Eight college students participated within the gross sales and advertising and marketing competitors hosted by the College of South Florida’s Heart for Advertising and Gross sales Innovation.
The Elon Gross sales Crew positioned third general within the 2022 Promoting with the Bulls, a neighborhood engagement occasion hosted by the College of South Florida.
The go-to-market competitors combines employer networking with advertising and marketing and gross sales scholar competitions, offering college students with publicity to your entire promoting course of: prospecting, firm analysis, consumer dialogue, objection dealing with and shutting.
Within the networking occasion, advertising and marketing main Cassidy Perkins ‘23, advertising and marketing and finance double main Joseph Byrd ‘23 and financial consulting main Ben Morreale ‘23 tied for second place, and advertising and marketing main Claudia Flint ‘23 positioned third.
“It was an unbelievable studying expertise the place I had the chance to work with an inspiring workforce and implement every part, I’ve realized in my gross sales lessons into an actual enterprise gross sales role-play simulation,” mentioned Perkins, who was additionally named to the Winner’s Circle and earned fourth place general. “With the ability to community with over 20 wonderful corporations helped me achieve perception into completely different industries, and really begin to see the place my future could lead me.”
Coverage research main Adam Craft ‘23 positioned second within the LinkedIn Connection Request class and advertising and marketing main Jack St. Pierre ‘22 completed second within the voicemail occasion.
“This was a terrific alternative to be thrown into real-world gross sales eventualities and put my networking and desires identification abilities to the check,” St. Pierre mentioned.
Additionally representing Elon had been Ben Corrado ‘23, Andrew Daly ‘22 and Mallory Trapani ‘23.
The Elon Gross sales Crew was coached by Ethan Rau ‘23, Crystal Brown ’23, Assistant Professor of Advertising George Talbert and Lecturer in Advertising Rob Elbitar, and supported by the Chandler Household Skilled Gross sales Heart.