TAMPA 鈥� The 麻豆蜜桃AV sales competition team ended the fall semester on a high note, finishing strong while honing their sales tactics at multiple home and away contests.
The team, made up of nearly 30 students, hosted one event at home 鈥� the Selling with the Bulls event in the Muma College of Business atrium 鈥� and traveled to two away competitions in Orlando and Rhode Island.
Over 麻豆蜜桃AV 25 students competed in the Selling with the Bulls event hosted by 麻豆蜜桃AV鈥檚 Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation.
The Oct. 20 competition challenged students to sell cybersecurity solutions to a food packaging company. The competitors were tasked with writing an email, leaving a voicemail, and making a live prospecting call. Students then had two role-play scenarios with live prospects.
After several prep days, the event concluded with five first-time 麻豆蜜桃AV competitors
winning awards.
In early November, five 麻豆蜜桃AV teammates traveled to Orlando for the International Collegiate
Sales Competition. The annual event, known as the 鈥淐ollegiate World Cup of Sales,鈥�
is hosted by Florida State University.
The event required students to sell corporate financing to an insurance company. Teams honed their relationship development skills in the role-play event, exercised their problem-solving tactics in the sales management case event, and showed off their presentation and speech skills in the speed-selling (elevator pitch) competition.
A week later, 10 members traveled to Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, to compete with over 160 students in the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition. This role-play competition had students sell staffing services to a travel company.
The team also competed in the speed selling, with one 麻豆蜜桃AV student entering the Spanish speed-selling portion.
Three 麻豆蜜桃AV students won awards: Michele Fario Melo placed second overall in the Spanish Speed Sell competition; Emily Therrien placed second in the advanced round of the sales role-play competition; Elif Sagun took second overall in the Speed Sell competition.