Beauty from Ash
HastingsHV1 Mary Kay Cosmetics is a beauty empire that was built by one woman with a passion – a passion to see saleswomen succeed. Mary Kay Ash started her career by…
Improvise
I’m a creature of habit. If I had to give a speech, odds are that I typed and retyped and retyped it before finally settling on a draft that I…
Serving Through Business
My personal career path is leading me on the road to non-profits. While not typically seen as dealing in sales, non-sales selling is the heart of the non-profit world –…
But why?
The more I learn about sales, the more I find myself applying new techniques we learn in class to other situations. In Lean Launchpad, I’ve been interviewing multiple people every…
Talking About Price
CrollJR1 In class we discussed how budgeting is a tough topic to talk about in a sales situation. Professor Sweet also had some good tips on how to bring up the…
Selling Yourself in an Interview
I was looking at interview tips and I came along some tips for selling yourself in an interview. I thought these were some helpful tips and they could relate to…
Snakeoil Salesman
We talked about the stereotypical snakeoil salesman in class and I thought that this was a funny interpretation.
College Ads
DeAugustinoJP1 While watching the PAC Baseball Championship, where our Grove City College Wolverines are playing, I am subjected to all of the advertisements for every college and university in the college.…
“The Walmart of Home Buying”
I recently applied, interviewed, and accepted a position at Howard Hanna for a summer internship. My position is in the accounting department so I won’t be participating directly with the…
Appeal of ‘Specials’
If you make something a ‘special’ it will most likely become popular, especially if its directed towards college students. We have a ton of different types at Grove City College.…