Sam Smithson Email & Phone Number

Sumter, South Carolina, United States

-Develop leads, schedule appointments, identify customer needs, andmarket appropriate products and services.- Establish customer relationships and follow up with customers, asneeded.-Work with the agent to establish and meet marketing goals.- Maintain a strong work ethic with a total commitment to success eachand every day.

Asheville

-Responsible for order entry, logistics, status, financials, expediting and change order administration.-SAP Super User Rollout Team Member

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Grew current and new client sales by executing a strategic territory plan.•Developed close relationships with clients. (C-Level executives, project managers and engineers of corporations)•Consulted to sell complex product and engineering solutions geared toward client’s needs. (Grounding, surge suppression and lightning protection.•Product and Engineering Sales Cycle Management (From Cold-calling, closing sales and client follow-up)Goals Achieved•Managed and grew ($500,000) Solar and Military Accounts.•Set and made 10 sales presentations in Southeast Region. (Closed new business as a result)•Worked collaboratively with internal team to deliver stress-free customer experience. Team included: project managers, engineers and C-Level Executives.•Implemented new ideas to generate business. Example: contractorsplanroom.com (led to increased sales)

Asheville, North Carolina Area

•Working for the world’s largest hotel key manufacturer and specialty printing service.•Developing close relationships with advertising clients.•Generating new business by cold-calling, social selling, up-selling and price negotiation.•Providing advertising and marketing strategy solutions for clients.•Closing sales and achieving goals in a fast-paced environment.Goals Achieved•Increasing sales revenue by 83% within 8 months.•Generating and increasing sales with one of the department’s largest accounts within 2 months.•The department manager is always acknowledging my persistence and excellent customer service.

•Responsible for Developing Client Base and Maintaining Customer Relationships•Business to Business Sales.•Responsible for Developing Marketing Techniques: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Signage, Website, Google Places, Social Media, Search Engine Marketing, Face to Face Marketing and Sales•Target Market Segmentation•Implementing Economic Order Quantity models and Project Scheduling models•Applying additional Operations Management and Quantitative Analysis ModelsGoals Achieved•Increased total sales revenue by 25%.•Acquired second largest customer. (Legacy PaddleSports)•Acquired and established customers from reputable website and understanding customer needs.•Diversified Customer Portfolio through Acquisition.• Increased Sales with Current Customers

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Developed custom business websites tailored to customer’s needs and wants. • Proven increased search engine optimization results on Google. • Designed E-commerce sites with payment gateways such as PayPal. • Social Media Marketing Campaigns for companies to increase fans, feedback and revenues.• Google Analytics- tracking customers and identifying needs through marketing and social media trends.Goals Achieved•Increased client's revenue by 100% in one year.•Increased client’s website ranking from 6,000,000 to 50,000 over the span of 6 months.•Increased likes and revenues for small to medium-sized businesses by providing compelling content.•Increasing revenue streams by implementing E-Commerce for businesses.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Market Managing and consulting for multi-national company.

Majored in Entrepreneurship with a Cognate in Marketing. Played College basketball for 4 years. Social Chair for (SAAC) Student Athlete Advisory Committee for 2 years. Liason between SAAC and Relay for Life for 1 year.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Management/ Marketing Management, 3.6

Bs Entrepreneurship, Marketing, 3.2

Activities and Societies: Played basketball at Western Carolina University, Social chair of SAAC (Student Athletic Advisory Committee).

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv, Christian Ministry, 3.1