Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Critics Agree: Booth at Nashville NCAA Clinic a Hit

The spread included new vertical banner and table banner

I don't know if it was the premiere of a new display, Anessa's clinic debut, an excellent casting of new products, the fact that I went sportcoat instead of polo or a combination of all 4, but the Nashville NCAA umpire clinic this past weekend was a blockbuster success.

Umpire Scott Kennedy, raved
"The guys all agreed that your display banners and overall set-up was OUTSTANDING! You guys did a GREAT job!!
Umpire Nathan Huber gave us
5 out of 5 stars!
Scott, Nathan and around 523 more NCAA umpires from the southeast (mostly) attended the one day event at the Airport Marriott, and it felt as if most of the 525 stopped by our booth. This year we decided to double up on staff but at times thought we could have used one more. Anessa and I saw more people, shot more photos and took more orders (although that's not our main goal) than we ever have.

Pink Showcase

Which products were umpires in attendance most interested in? Well, the pink shirt for one - as people are really digging the Umpires Against Breast Cancer campaign, Majestic Thermabase jackets - those received the most "oooh"s and "ahhh"s, Wilson titanium masks, the All-Star MVP4000 helmet and the Robic stopwatch - which was basically endorsed by the NCAA during the meeting to use in their new speedup rule.

Take a look at some of our photos from the event and see some of the happy customers who stopped by. I'm sure our competitors who were there see us as a little odd at times. Bringing new products instead of all products? Snapping photos? Seemingly spending more time cutting up with customers than making sales? Having a girl helping to man the booth? Odd or not, thanks for everyone who stopped by and helped make the clinic a good and enjoyable experience for us.

John Bennett, myself, Nathan Huber and Brian Kennedy

Clarence and Cedric Coleman and Nathan Huber

I talk to College World Series Umpire AJ Lostaglio about the All-Star System 7 Series Helmet

With Ken Fitts, NCAA Umpire from Atlanta

Anessa, Customer Service Manager


1 comments:

Anonymous said...

After reviewing the pictures that you posted and all the great information i can see why it was such a great sucess. Great Job and great new letter alway enjoy ready about the great things that you do for umpires.