The MLB’s Opening Day Failure
petersjs22 Opening Day is heralded by baseball fans across America and the globe as the official start of the baseball season. It marks the beginning of “America’s favorite pastime” as people…
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Buoyancy Elements: Interrogative Self-Talk
williamsef24 There are three elements of buoyancy: interrogative self-talk, positivity ratios, and explanatory style. These three pieces work together to form the “B” of Pink’s “ABC’s.” Buoyancy means to stay afloat…
Shoe Salesman at Dick’s Sporting Goods
Alyssa Mapes Over spring break, my family was walking around Dicks Sporting Goods when we were approached by an employee. He asked if he could help us, and then began to ask…
Selling physical labor
Robby Randolph My experience in selling is within the world of physical labor. I have sold my services in construction, demolition, landscaping, and hunting. This is a very difficult thing to sell…
Buoyancy and a Positive Mindset
Luke Mantzell In class, we talked about the three elements of buoyancy: interrogative self-talk, positivity ratios, explanatory styles. Interrogative self-talk is all about hyping yourself up before the sales pitch. You want…
Ticket Sales
Grant Baierl As a life long Pittsburgh sports fan I have been to many games for all three of our sports teams: Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. My favorite team to watch are…
The Sale for City
Manchester City has become one of the biggest names in European soccer over the past decade and there is good reason for their success. In 2012 Manchester City stole the…
The Super Bowl Sale
The annual championship of the National Football League– better known as the Super Bowl– is one of the biggest days for companies to make an impact on potential and existing…
Pt. 2 Athletes as Salespeople
ellifry Last week I talked about the dedication similarities between salespeople and athletes, and ended with saying that there are more similarities between the two groups. The second part to that…
Athletes as Salespeople
As I was reading an Article on “Sales Drive LLC” about athletes making good sales people this post just fell together so well. Do you ever wonder why employers think…