We came across an unusual hoodwinking situation last week… You know we try to educate people on some of the underhand practises that go on in MFD and photocopier print & scan industry. Things like stealth price increases, charging extra because the machine’s connected to your own network, extortionate termination charges and re-financing fresh air

Think I’ve just found the oracle on AI technology… Dr Kai-Fu Lee has held executive positions at Microsoft and Apple and was president of Google China before they withdrew. He now leads a technology investment company (Sinovation Ventures) which straddles both the U.S. and Chinese markets. Lee is one of the world’s most respected experts

Guess what I’m hiding in the van? It’s a bounty of Konica Minolta A4 print & scan multifunction machines, complete with extra paper trays and floor standing pedestals (although they’ll sit on a desk too). Where have they come from? Well, here’s the thing… We got wind that a private school in Northumberland had just

Free is not a business model, or is it? eBay entered the Chinese market by buying EachNet. The largest copy-cat site in China. Then went about completely changing the user interface in line with its corporate US centric branding and functions. This went totally against how Chinese consumers bought online, and lost eBay many customers

The 1-page marketing plan is said to be ‘the fastest path to the money’… The concept was invented by Allan Dib (entrepreneur, marketer, bestselling author) and really is a single page divided into 9 squares. Dib wrote us all a blueprint, funnily enough it’s called ‘The 1-Page Marketing Plan’, which has become a bestselling book.

Chinese consumers have never taken to debit or credit cards, always preferring to pay by cash… This was until Alibaba (with Alipay) and Tencent (through WeChat) launched mobile based payment solutions. With close to a billion smart phone users, mobile payments have exploded and is easily the No1 preferred and trusted payment vehicle, quickly overtaking

ITV’s shocking Amazon investigation revealed how millions of goods are destroyed… They found a leaked document showing more than 130,000 items marked “destroy” in one week in April, in one UK warehouse. Multiplied by the number of Amazon’s operations around the world, the total numbers are surely out of the stratosphere. But why do Amazon

Another 13 trees planted by our customers in June 👏👏👏 7 x home infinity multi-function print & scan packages 1 x business inkjet multi-function print & scan package 5 x business laser digital multi-function print & scan package What’s the best thing about these printing packages (besides the tree)? The equipment is provided free with

Creativity is a word people associate with musicians, artists, and filmmakers… Most people just think they’re just not creative, and this is simply not the case. Yes, some people are naturally more creative than others, but we all have some creativity which we could hone, to make us perform better in our specialism. I can’t

One of the greatest rock songs came about through a simple system you can use too… It was May 1965, Keith Richards of famed ‘The Rolling Stones’ was between girlfriends and shored up in his flat in Carlton Hill, St. John’s Wood. Richards said in his book: “I wrote ‘Satisfaction’ in my sleep. I had