Welcome to the first issue of The PowerLine, an e-publication from e-Quantum Power, Inc. "Q-POWER" is the new Affinity & Buyers Group formed specifically to benefit all e-Quantum software clients by combining the synergy of their collective purchasing power. Q-POWER offers its members a combination of more competitive pricing, superior marketing strategies, product diversification, more powerful technology and the opportunity for International distribution.

Q-Power's two principals are Ross Barker, president, and Todd Mellon, executive vice president.

Ross is the founder and CEO of e-Quantum, Inc., an industry leader in software for Independent print distributors for 25 years. A former distributor, Ross is also a past president of the Document Management Systems Association and recipient of the DMIA Member of the Year and President's Awards.





Todd is the founder and President of Prime Business Solutions, Inc. a leading business support company servicing print, promotional and office supply markets. Todd has 20 years experience in the print industry and has directed his company toward the forefront of critical business services with leading edge e-commerce solutions. In 2004, Todd introduced The Ampersand Group, a unique distributor support company, geared toward supporting the print distribution business community with back office, e-commerce, fulfillment and inventory management services. Todd is a true pioneer in the evolution of print services management and has worked with many Fortune 500 companies as they evolve from being traditional forms users to companies that demand state of the art print technologies for their critical business needs.


The annual fee to enjoy all the benefits of Q-Power is only $495. To become a Q-Power member or for more information regarding Q-Power, please contact Christine Fontana at 866-365-7797 or cfontana@q-power.net.


Q-Power is excited to announce its newest select vendor, Data Management Center of Schaumburg, IL. DMC is a trade-only critical document distribution facility offering print-to-mail, email, fax, Web and on-line document presentment and payment. In 1995 The Data Management Center was formed to serve Uarco worldwide print centers, and then Standard Register. Now the imaging, mailing and distribution services are offered exclusively through DMIA distributor members with strategic alliances with e-Quantum and Q-Power, Ricoh, and Speedscan.

You can now increase your profits via critical document outsourcing through Improved Cash Flow, Cost Reduction and Best Practice Improvements. DMC offers a Success Kit that contains marketing material, who to call on, what questions to ask and services to offer; and will help you uncover the opportunities for residual profits year after year.

Dale Dembski, DMC president, is looking forward to helping e-Quantum distributors sell accounts needing critical document distribution. DMC will pre-qualify the accounts, setup discovery calls and make the sales calls with you. He says the average sale is $100,000 with a 30% gross margin or more. Dale and e-Quantum will present educational webinars to acquaint distributors with the very profitable opportunities in critical document distribution. More information can be found at their website www.dmcilink.com


21 Q-Power members joined our first educational webinar Wednesday, October 26th featuring the sales and marketing of United Stationers office products. Webinars will be held every Wednesday at 1:00 PM Eastern time and alternate between sales/marketing and training/support. The focus of this week's session will be training/support for marketing USSCo office products. Information regarding webinars and links to join the sessions are provided on the Q-Power website www.q-power.net.