Can Technology Distributors Eat Too Much of Their Own Dog Food? (Slides)

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Can Technology

Distributors Eat Too

Much of Their Own

Dog Food?

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Small Business Computer Consulting Blog

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The Distributor

Board, Consultancy

Working to Help

Distributors in

Different Sectors

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Lists Some

Technology

Mistakes it’s Seen

Distributors Make,

and What to Do:

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1. Believing That

Technology

Alone Suffices

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2. We are Smart

and Need no

Training

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3. Leave the

Technology

to the

IT Department

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Technology

Distributors have

Recently Evolved

their Training

Support Programs

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The Programs

Inform Dealers

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But Also What the

Real Business

Advantages are to

End-users

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And How to

Sell Products to

Customers,

So Benefits are

Effectively Realized

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Where Have You

Seen Examples of

Technology

Distributors

Themselves

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Making Good Use

of Technology?

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How Has it

Influenced the

Way You Sell to

Your Own

Customers?

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Let Us Know in

the Comments

Section

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