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Konica Minolta ROCKS!

June 30th, 2006

I just wanted to share my GREAT experience with Konica Minolta.
My relatively new (and definitely under warranty) 2430DL died…rather spectacularly… (There was a stomach churning THUNK and then a *FATAL ERROR CODE*!

Local Shoppers and and the New Dynamics!

June 28th, 2006

Here are some VERY interesting stats:
Recent statistics indicate that more and more often people are turning to the Internet — instead of the yellow pages — to find local businesses like yours that are close to home. Check out these stats from the Kelsey Group…

74% of households now use […]

Jeffrey Gitomer’s “SALES CAFFEINE” Email today

June 20th, 2006

Jeffrey Gitomer is one of my favorite Sales Mavens. He sends out an Email Newsletter on Tuesdays that is well worth reading.
http://www.gitomer.com/index.cfm
Today he was talking about how the internet is affecting the sales process and discussing buying an automobile. The couple of points that I found were significant are:
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Because an automobile is so personal, most […]

CNN Travel Article

June 19th, 2006

Here is an interesting tidbit offering a LOT of food for thought!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/06/19/trend.fishing.ap/index.html
First off, who can NOT love the idea of Pink Waders and fishing equipment. Way back when, I was a union stagehand in IATSE. I spray painted ALL of my tools pink, and let me tell you… if any of the guys borrowed […]

My Membership Adventure ;-)

June 19th, 2006

As a result of input from Retailers at TNNA last week, I have ended up going in a slightly different direction with the Marketing Edge sites. Both the Retailer site and the Designer site will be membership sites
The Retailer site will be going live first. It will have two levels of membership: Silver and Gold. […]