Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. Gets Involved With Local Charities

Rocky Top Marketing Group is excited to see what opportunities the year 2012 has to offer! Because 2011 has gone so well, RTMG is feeling pretty charitable this holiday season, and is donating time, effort, and manpower, back into the community.

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Rocky Top Marketing Group participates in Thanksgiving Food Drive for Local Charity

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. is participating in a can food drive to help feed the homeless this year.

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. is feeling very fortunate this year – and it is not hard to figure why –  trends are showing they are going to have their best year of business yet.  So giving back has become a priority.

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. staff voluntarily held several meetings to discuss which charities should be participated in this year. “There are very few actions as important as giving back and a having charitable spirit.”, says Rocky Top Marking Group’s President Bob Edwards, “Being in our new location here in Knoxville has been an awesome opportunity for our team, and we are excited to be donating to a great cause.  The holidays are right around the corner and we are glad to help those in need.” RTMG is currently collecting non-perishable food donations and giving them to the local food bank.

The team is also planning on adopting a stream, volunteering some time on Thanksgiving to help feed the homeless, and participating in ‘toys for tots’ for the second year in a row.

Rocky Top Marketing Group is Volunteering

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. plans on giving back this holiday season.

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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) November 14, 2011 -- Rocky Top Marketing Group participates in Thanksgiving Food Drive for Local Charity

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. is participating in a can food drive to help feed the homeless this year. Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. is feeling very fortunate this year – and it is not hard to figure why – when the trends are showing they are going to have their best year of business yet. So giving back has become a priority.

Rocky Top Marketing Group, Inc. staff voluntarily held several meetings to discuss which charities should be participated in this year. “There are very few actions as important as giving back and a having charitable spirit.”, says Rocky Top Marking Group’s President Bob Edwards, “Being in our new location here in Knoxville has been an awesome opportunity for our team, and we are excited to be donating to a great cause. The holidays are right around the corner and we are glad to help those in need.”

RTMG is currently collecting non-perishable food donations and giving them to the local food bank. The team is also planning on adopting a stream, volunteering some time on Thanksgiving to help feed the homeless, and participating in ‘toys for tots’ for the second year in a row. 

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Rocky Top Marketing Goes To Atlanta For Leadership Conference

Rocky Top Marketing Group Treats Its Employees To A Full Day Leadership Seminar.

 

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 14, 2011 -- Rocky Top Marketing Group Treats Employees to a Weekend Leadership Seminar

Knoxville marketing firm, Rocky Top Marketing Group, attended a Leadership Seminar in Atlanta this past weekend. Team members got the opportunity to network with other marketing and sales professionals.

Sunday festivities included some networking with industry leaders, and a lively dinner with some business partners.

Sunday's meetings covered topics such as Business Relationship Building, Critical Conversations, Sales Training, Getting the Most Out of Your Team, Time Management, Organization, and Evaluating Talent. Guest speakers included numerous successful entrepreneurs from around the nation including Rocky Top Marketing Group's own Bob Edwards.

Bob Edwards, President at Rocky Top Marketing Group, was pleased at the seminar's conclusion. "Any opportunity to take notes and trade stories with people who have proven themselves in your industry is an enormous positive. It is also nice to see that success and leadership are things someone can achieve over time, with practice and dedication."

He added, "It was a fun weekend. Everyone tends to perform at a higher level when they can enjoy their work environment, and experiences like this one only add to the enjoyment."

Rocky Top Marketing Group is responsible for sales and marketing for AT&T in the Knoxville market. 

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“I don’t want to be in a sales position.” Part One: Introduction to the concept that life is a sales position

“I don’t want to be in a sales position.”

Part One:
Introduction to the concept that life is a sales position

Almost every job requires the ability to sell. We “sell” more often than we think. Reflect on the last job interview you attended, or the last date you went on. What did you do? You talked about yourself and what makes you a good choice as an employee or as a significant other. You “sold” yourself, in a manner of speaking.

When you have an idea that you really want to get across to someone, you must first persuade them that you have a valid idea that is worth their time. You “sell” the idea that you have an idea. Once this is accomplished, you must then “sell” your idea.

 Example:
Season two, Episode seven of the Apprentice with Donald Trump:

The inability to sell an idea resulted in one of the participants being fired.

Trump thoughts: Trump said that Wes did a lousy job as a project manager and that Andy made a horrible mistake by destroying the team's ability to communicate, but he didn't like that Stacy R. did not take any responsibility for her actions and that she was unable to sell her ideas to Wes, adding that you can't just blame the project manager when you are unsuccessful in getting your point across.

Who gets fired: Stacy R. for making too many excuses, not taking responsibility, and for being unable to sell her ideas to the project manager.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_%28U.S._season_2%29
                  http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Apprentice_2/episode_recap/seven_2.shtml

While this example does pertain to a business related topic, it is a compelling argument to how lack of salesmanship can impact a person’s life, even if their job is not to "sell". Saying that life is a sales position does not mean everyone should be in sales either. Rather, it means some people will not reach maximum advancement in life.  Maximum success is not made by individuals with lesser skill sets incapable of articulating concepts. Success is directly correlated to communicative skills, whether it be by speech, written word, or illustration.

“If you think an idea is really good, then just don’t stop. Go after it. Because some of the greatest ideas were ideas that nobody wanted.” –Donald Trump

Hannah Roberts
HR Department
Rocky Top Marketing Group
Knoxville, TN