Inc. Magazine, by Rachel Kaufman; May 1, 2012
Inc. Magazine By Rachel Kaufman May 1, 2012 An article Inc. had Southwestern Advantage ties. The article titled “Texas Business School Teaching Door-to-Door Sales,” tells the tale of a small Business School in Austin and how they train their MBA students for the real world. ... Read More
|
|
DSA InTouch, Vol. 4, issue 15
Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, was interviewed for the Direct Selling Association's e-Newsletter, DSA InTouch, regarding the potential impact a greater focus on entrepreneurship education on campuses could affect the direct sales channel. In the article, Moore covers why this is not... Read More
|
|
by Hadley Malcolm, April 2, 2012
USA Today: "Life Stages: First job, first paycheck and first budget" By Hadley Malcolm, April 2, 2012 Southwestern Advantage Corporate Recruiter Nathan Jones was quoted in an article about the importance of building a sound financial future with your first job. He said Southwestern t... Read More
|
|
Share the Advantage program helps children in Mexico
Southwestern Advantage was able to give back to a community during the company's annual incentive trip for the independent student dealers who participate in the summer sales program. This year, the trip was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In the span of three days, over 400 college students... Read More
|
|
By Jessica Bliss, The Tennessean, Feb. 19, 2012
By Jessica Bliss, the Tennessean, February 19, 2012 This feature article chronicles Rory Vaden's quest to be a New york Times Best Selling author and to climb the stairs of the ten tallest buildings in the world. Using "Take the stairs" as a metaphor for working your way to the top, Rory has a... Read More
|
|
By Jim Offner, Cedar Valley Business, Feb. 19, 2012
By Jim Offner, Cedar Valley Business, Fenruary 19, 2012 This article features students from the University of Northern Iowa who ran their own profitable businesses during the summer of 2011. In fact, 21 students made a combined gross profit of $343,278, ranking the school #6 out of over 300 co... Read More
|
|
TODAY Show - NBC; December 12, 2011
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Southwestern Advantage had the privilege once again this year to take part in the TODAY Show’s annual Holiday Toy Drive. This was Southwestern’s 7th year to participate. Former Southwestern Dealer, and now Sou... Read More
|
|
The Spokesman-Review, by Pia Hallenberg; Aug. 4, 2011
By Pia Hallenberg; Aug. 4, 2011 Three college students from Estonia have traded in their school books for the educational products they will be selling in and around Spokane, Washington. Read about their experience: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/aug/04/students-earn-money-sellin... Read More
|
|
The Seattle Times, July 21, 2011; by Mason Kelley
Southwestern Company District Sales Manager, Ron Alford, and Southwestern alumni Simon Rillera were recently featured in an article in The Seattle Times titled, “Inspiring amputee runs in 200-mile Blaine-to-Whidbey Island relay” by Mason Kelley. This is the inspiring story... Read More
|
|
Banner-Republican, Morgantown, KY; May 25, 2011; by Josh Givens
Three Florida college students are featured in the Banner-Republican for their adventuours and challenging summer internship. "Since 1868, college students have fanned out across the united states in the name of Southwestern Company, forming their own sales operations. The internship program h... Read More
|
|
Spring 2011 - Volume 65, Number 2
Southwestern Company Corporate Recruiter, Jill Poston, a 2010 graduate from Clemson University, was featured in the Clemson World Magazine for winning the company's Student Excellence Award. The award is a "best all-around" and takes into account the student's academic record, extrac... Read More
|
|
Direct Selling News, May 2011 by Barbara Seale
Southwestern Company was the featured company in the May 2011 issue of Direct Selling News. The article covers many aspects of the summer sellig program including its "famous" Sales School, new direction of the company , working with Millennials, the new product offereings and all of the ... Read More
|
|
SoACE "Voices" Issue: 32, April 5, 2011
Tammy Mattison of Baker College Online interviewed Dr. Ralph Brigham, Global Campus Relations Director about Southwestern Company and the summer sales program for college students for the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers. Click on this link for full interview: http://archive.const... Read More
|
|
Blog by Shaun Emerson; Feb. 9, 2011
While Shaun Emerson has never participated in Southwestern's summer internship, he has been a customer over the years. He's a big fan of the products, but an even bigger fan of the students who sell them and the overall sales process. See what Shaun says about the challenge, developed sk... Read More
|
|
Tennessean, Jan. 4, 2011; by Bonnie Burch
Former student dealer credits high school wrestling and Southwestern for mentally preparing him for the grueling production schedule on the movie sets. For Hank Bedford, his love of movies has landed him working on movies. As an assistant to David Russell, director of the acclaimed movie, ... Read More
|
|
wcfcourier.com - Waterloo/Cedar Falls, IA; by Emily Christensen; Dec. 17, 2010
While on the Sizzler trip this past fall, Southwestern Company student managers Zach Riesberg and Stephanie Smith – both seniors at the University of Northern Iowa – had a solution for an age-old question… what to do with left over t-shirts on campus? Excerpts from wcfcourier... Read More
|
|
January 14, 2010; Southwestern Company President Dan Moore
Southwestern Company President, Dan Moore, appeared live on NBC’s TODAY Show on December 14 with Ann Curry outside 30 Rock. The guest invitation was brought about by a large donation of educational products to the TODAY Show’s Holiday and Toy Gift Drive via the Direct Selling Asso... Read More
|
|
UNIBusiness; December 1, 2010
Southwestern Company, Northwestern Mutual Financial and The Hershey Company have recently recognized the College of Business Administration at the Univerity of Northern Iowa for providing a large number of employees who consistently rank high in productivity. Southwestern Company and Northwestern Mu... Read More
|
|
Nashville Parent; November 2010, by Cassandra Finch
Sam Kirk's 17 years with Southwestern Company taught him about business and the "real world." He decided to apply that knowledge by educating teens about entrepreneurialism and helping them have the tools and knowledge it takes to not only run a business, but succeed. "Real-world e... Read More
|
|
teneotalent.com; Oct. 26, 2010; by Eric Chester
Eric Chester, renowned Generational Expert, talks about how to work with Generation Y citing Southwestern Company as a prime example. "This year, the Southwestern Company interviewed more than 30,000 top college students across the country and selected fewer than 3,500 for its legendary summer ... Read More
|
|
The Cavalier Daily; October 27, 2010; by Allen Kha
University of Virginia senior and two-summer Southwestern Company student dealer, Shelly Edmonds, reflects on her field hockey career and the life skills she developed running her business during her summer breaks. It's all in the family: Shelly's sister, Tina, from the University of Mar... Read More
|
|
Direct Selling News, August 2010; By Barbara Seale
The August 2010 issue of Direct Selling News is all about social media. The cover story by Barbara Seale takes an in depth look at just how social an industry direct selling really is and how the topic is red hot among industry professionals. Southwestern Company's Director of... Read More
|
|
Nashville Business Journal; July 23, 2010; by Brandon Gee
Southwestern Company President, Dan Moore discusses investing heavily in your sales force and employees with Brandon Gee of the Nashville Business Journal. Exerpt from the article: "While Southwestern has since diversified with more than a dozen subsidiaries in industries such as investing and finan... Read More
|
|
Forbes.com; by Seth Cline, July 12, 2010
Once again, Southwestern Company is profiled on Forbes.com regarding the company’s ranking in the annual CollegeGrad.com survey polling employers about the number of interns they plan to recruit. For 2010, Southwestern Company moved into the #1 position, up from #2 in 2009. Southwes... Read More
|
|
July 20, 2010; KY3-TV NBC, Springfield, MO; by Cara Restelli
When station KY3 in Springfiled investigated calls about door-to-door sales, Southwestern Company independent student dealer Matt Seitz was on the scene to talk to reporter Cara Restelli about the legitimacy of the company, himself and the other student dealers in the viewing area. From... Read More
|
|
WTVF NewsChannel 5 - Nashville; by Nicole Ferguson
WTVF NewsChannel 5 - Nashville; by Nicole Ferguson June 16, 2010 "The summer job scene is tough these days, with adults and teens competing for the same jobs." "It's the bleak picture that makes corporations like the Nashville-based publishing company, Southwestern, more attractive to college studen... Read More
|
|
Southwestern Company alumnus Erik Wesner, author of "Success Made Simple, An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive."
Southwestern Company alumnus Erik Wesner is now an author. In his book, Success Made Simple, An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive (Josey-Bass, copyright 2010), Erik takes a look at how and why Amish business owners have a 95% success rate. Beginning with his summer internship thro... Read More
|
|
The Hooked on Phonics Blog summarizes a mom's surprise as she read Southwestern Company's "Ask Me" series to her 3-year-old.
On the Hooked on Phonics blog on February 1, 2010, Southwestern Company's “Ask Me” series was featured in a post titled “Sunday’s Story Surprise.” In summary, it’s about a mom reading to her three-year-old son as he starts to put together words and thei... Read More
|
|
Direct Selling News, By Dan Moore; February 2010
In the Direct Selling News "Top Desk" column, Southwestern Company President, Dan Moore, addresses a new idea with very old roots. It has to do with the introduction of entrepreneurialism to young people. According to Mr. Moore, this is something that has been happening at Sout... Read More
|
|
The Tennessean, by Lee McCroskey; October 4, 2009
Lee McCroskey, Director of Sales Development and this year's Southwestern/Great American, Inc. Corporate United Way Chair, authored an article about the various urgent needs in the community. Click here to read his article: "Giving a little goes a long way" McCroskey focuses o... Read More
|
|
Morton Times-News, by Nick Stroman; September 4, 2009
The Morton Times-News chronicles the Central Illinois experience of independent student dealers in Southwestern Company products from Estonia. Through the positive experiences of Morton-resident and five-year "host dad" Steve Jones, a story unfolds about cultural acceptance, hard work, bu... Read More
|
|
thepioneerwoman.com, by Heather L. Sanders; July 29, 2009
http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeschooling/2009/07/who-has-a-hairy-nose/ Heather L. Sanders, in her weekly Wednesday post on The Pioneer Woman’s Homeschooling Blog, captures her experience and the new-found love in her home: Southwestern Company’s Ask Me and Explore & Learn book series... Read More
|
|
The Northern Virginia Daily, by Elizabeth Wilkerson; July 22, 2009
Daily dances, running a business, life skills, positive attitude, integrity and being teachable are just a few things five college students participating in the Southwestern Company summer sales program discuss with reporter Elizabeth Wilkinson of The Northern Virginia Daily. Captured in photos, the... Read More
|
|
Cincinnati Enquirer, by David Holthaus; July 17, 2009
This article highlights what seems to be a "new life" being breathed into door-to-door sales by companies like Time Warner Cable, Proctor & Gamble and contracted companies hired to spread the word about their clients. This is nothing new to Southwestern Company, as the article st... Read More
|
|
Forbes.com profile by Joyce Lee; July 7, 2009
Southwestern Company is profiled on Forbes.com regarding the #2 ranking in "an extensive survey of businesses that use interns" compiled by CollegeGrad.com. The list contains 213 companies and is ranked by number of interns. From Forbes.com: "Despite rampan... Read More
|
|
Hickory Daily Record, by Richard Gould; June 14, 2009
The Hickory Daily Record reports on the four young men working their way through school selling educational products to families in the Hickory, NC community for the summer. Previously, releases from the Better Business Bureau and the Cawtaba County School District war... Read More
|
|
Southwestern Company products seen on TODAY Show
When the TODAY Show called on the Direct Selling Association and past donors of the annual TODAY Show Toy Drive to participate in another effort to help military families, Southwestern Company was in a position to assist. A segment on the TODAY Show on NBC called “A Call to... Read More
|
|
Southwestern Company featured on segment of "Better Nashville"
WSMV - NBC Channel 4 - "Better Nashville" Southwestern Company was a featured segment April 12, 2009 on "Better Nashville." Included in the segment is Dan Moore, President of Southwestern, and dealers in Southwestern product, Jared Holland and Valerie Wasveiler. They are... Read More
|
|
By Dan Moore, Southwestern Company & Sarah Baker Andrus, CUTCO; February 2009, Volume 5, Issue 2
Perhaps like no other generation before it, Gen Y presents direct sellers with new opportunities - and challenges - in retention, retailing and recruitng. For two industry leaders, The Southwestern Company and CUTCO, Generation Y makes up the majority of the... Read More
|
|
Online Slideshow; Feb. 28, 2009
The Tennessean - Nashville, TN February 28, 2009; Retrospective Slideshow: Southwestern Co. and Famous Alumni. This slideshow contains 19 photos from the Tennessean's file including local Southwestern Company alumni: Former Metro Councilman George Armistead III; Tennessee entrepr... Read More
|
|
By Nicole Young; February 28, 2009
By the early 1960s, Oldham was president and majority owner of the company, which he is credited to growing to more than 5,000 salespeople at its peak. Among luminary Southwestern alumni are U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood; Nashville businessman and Republican fun... Read More
|
|
City Paper artcile by E. Thomas Wood; February 27, 2009
Dortch Oldham, who helped turn Nashville's Southwestern Co. into a sales dynamo that influenced the lives of thousands of young people who worked for it during college, passed away Thursday after a long illness. He was 89. Born into humble circumstances in t... Read More
|
|
By Justin Antweil; February 4, 2009
When Valerie Wasveiler was growing up, one of her best friends was the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Wasveiler, a 2008 University of Miami graduate, moved to South Florida from Caracas, Venezuela, when she was 10. She did not know one word of English when she arrived. But with hard work, dedication a... Read More
|
|
Rusk, Texas; January 21, 2009
Tim and Nancy Timmons of Rusk know what its like to be the hospitable host, but roles were reversed when they found themselves being hosted by the Southwestern Company and its Chairman and CEO, Henry Bedford in Nashville, Tenn. To read more from the Cherokeean Herald about the five-time... Read More
|
|
By Hannah Wilson; September 18, 2008
When people ask me how my summer was, the conversation follows a predictable pattern. "Hey Hannah! How was your summer?" My response is automatic and completely truthful. "It was amazing! So awesome." Which then begs the question: &nbs... Read More
|
|
June 2008
Scott Steffen, an agricultural engineering major at Texas A&M, is on his fifth summer with Southwestern and is selling in Knoxville, TN this summer. After the local media reported he was misrepresenting himself based on incomplete information, Southwestern and many of Scott's customers called in... Read More
|
|
By Mary Jo Denton; June 25, 2008
PUTNAM COUNTY -- Cautious citizens here have reported a few instances of "suspicious" people going door-to-door selling something in recent weeks. And a Nashville company with college students working in sales here wants to reassure Putnam Countians. "Living with a host family in Cookeville ... Read More
|
|
By Jim Cornelius; June 24, 2008
Fred Murumaa has always been an adventurous sort. So, when a fellow student approached him at the University of Tartu - in the Baltic nation of Estonia - with a proposition to spend a summer working with a company selling sophisticated school workbooks in the United States, he jumped at the chance. ... Read More
|
|
By Kathy Chu; July 20, 2006
Caitlyn Fogerty, 21, is one of about 3,000 college-age students selling Southwestern books this summer. It's a position she seems born for. In the first four weeks of summer, Fogerty, who'll be a senior at Arizona State University in the fall, has earned more than $... Read More
|
|
By Barbara Seale; October 2006, Volume 2, Issue 10
In a point and click world, one compaqny has thrived for more than 150 years by selling not just person-to-person but door-to-door. The Southwestern Company is unique for many reasons beyond its age. To read the entire article, click here.
|
|
By Barbara Seale; October 2006, Volume 2, Issue 10
From a direct sales perspective, you might say that I'm about as fortunate as a person can be. But I'm not among the fortunate few. Rather, I am one of the legions of Southwestern Company employees and dealers who have benefited from its 150-year tradition of devel... Read More
|
|
By Keith Russell; June 27, 2005
USA Today: June 27, 2005 The Tennessean: June 26, 2005 NASHVILLE - Each summer, scores of college students descend on Nashville to take part in Southwestern Co.'s legendary sales-training program before fanning out across the country to sell the firm's books and educational mat... Read More
|
|
www.youngmoney.com, by Lauren B. Johnston; March 4, 2004
"Today, a new breed of college students in sales is blasting the old traveling salesman stereotype away. The realm of door-to-door retail has now become one of the most lucrative summer employment opportunities around." Click here for full article: http://www.youngmoney.com/careers/inte... Read More
|