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Re: Ten Copier & MFP Proposals for March 2015
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How Did You Come Up with the Name of the Print4Pay Hotel?
Here's a question I received via email the other day. Though this would be good to share for all of the newbies on the site. Hi Art, I’ve had a couple of folks up here ask the origins of your name p4p hotel. I...
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How I turned $15 into a 24K Opportunity
Fifteen stinking dollars! That was all it took for me to get in on a $24K opportunity! If you're a P4P'er (Print4Pay Hotel) member, you're aware that once a week (Sunday nights, except in the summer), I send an update of the past weeks...
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Print4Pay Hotel Road Show Visits East Texas Copy Systems
I was starved after flying into Dallas at 11:30AM and then taking another flight to Tyler. The second flight was rather unique since I had never been in a jet that small! Arriving in Tyler, Texas on Tuesday the 22nd, I was able to hook up with an old friend for dinner at Bodacious Bar-B-Q in Tyler, Texas. The brisket sandwich was awesome, they don't make 'em that tender in NJ! I was fortunate to hook up with Rick Fedell with a referral from Mr. Paul Story from Ethos Technologies aka Blue...
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Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award
Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award Recognized for achievements using online marketing tools to drive success HIGHLANDS, NJ — 3/29/2016 – Print4Pay Hotel, a leading provider of web based information and collaboration for the Imaging Industry, has been named a 2015 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact ® , Inc. , the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10% of Constant...
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Eight Reasons Why You Need to Become A Premium P4P Hotel Member
Nothing is for FREE, we've heard this over and over through out our sales careers right? We share information, we are the relentless, we drive the sales, we generate additional clicks, we seek new customers, we (Print4Pay Hotel)...
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Ten Copier & MFP Proposals for March 2015
Thanks to the help from a few Print4Pay Hotel members, we're able to give our members access to some of the copier & MFP quotes that were presented in March of 2015. I had a great chuckle at some of the Sharp proposals. One, was the base quarterly charge of $30 per quarter for 3,000 pages. Overages were then billed at .01 for black. It's like WTF? It's only $120 for the year, just bill the annual cost!!You'll save the customer money and time...
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Print4Pay Hotel Adds New Copier Survey Feature
Just about two weeks ago we released a new survey feature for the site. There is a link for the main survey page on the gray header bar (the one that has the pull downs), and there is also a widget on the left side of the site that allows...
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Print4Pay Hotel Adds 4 New Forum Moderators
I'm really excited to have these Print4Pay Hotel members on board as moderators. Our moderators will be there to post industry press releases, answer manufacturer product related questions, and drive content on the respective...
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Print4Pay Hotels Top Ten Likes for the new Ricoh MP 2554/3054 & 3554
I'm going crazy with all of these similar model numbers!! Can't we just give them a name? WOOHOO! There's a whole lot to like with these new monochrome (black) Multifunctional Copiers from Ricoh. Each one of these systems...
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Print4Pay Hotel Enjoys a Day @ Ethos Technologies
It's not often that I have the chance to bring the Print4Pay Hotel on the road. My first road show stop of this year was with Ethos Technologies aka Blue Ridge Copiers in Salem, Virginia. Many years ago, I had traveled the...
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Color Copier Cost Per Page Survey for Segment 3 (no Minimum)
I thought it was time to report on some of our Color Cost Per Page Surveys that we've been running on the Print4Pay Hotel Survey Page. Not a scientific poll, but, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that are P4P'ers (Print4Pay Hotel members) are right...
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Copier Maintenance Agreements "Are You Hiding the Cheese"?
This will be the shortest blog of the season for me!! Last night I posted a topic in the Print4Pay Hotel forums related Maintenance Agreements. I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag on the open blog, but we've already had...
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How to Not Prospect for CEO's with Linkedin
I'm on LinkedIn every day, how about you? Some days it's a few minutes and other days I could spend a few hours. For me prospected is not about how many phone calls I make in a day to people who don't want to talk to me,...
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Top Ten Copier & MFP Proposals for February 2015
I can' tell you how much I enjoy seeing copier proposals and quotes from around the country. I especially like seeing the ones from my competitors!!! What's included, what's not included, what rate factor they are using, the cost per page...
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Series of New Blogs @ The Print4Pay Hotel
Since this Sunday will mark the 73th anniversary of the attack of Pearl Harbor. I thought it would be neat to re-post some blogs I did a few years ago on the old google blog site. Years ago I found a book that my parents had put...
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I'm Back for the Start of 2015!!
It was an awesome time to relax a little. No phone calls, no emails, no updates, no shaving, no going to the cleaners, no following up and best of all afternoon naps!! I really needed to take some time off to get a chance to recharge. This week...
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Seven Reasons Why You Need To Become a Premium P4P Hotel Member
Nothing is for FREE, we've heard this over and over through out our sales careers right? We share information, we are the relentless, we drive the sales, we seek new customers, we (Print4Pay Hotel) members are the top sellers in the...
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Print4Pay Hotel's Top 5 Favorite Copier Videos
In not any particular order, however, "Verbatim: What is a Photocopier, just maybe my favorite of all time! I ran across this video almost two weeks ago and also have it posted in the forums. I've also had to chance to share this in the...
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One Reason Why I Still Love What I Do!
Don't get me wrong, I still love selling office equipment! However, my passion is to share information with others with the Print4Pay Hotel site for the Imaging Industry. A few days ago, I was going through my "Who's viewed your...
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Assume My Copier Lease....What?
Am kinda of writing as I think, so please excuse me if I jump around somewhat. Last week I had an email from one of our Print4Pay Members that I'm also connected with on Linkedin. BTW, the email came via Linkedin, so I should have called...
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Lease Maestro Checks into Print4Pay Hotel
Years ago I can remember reading an article that stated something to the effect that an average CEO achieved greatness by surrounding him/her with great employees. I've always envisioned the Print4Pay Hotel forums as the place to go in...
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Ricoh Adds New Color Envelope Printer
Well, it's new for those of us that sell the Ricoh product line. We had heard rumors on the Print4Pay Hotel forums for a few months that Ricoh was going to launch and envelope printer. Rumor had it, that the print engine was going to be the...
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People Buy From People
I'm excited to re-post this blog from Larry Levine. Larry and I met about three years or was it four years ago at a National Ricoh event. Larry has been a Print4Pay Hotel member for 7 years! When I think about who I want to emulate...
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5 Reasons Why I Like Print Audit Best Over PaperCut
Ask yourself, "why are traditional copier dealers making the move to offering managed services & IT offerings". For those of us that answered, "because we can own the network", well that would be the right answer. Thus, if one of our customers is interested in a new imaging system, we would be the first choice. One stop shopping!! Which leads me to the first and most profoundreason why I like Print Audit best over PaperCut. 1) Outdated...
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ESP/Surge Hits Home Run with New Remote Portal for Real Time Power Events
One of the more interesting products I saw at the BTA Grand Slam event in Baltimore was the ESP/SurgeX Remote Portal. I'm going to use this paragraph from the recent Press Release. "The remote portal is designed to provide remote access...
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BTA EAST Grand Slam Event Review
It's about the Vendors. Thus, I'd like to focus this blog about the Vendors who support the BTA Channel and the Print4Pay Hotel. The BTA East Grand Slam events is one of my favs!! No need to fly, a short three hour drive and...
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Old Copier Brochures & Ads Preserved @ Print4Pay Hotel
The first plain paper copier was marketed in 1959 by Xerox. The model 914 weighed some 648 lbs and only made seven copies per minute. When people think about copiers, most will think that all copy machines made copies onto...
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16 Tips to Help You Sell More Production Print Systems
Where to start....hmmmmm, many years ago I had my first introduction into the Print4Pay Industry via the Minolta 450Z BETA copier. The 450Z was launched back in the mid eighties and the most unique feature of the 450Z is that this was one of...
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Polek & Polek Delivers Toner Supplies to Dealers by Sled
During the summer I had the chance to catch up with Chris Polek (CEO) of Polek & Polek for a short interview so our readers and members could learn more about Chris and his company. Now, I'm probably not the best at this, however I think I'm getting better and hope to bring more of these interviewsin the near future with our other sponsors. Enjoy!! I know Polek & Polek is a Premium provider of supplies for the office equipment industry. When did Polek &...
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Advice For Starting An Unauthorized Copier Dealership
I always enjoy answering emails and today I was able to send this reply to a Print4Pay Hotel Member that asked me this: A friend of mine and myself are potentially looking to partner together to start an unauthorized copier dealership. We want to...
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31 Ways to Garner Net New Copier & Managed IT Business
Finally!!! I've put the master piece togther. 31 Ways to Garner Net New Business, and I'll be posting one of these per week as Premium Content once the New Year of 2014 kicks in. But in the mean time I've started a topic on the P4P...
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A Special Print4Pay Hotel Thanksgiving
Back in 2003, I still can't believe ten tears have slipped away that quickly,I started a small community for Ricoh copier sales people. The platform was an MSN Community (remember those), the first reason for starting the community was that...
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Dealer vs Direct for Employment?
First, how cool is that delivery truck! Now that's marketing!!! How do you compare the flexibility of dealerships vs the stability of a major corporation? This was an email that I received from a Print4Pay Hotel...
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In Search of the Office Imaging Industry’s Top Sales People
Isn’t it about time that the industry’s best sales reps were recognized in the press? Sure these folks reap financial rewards for a job well done, but how much of that recognition actually extends beyond their workplace? That time has...
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Seven Reasons Why You Need to Become A Premium P4P Hotel Member
Nothing is for FREE, we've heard this over and over through out our sales careers right? We share information, we are the relentless, we drive the sales, we seek new customers, we (Print4Pay Hotel) members are the top sellers in the...
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Copier Side by Side Comparisons "Do You Remember Those?"
Back in eighties, before PC's were on every copier sales persons desk, copier sales people would turn to Copier Buyers Guides. Those guides were as good as gold, and we scrambled for them when the new editions arrived. Those guides listed every current and discontinued copier spec on the market. Those guides were our Bibles! Many of us stuffed them in our briefcases (remember when we had those), while others left them at the office. The really good copier salespeople always had his copier...
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Top Ten Copier & MFP Quotes for November 2016
I just checked my recent constant contacts and I was upset because three members opted out of the weekly email update. As my Father in Law states, what do you expect from a Pig but a Grunt. It's obvious to me that those three that opted out are probably terrible prospectors and terrible sales people. Over the years, I always believe and stated to others that Print4Pay Hotel members are the best of breed for the imaging industry. Below are ten quotes that we've recently ran across, and or we...
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Top Ten "Why Copiers Should Have Warning Labels"
I wrote this back in 2011 and thought it would be a good repost for everyone. Enjoy! Yes sir, 31 years in the business and counting...over those 31 years I've seen and heard some strange things happen in the copier business. Here's some warning labels that I'd like to see on copiers. BTW, most of these threads came from Print4Pay Hotel Members forum. Enjoy! 1. Warning: If you don't insert the toner cartridge carefully you're gonna ruin your clothes and your co-workers are gonna have a good...
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Two Copier Dudes to Attend Graph Expo 2016
It's official!! John Anderson and I are booked to attend Graph Expo 2016 in Orlando as members of the Press! Ok, you may not be excited about us our press credentials, however John Anderson and I are stoked! What you can get exciting about is that John & I will be the only two copier dudes reporting about what matters most to those of us in the copier channel. To date there are 357 Exhibitors, out of those 357 we've identified 24 of the exhibitors that we want to have a conversation with...
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Adding Avatars to the Print4Pay Hotel
Adding your picture on your profile can be done easily on the Print4Pay Hotel site. You'll need to long in first, you'll then need to select "manage", then "your account" and then "update profile". Once you're there you'll be able to...
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Top Ten Copier Proposals for June 2017
Where can you find more than five hundred copiers proposals? If you guessed the Print4Pay Hotel, then you've guessed right! Our Competitive proposals are shared from other Print4Pay Hotel members. In fact many P4P'ers will email me those "trophy" proposals in order to receive a few free months of Premium/VIP membership. You may ask what are trophy proposals? They would be the proposals where we've won the clients business and then asked for a copy of the competitors proposals. Over the...
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Five Reasons to Attend Print4Pay Hotels Wide Format Presentation for Sales Reps
Originally I had planned to do the webinar for August 18th at noon, and lasting for one hour. Due to vacations, summer schedules and other conflicts we're moving the event to October 2nd, 2017 at 1PM . Let's figure that this will take about an hour or so. I just finished talking with John Anderson from Sissine's Office Systems, and John's on board to co-host our event. John and I go way back and pretty much we're always kicking wide format questions and issues back and forth with each other.
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Why I Contacted a Premium/VIP P4P Hotel Member Today!
Just and interesting nugget for everyone that I received today via email. I had a new registration for the Print4Pay Hotel. I check every registration to make sure that person is somewhat connected to the imaging industry. We don't want the scammers and lurkers to ruin a good thing. After reading though the fillable fields, I noticed that the person applying for membership was the production print buyer for a large corporation. Over the years, I've gotten to know many of our Premium/VIP...
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Special Thanksgiving Message from the Print4Pay Hotel
It's been somewhat of an interesting year for me in sales. My first eight months were nothing short of spectacular, however the last three months have been a real grind and no where near spectacular. Matter a fact the story has been under achievement to say the least. Thus I find my self in the same spot every year. One month left to go and I haven't written my ticket for annual quota and President's Club. But there's so much to be thankful for in 2019. We have an awesome collection of...
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Major Update to Print4Pay Hotel Web Site
In the next 4-6 weeks we'll be rolling out our new style and a new user interface that's called Card Model. The changes will impact most lists and landing page on the platform- including the "home" page and each content module's start page- and will make it much easier to browse and consume content overall. In this mode, content lists are displayed as cards on a grid, filling the entire width of the content pane, like so: Each content type (forum topics, blog posts, clips, surveys, etc.)...
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Giving Back "How Print4Pay Hotel Partners Help Others" Polek & Polek in 2019
It's been a few years since I blogged about how are Print4Pay Hotel partners give back to their community or to their charitable cause. Thus for the next few days we'll be posting a paragraph or two from our sponsors. Please hit up the like button and please share, it's wonderful that these companies take the time and effort to give back to others in need. Polek & Polek partners with Baking Memories 4 Kids The proceeds of the cookies we purchase from Baking Memories 4 Kids are used to...
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Giving Back "How Print4Pay Hotel Partners Help Others" The Copier Solution Shop in 2019
It's been a few years since I blogged about how are Print4Pay Hotel partners give back to their community or to their charitable cause. Thus for the next few days we'll be posting a paragraph or two from our sponsors. Please hit up the like button and please share, it's wonderful that these companies take the time and effort to give back to others in need. The Copier Solution Shop aka VZ Industries The Copier Solution Shop is part of the VZ Industries Group a complete factory to produce...
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Copier Demonstration
This is a repost from our old blogspot site from back in 2010. Just thought it would be a good share for everyone. If you have some funny story to share, please feel free to add! A few months ago I was driving to South Jersey for an appointment, hence I started to think about all of the copier demo's I did in the old days and some of the funniest things that happened with either the demo and or an appointment. With that I thought, let me put this out to the Print4Pay Hotel Members and see...