorter. But some of the greatest challenges
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Three Strategies to Keep Your Customer Base Intact

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. You’ve likely heard the following statistic: it costs five times more to acquire a new customer than it does to retain a current customer.
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How to Evaluate an Office Technology Financing Provider

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. Office technology providers rely on partners to help meet customer needs. Many are venturing into new product and service offerings like
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GreatAmerica New 1nVOICE Simplifies Billing Process and Invoices

Cedar Rapids, IA (Jan. 29, 2020) — GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation, a leader in office equipment leasing, launched a new offering, 1nVOICE (pronounced one in voice), to lower administrative expenses, increase customer satisfaction and differentiate office technology
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Enhance Your Customer Retention Strategy with These Five Focus Areas

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. You’ve worked hard to earn the trust and business of your customers through great service and proactive conversations about the useful life
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GreatAmerica and Collabrance Announce 2020 ‘Smarketing’ Virtual Event for Modern Sales and Marketing

Cedar Rapids, IA (Sept. 9, 2020) — GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation and Collabrance LLC have opened registration for a new virtual sales and marketing event, GreatAmerica University Smarketing: Preparing for Your Digital Transformation. The event, slated for Oct.
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Collabrance Brings Together Cybersecurity Experts to Share MSSP Best Practices for IT Channel

Cedar Rapids, IA (Sept. 9, 2020) — Collabrance LLC, the GreatAmerica Master Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), announced a free online event focused on best practices for technology providers to grow their IT business with cybersecurity. MSSP Accelerator will feature
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GreatAmerica MPSecure Addresses Work-From-Home Print Security Vulnerabilities

Cedar Rapids, IA (Aug. 6, 2020) — GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced a new print security program for office technology providers to support the new work-from-home world. The MPSecure program educates providers on network security risks that arise from using
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Do’s and Don’ts of Virtual Selling

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. Virtual selling has been embraced in some industries for years, but there are a variety of misconceptions about it, leading many to resist
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How to Run a Collaborative and Efficient Virtual Meeting

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. Like them or not, meetings are an essential part of any organization’s day-to-day. But unless meetings are conducted efficiently,
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The Sailor Group and GreatAmerica Financial Automate Financing Process

Windermere, FL (May 5, 2020) — The Sailor Group Inc., developers of AgentDealer, a customer relationship management (CRM) tool built on the Salesforce platform for the office technology industry, announced today the release of a custom integration with GreatAmerica Financial
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XaaS and Dealers: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Monthly Subscriptions

It is easy to say that the movement toward bundled services under a flat-rate, monthly subscription model is a factor of the millennial generation taking a bigger role in customer buying decisions. It is true that millennials have now grown in size and demographic representation,
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Are Seat-Based and Device-Based Billing Models the Future for Dealers?

As we delve into our state of the industry subject of selling everything as a service (XaaS) and the elements it entails, we will begin with a look at the question of device- or seat-based billing in an industry that has long relied on meter readings to provide precise billing on
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Monitor Honors Tawnya Stone Among Top 50 Women in Leasing

Cedar Rapids, IA (Jan. 16, 2020) – In its first issue dedicated to women, the Monitor named GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation’s Tawnya Stone as one of the top 50 women in the equipment finance industry. The Nov/Dec issue selected the top 50 women for their “…industry
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GreatAmerica and Collabrance Announce 2020 Managed IT Sales Training Dates

Cedar Rapids, IA (Dec. 10, 2019) — GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation and Collabrance LLC have opened registration for three new Sales Simplicity Seminars for the 2020 calendar year. The training is presented by Alex Rogers, CEO of CharTec and designed for managed
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