In the professional world the phrase “it’snot what you know, it’s who you know,” gets tossed around a lot. For introverts, getting to know people in a networking setting isn’t always the most comfortable situation. But, whether you like it or not, putting yourself out there […]
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My Sales Competition Experience: Selling Under Pressure
Throughout the weeks leading up to my first and only trip as a college student to the American Marketing Association International Collegiate Conference (AMAICC), I would think of my upcoming trip quite often. But I was not thinking of the warm Louisiana temperatures, or my first Bourbon Street experience, as some of my fellow […]
Continue Reading3 Reasons Crowdsourcing Matters
You may be familiar with crowdsourcing campaigns, odds are you’ve encountered more than you realize in your lifetime. Defined as the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community […]
Continue ReadingRivalries In Business: Who’s The Real Winner?
For generations people have been entertained by the epic battles of their time. Whether it was the Capulet’s and the Montague’s in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the New York Yankees against the BostonRed Sox, or the Beatles versus the Stones, rivalries are everywhere. However, some of the most epic rivalries of all time are not in sports or […]
Continue ReadingThe Art of Selling
Whether you’re a college graduate applying for jobs or it’s already in your job title, nearly everyone is involved in sales of some sort throughout their life. Like many things in life, practice and experience lead to better sales skills. But, because everyone is involved in personal selling at some point or another, here are a […]
Continue ReadingSJFC AMA Students On A Mission
We’re on a mission to end cancer by 2020. We’re on a mission, and we need your help. Cancer Mission 2020 was started by Gary Mervis, founder of Camp Good Days and Special Times, in 2010 as a grassroots initiative with the ultimate goal of transforming cancer into a chronic illness, rather than an incurable disease. When […]
Continue ReadingThe Power of the Personal Brand
We’ve all come to understand what it means for companies to have an identified brand that they are defined by. What is often overlooked, is the fact that each and every one of us have our personal brand. Every day we share our personal brand whether we realize it or not. When we meet someone […]
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