This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Are you a printer that uses technology to make the magic happen, or a technology company that happens to put ink on paper? You could argue semantics, but I don’t think so. This goes to the heart and soul of...
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Your People, the True Leading Indicator
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions How much are you investing in your people? I’m not talking about wages and benefits, but rather their training and development, their growth in what they do in your business? Let me ask the question in a...
Five Tips to Fix Roller Coaster Sales
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions The financials looked OK at year end, but if you examined how you got there, it wasn’t pretty. It’s amazing that some companies enjoy monthly sales volumes that might not deviate more than five percent up...
Dual Strategy – for Today and Tomorrow
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions Which is better, the business you have today or the business you think you want in the future – a challenging question for any business leader. It’s not an easy question to answer and it’s generally not...
Your Sales Team, Today and Tomorrow
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. The effectiveness of the sales team remains an ongoing concern for most sales leaders and CEO’s in the Graphic Communications industry. How many of your reps made budget last year or increased their sales...
Is it time to re-think the sales approach?
This blog originally published in Printing Impressions. Sales, sales, sales. Everybody wants more sales and some manage to get more sales than others. The secret sauce is… that there probably isn’t a secret sauce. By that I mean there are many ways to increase...





