2008 SMALL DISTRIBUTOR SUMMIT WRAP-UP
A record 108 small distributors attended this year’s Small Distributor Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Event co-chairs, Mark Rockefeller of Carolina Print Consultants and Joe Walkup of Innovative Business Products, coordinated the event with a specific focus on marketing. Presentations held across the two day event were aimed at helping small distributors share best practices and new ideas to help grow their businesses.
“The camaraderie here is fantastic. Everyone tells it like it is, whether good or bad. We are all equals here; all business owners with similar goals. You can really let your hair down.”
— Tony Mendes, Enterprise Business Solutions
“The Small Distributor Summit is an excellent glimpse into industry trends on the horizon. It’s a great place to redefine or reaffirm what ‘success’ means to you.”
— Andy Paxton, Paxton Products Inc.
“After attending the 2008 Small Distributor Summit, I left my office Tuesday morning with 3 items I have not taken on the road in a while. While going to visit a client I took my tape measure, Micrometer & loop. I felt like a salesman again.”
—Aaron Leppo, Full Line Graphics, Inc.
DEVELOPED FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
This PSDA exclusive was created for businesses whose annual sales volumes are under $2.5 million. Planned and organized by member companies, the Small Distributor Summit is designed to connect like-minded members who sell print and print services to end users.
This two day event offers attendees top-notch education, member case studies, panel discussions, and open forums, allowing the small distributor to gain ideas and best practices to increase their profitability and work flow efficiency.
“The Small Distributor Summit continues to be the best ROI activity for CBF Print Solutions. One of the benefits for us (in addition to the great networking) is that we found a new printer at this conference who had the long run capability to come in at 20% under another printer that we had been using.”
— Jerry Ballone, CBF Print Solutions, Inc.
