A recent article about Casey Cunningham, a 6-7 basketball phenom from Albuquerque, New Mexico, raises a couple of interesting sales topics for college recruiters.Once you read past the normal accolades dished out for a kid this good, you get to some hard, cold sales truths that are important for …
A natural?
"I enjoy it. I enjoy the chase and I enjoy the process. I don't think recruiting anywhere is easy. It's a roll-up-your-sleeve, go-to-work process. Who are they? Where are they? Then it becomes sales and relationship."That's Rob Ianello, Notre Dame's new recruiting coordinator under first year …
Believing in What You’re Selling
"Recruiting for Pitt is easy because of what I am selling. Recruiting is selling. If I were out there trying to recruit for school X it would be difficult because I probably wouldn't really believe in it. But I love this place so much and I am so comfortable here. I know so much about it and can …
Mark Snyder Gets It
Marshall University's new head football coach understands that sales is a part of college coaching.Good luck, coach!http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2005/06/19/sports/sports032.txtAnd, yes, I'll be contacting him about how we help coaches with selling. …
Tommy (and Nebraska) Gets It
From Tommy Frazier, former quarterback at the University of Nebraska:“This day and age, it’s not about the coaching,†Frazier said. “It’s about the players. They want the finer things in life because that’s what they’ve grown up with. It’s hard to sell the storied history of …