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Explore effective strategies for maintaining prospective and current partner relationships, including prospecting sources, advertising/marketing tactics, and fostering small, intimate events. Enhance engagement through advanced student involvement, career opportunities, and partner benefits from media interaction.
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Best Practices Maintaining Prospective and Current Partner Relationships USCA Fall 2010
Prospecting sources • Alumni • Chamber of Commerce • Sponsorships and relationships with other organizations (SMEI) • Advertisements • Marketing materials • Brochures • Videos • Social media • Web • Students make sales calls (Terry will discuss) Prospective Partner Relationships USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ • Other? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Prospecting sources/External organization relationships USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ • Other? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Advertising/marketing materials? USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Smaller, more intimate, events for students and Partners • Use Advanced Students for Account Management • Adding benefits from Media site for corporate partners • Competitions • Sales Job Fair • Sales Recognition Dinner sponsored in some fashion by our corporate partners • Involvement in the classroom • Sales symposium • Encourage to take advantage of all the benefits at the various levels of involvement and up sell • Create single point of contact for easy communication • Require partners to allow sales shadows: require sales shadows • Distribute resumes of all sales students: require resumes in all sales classes • Allow access of all role-plays to partners • Use of Center Web Site • Monthly Newsletter Current Partner Relationships USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Examples: Bowling, movies, career development • How to get students involved? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ • Other ideas for small, intimate events? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Smaller, intimate, events. USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? • Assign accounts • Student Reports – weekly • Communicate events through students • Other? ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Advanced Students: Account Management. USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Partner Career Opportunities • Partner Web Site Links • Partner Bios • ______________________________ • ______________________________ • ______________________________ • ______________________________ • ______________________________ • ______________________________ Benefits from Media Site USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Partner Involvement • Judges • Buyers • Small career fair • ____________________________________________ • ____________________________________________ • ____________________________________________ • Other? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Competitions USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ • Other? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Sales Job Fair USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ • Other? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Sales Recognition Dinner USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Guest Lecture • Topical Full presentation • Discussion participant • Role-Play Judge/Participant • Other? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Classroom Involvement USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logistics? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ • Other? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Sales symposium USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Communication? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ • Ideas? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Take advantage of all benefits USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Develop additional relationships within organization. • Other? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Single point of contact USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Advanced students shadow 1-2 partner salespeople • Assign one and allow to choose another • Partners in class during presentation of report • Other? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Require sales shadows USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Require all sales students to submit electronic resume • Distribute resume CD to all partners • Other? ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Distribute resumes USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
On-line – dvd? • Other? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Access to all role-plays USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Logo • Link to org. web site • Career opportunities • Other? ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Use of Center Web Site USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
Monthly events • Partner insights/articles • Partner bios/ corp. & individual • Other? ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Monthly Newsletter USCA Fall 2010: Baylor University
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