The Hands-On Approach to 2009 Sales Growth

--A pilot sales program that partners with promotional products salespeople to sell $100,000 Character Marketing Campaigns --

Allentown, PA, October 27, 2008 - Artistic Toy and The Promotion Coach announce today their plan to help 20 promotional product distributors build character. Jim Socci, President Artistic Toy, and Ted Davies, The Promotion Coach, have teamed up to help salespeople go deeper into clients’ marketing campaigns to discover sales opportunities they could be missing. The goal is to recruit 20 dedicated sales professionals who want to work hands on to implement their co-authored “Character Marketing Sales Playbook™”.

The pilot program will begin on Monday, January 19, 2009. The dynamic duo will use a series of web training sessions to implement the sections in the playbook. Within the program salespeople will receive:

• Guidance on Client Selection
• Assistance developing an award winning prospecting campaign
• Tips for securing appointments
• Presentation Assistance
• Access to case studies and proposal templates
• The Promotion Coach Sales Playbook – First Million Audio CDs

The cost of this pilot program is FREE, but is limited to 20 participants. Applications are being accepted online at www.artistictoysmfg.com/100kpilot.html through December 19, 2008. The selected participants will be announced on January 12, 2009 at the PPAI Las Vegas Trade Show.

View Press Release in PDF Format.

View recorded Webinar Playback to learn more about Jim and Ted's personal success stories with their Proactive Sales Approach: "Don't Leave $ on the Table."

"I am glad I attended the webinar because plush, especially custom, was not really on my radar as a unique, multi-industry promo item. I see now that there are some great universal possibilities, so thanks!"
Beverly Padratzik (Proforma House, Chicago, IL)