June's sd|webEd - our free monthly education webinar series

Posted by Kelli Jones on Monday, June 13, 2011

Be sure to check out the topics for sd|webEd, our monthly free educational webinar series:

Selling Services to the CFO

Gain insight into the CFO decision-making process regarding managed services and managed print services. According to Gartner Inc, CFOs are playing a bigger role in IT decisions than in the past.

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Strategy Development Schedules BTA Workshops for March in Chicago: SMU, MPS Sales, and MPS Operations & Service

Posted by Kelli Jones on Monday, January 24, 2011

We are conducting the BTA Service Management University on March 10-11, along with the award winning BTA Managed Print Services (MPS) Sales Workshop on March 8-9, concurrently with the BTA MPS Operations and Service Workshop on March 8, 2011.  All of the classes will be held at the SpringHill Suites Chicago O’Hare. 

BTA Service Management University is designed specifically for service leadership (vice president, director, service manager, or service supervisor), to learn how to s

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BTA MPS Sales, BTA MPS Operations & Service, and BTA Sales Management Training Scheduled for February in Las Vegas

Posted by Kelli Jones on Wednesday, December 29, 2010

BTA Managed Print Services (MPS) Operations and Service Workshop on Feb 7, will run concurrently with BTA MPS Sales Workshop on Feb 7-8, 2011.  On Feb 9-10, BTA Sales Management will follow the MPS classes.  All of the classes will be held in Las Vegas. 

BTA MPS Sales Workshop teaches sales leaders (dealership principals, sales managers, vice presidents of sales, and print specialists) a systematic and proven methodology to establish and maintain a profitable MPS program.  Uncover new revenue streams, significantly increase the quantity of captur

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Strategy Development Schedules Award Winning BTA MPS Back Office and Sales Training Classes for December in Philadelphia

Posted by Kelli Jones on Tuesday, October 19, 2010

We are conducting our award winning BTA Managed Print Services (MPS) Operations and Service Workshop on December 8, concurrently with BTA MPS Sales Workshop on December 8-9, in Philadelphia. These courses meet the training requirements of the Kyocera Certified MPS Dealer Program.

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BTA MPS Training Classes Scheduled for November in San Francisco for Operations & Service and Sales Professionals

Posted by Kelli Jones on Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Strategy Development is conducting the award winning BTA Managed Print Services (MPS) Operations and Service Workshop on November 3, concurrently with BTA MPS Sales Workshop on November 3-4, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Courtyard. These courses meet the training requirements of the Kyocera Certified MPS Dealer Program.

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Strategy Development Launches Strategic Selling Course

Posted by Kelli Jones on Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Web-Based or Onsite Training for Beginning and Intermediate Sales Professionals

Strategy Development is launching a strategic selling course designed for beginning and intermediate sales professionals. This course is available as an eight-week webinar series, with the first term starting Monday, October 25, 2010, or as an on-site, two-day workshop.

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Strategy Development Launches Strategic Selling Course

Posted by Kelli Jones on Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Strategy Development is launching a strategic selling course designed for beginning and intermediate sales professionals. This course is available as an eight-week webinar series, or as an on-site, two-day workshop.

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BTA MPS Sales and BTA Sales Management Training Classes Scheduled for October in New Orleans

Posted by Kelli Jones on Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Strategy Development is conducting the award winning BTA Managed Print Services (MPS) Sales Workshop on October 11-12, followed by the BTA Sales Management Workshop on October 13-14, in New Orleans, LA at the JW Marriott.

BTA MPS Sales workshop teaches sales leaders (dealership principals, sales managers, vice presidents of sales, and print specialists) a systematic and proven methodology to establish and maintain a profitable MPS program.

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Poll: Managed Print Services – Are you on board?

Posted by Kelli Jones on Wednesday, August 18, 2010

To keep your finger on the pulse of what your peers are thinking and doing, Strategy Development will be conducting monthly surveys, on hot topics in the imaging industry. Results will be published in our monthly newsletter: sddigest. Not registered for our newsletter?

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Introducing ClearView, a tool to properly price and position MPS opportunities

Posted by Kelli Jones on Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Strategy Development has worked with a leading software developer to translate their knowledge and insight of proper pricing of managed print services (MPS) engagements into a comprehensive Excel-based pricing tool: ClearView. ClearView is user-friendly and easily blends expenditures for mixed fleets, related consumables, and services into a single cost-per-page (CPP). The blended CPP can enable a customer to reduce costs and/or allow print providers to improve margins.

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