Week 8 Sales

It was a busy week at the U-T

On Monday we discussed the Art Walk that we will be working in a few weeks. I was slightly disappointed to see that the U-T did not really take many of the ideas that we had, like the winning group's scavenger hunt. However I am sure they have a rhyme and reason for everything. Group to will be working on campus marketing to promote the contest and the art walk in general. We came up with a few ideas like utilizing USD radio, the vista, the kiosks, and USD televisions to promote the event. We also want to send promote to photography and art classes especially for the photo contest. Right now our group is just waiting for a u-t approved flyer so we can start our job.

Today, we went to the sales department and talked with Kevin. He is the sales guru and taught us the 3 V's of sales. I also had to pretend to sell a pen to the group, which was pretty challenging. I started my sale by asking questions of the group to convince them that that was the product for them. Turns out questions are clutch when making a sale so I was pretty impressed with myself =]

Kevin also talked to us about good interviewing skills and told us that it is important to have good questions to ask of the interviewer after the interview is over. He also gave us his number and said that if we had any other questions or wanted to practice interviewing skills that we were more then welcome to call him!

Happy Easter!
Em