John Bock Email & Phone Number

New Rochelle, New York, United States

JohnBockBooks.comWrite and publish fiction books on Amazon:FURBALL (2020)IDENTITY (2020)NAVIGATING THE WATERS: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO FISHING (2020)FURBALL: OVERTIME (2021)FURBALL: HOME STRETCH (2023)

- Part of a new in-market team to sell directly to shops and onboard them to Slice.- Covered NY and CT and selected to lead a sales effort in NJ over the summer of 2021.- Onboarded shops and worked with POS systems and Salesforce to get shops live. Instructed in-person walkthroughs after the sale so the owner could learn the system and have support from a person rather than over the phone.

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for re-launch of hotel. Share-shifted and signed contracts with 75 new neighborhood accounts through cold-calling and Zoom calls in the first two months which led to $315,000 in new revenue. - Built on previous relationships at Marriott to contract 10 of the largest global accounts in Downtown New York. Created and presented virtual walk throughs to display hotel to companies around the country. - Hit goal for Q1 at $185,000 with all new business to the hotel.

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for growing New England region 127% on the GetYourGuide website by negotiating commissions with new and old suppliers over the phone as well as optimizing New England landing pages.- Raised commissions with New England suppliers by 2% in the first 6 months.- Attended trade shows and had frequent market visits to meet face to face with suppliers.

World Trade Center Area

- Part of the opening team (November 30, 2016) and responsible for building and handling client base and pricing for group and BT guests. - 4-time Starz Award from the Pyramid Hotel Group.- Created room packages with local attractions and restaurants as well as developed partnerships with downtown venues (including Convene) for additional meeting and event space.- Responsible for creating brand materials for distribution and digital marketing. - Organized weekly GM & Managers receptions for Marriott Reward Members and long term stay guests. - Proficient in Knowland, TravelClick, CVent, SalesPro, Fosse, and SFA Web. - Member of NYC & Co, Downtown Alliance, and MPIGNY.

New York, Ny

- Led the Group Sales team with the most closed sales to date.- Expanded relationships with tour operators to generate additional sales and revenues. - Began a Group Sales book club featuring books on different sales and leadership strategies- Worked with a third-party to create a study guide for student groups

New York, Ny

- Started a team incentive program which rewarded agents for hitting sales milestones (first sale, weekly winner, yearly goal milestones, etc.)- Trained incoming sales agents on Accesso and Salesforce as well as sales call techniques.- Reach out to organizations holding events in NYC about partnering to provide discounted tickets their customers.

New York, Ny

- As the only member of the Group Sales team from 5/15-8/15, managed all incoming inquires for groups.- Outbound calls to Tour Operators, schools, senior groups to build relationships and sell people on the One World Observatory.- Traveled to Branson, MO for SYTA in 8/15. Scheduled and attended meetings with Student Tour Operators to show them One World Observatory material and book trips for the upcoming year.- Created an OWO video package which combined our fly-through and helicopter flybys to use in Trade Show presentations. Also responsible for adding subtitles in different languages.

New York, New York

- Took reservations pre-opening and booked groups after our May 29, 2015 opening.- Led walkthroughs with tour operators, event planners, and building managers throughout the 3 years of construction and post-opening.- Collected and filed all construction/design invoices during construction of the project to track the budget- Worked with our architect team to find a way to become LEED Gold for opening (and finally became LEED Platinum 4/16).

New York, New York

- Created video packages highlighting Legends Clients as well as packages for incoming potential clients- Researched and built decks about clients we should target. Using the completed deck, I then pitched the client to our sales, legal, and finance department.- Created Legends Sizzle one pagers and tag lines for the website.- Using Wordpress, updated and maintained the Legends Website (Legends.net)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration / Marketing

While attending Saint Michael's College, I enrolled in classes involving sports marketing, business management, and organizational.

Education record

-President of Key Club (2007-2008) -Captain of the Baseball team (2008)