I think we're going to make to an entire quarter of working remote in New Jersey. Phase two is schedule to start in two weeks (ten business days) and will be phased in over the next 4 weeks. As I said yesterday I don't see us opening up completely until Labor Day. Tonight I was on the phone with my good friend Jesse Harwell, he's the owner of Pahoda Imaging along with Perfect Copier . He tells me he's outfitted a really cool van and is taking a road trip east in 30 days. He wants to visit...

We're still in Phase One with our New Jersey lock down. Phase two starts in three weeks and will take another two or three weeks to fully implement. There is a phase three but that seems at least another four to six weeks down the road. Seems I may not be getting back to the office for some time. Full re-open maybe Labor Day? This is nuts! Today was a day to get ready for the week. I've seen my hours change for the better since I've been able to work from remotely. Office hours were 8AM -5PM...

"Regardless of industry, those who have participated in an obsessional quest for revenue regardless of disciplines towards profits will eventually find themselves without adequate liquidity." Unfortunately, it does seem as some are still desperately chasing revenue over the importance of profit. There has never in the history of the Imaging Channel been a more critical time than now to control cost by aligning all the industry's business processes to the realities of the marketplace. Nearly...

Usually I will try an posting something interested from my day when posting these reruns. Today I was an expect weed puller, fell off a ladder while painting and dumped a quart of paint on the pavers. I also spent time planting flowers and cleaning up the homestead. A full day of work and I got work tomorrow. I need a fraking vacation! (4) Ricoh 105's w/ TRSystems MX front end vs. Xerox Neuvera and Canon IR110 Guest · 6/6/054:26 PM I feel a little out gunned in this fight but feel its worth...

We all love a great story. If you want to successfully sell yourself, your vision, your ideas, and your products, you must recognize the power of storytelling. You must become proficient in telling your own story! You do have a story and I'm here to say, it must be told. How well do you know your own story? How well are you sharing your story? Reflect upon this for a moment... Many of you tell stories just to tell them. However, when you start asking people why they listen to and then share,...

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Enjoy these awesome threads about the copier industry 5 years ago this week. TOPIC Konica Minolta Launches New Dispatcher Phoenix Features for Educators ART POST · 6/5/1510:58 PM . Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition, including placement in the Leaders Quadrant on the G2014 Magic Quadrantartner for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand...

It's late Friday night. I had a decent week for short week. In 30 days we'll be halfway through 2020. Continued prospecting in during the summer will fill the pipeline for the 3rd and 4th quarters. It's time to grind! Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta releases bizhub 423 series GUEST · 6/2/107:42 PM color scan-to email, FTP server , SMB, USB or TWAIN scanning to PCs as well as security features such as HDD encryption, HDD job overwrite and network...

A quick update on New Jersey for everyone. We're pretty much still locked down. Not much has changed in the last two weeks, although the Governor is giving us back some small freedoms from time to time. Today he announced the horse racing can resume in New Jersey by next week, although none of the grandstands will be open. I'm seeing this as a Governor that is desperate for tax revenue and placing wagers on the ponies and sports betting will generate some additional cash. Yesterday we were...

I received my early constant contact numbers from the email I sent yesterday. It was a little better than I thought for and much better than the first. 17% open rate and 5% click through. That translates to about 120 opens and 6 of the opens clicked through. I even had multiple clicks from multiple people. The plan is not to call the clicks right away but to collect some data on who is clicking what. I'm thinking after 120 days (4 campaigns) I'll be able to generate some net new leads. The...

Day fifty-one now since I've been optioned to remote working from my home office. In 15 days we'll hit 66 days, those 66 work days represent and entire quarter of the year. There may be some good news on the horizon though. Today a gym in South Jersey filed a law suit against our Governor, the AG, the head of the state police and the top health official. Below is a snippet from a recent article. I"an Smith and Frank Trumbetti have filed a federal lawsuit that challenging the...

This morning started last night (Sunday) for me. I had booked a 10AM to get docs signed for a new color wide format MFP. It was about 9:30PM when I tried to access our CRM and it was down. The site wasn't down but I couldn't access it because I still needed to be setup as a user and didn't have credentials. The plans of printing off the order doc, the ma and the lease wasn't going to work. Next course of action was to pull up order docs that I had already used for other accounts. Never the...

Down to one day left in the month on Tuesday. Going to enjoy tomorrow however need to put in a few hours of work in order to make things happen. Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! MFP Wars "Copier/MFP Manufacturers to Buy Printer Manufacturers" Guest · 5/25/106:48 PM With the recent aquisition of Oce by Canon, what's next for the likes of Xerox, Ricoh, Canon and KonicaMinolta? There's no more Ikon, Danka and Global like companies left for them to buy. Could it be...

Feedback isn’t just for rookies. As the leader I know you are, it's part of your job to evaluate yourself, solicit feedback, and then hold yourself accountable for how you apply it. Throughout your sales career, the feedback you’ve earned is necessary for continued growth. Sales is a competitive and tough. It's not for the weak at heart. The highs are high and the lows are low. Some may say it's the competitive inner drive. How do sales professionals continually get better? They constantly...

Yay! It's 4:47pm and I'm getting to write my blog for the day. In order to stay sane with each passing week I'll turn to jibjab and create some ecards for my team members. It's easy to do because you can get their images from facebook, instagram or Linkedin. Today I had some extra time to search for ecards where I could input 5 people. No on is safe from these videos! I had time to cut three of them today. Just a few minutes ago I sent them to our team with the subject line "a little pick me...