The 黑料不打烊 junior also earned second place in the virtual collegiate event鈥檚 sales competition.
Joseph Byrd 鈥23, a marketing and finance double major, won the 2022 Perfect Pitch Competition hosted by Florida State University鈥檚 American Marketing Association (AMA), chapter.
Held during the AMA collegiate chapter鈥檚 Building Your Brand virtual conference on Feb. 4, the pitch event tasked participants with delivering an 鈥渆levator鈥 pitch to marketing agency HR Creations.
Byrd also placed second in the conference鈥檚 Sales Competition, which involved a 10-minute sales process representing TTI, an electronic components distributor.
“Competitions like these offer the opportunity to practice what makes a salesperson successful,鈥 Byrd said. 鈥淣amely, that selling means serving 鈥 placing the focus on the person in front of you and letting that relationship drive your interaction.”
The conference also included sessions with speakers from GHOST, Facebook, Queue and Google.