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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
In 2009, an estimated 192,370 women in the United States were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and about 40,610 women were expected to die from the disease.
Breast Cancer is a disease that Kia Autosport is dedicated to fighting. We, as a family, are showing our support in several ways. I urge all of our dedicated readers to take a second and join us however you can.
All of our employees are wearing pink ribbons in an effort to show our support in the smallest way, but we know there is so much more we are capable of doing...
For the entire month of October, Kia Autosport will donate $50.00 to the American Cancer Society for every new or used Kia sold. Our goal is to sell 100 cars and write a check for $5,000! Melanie has informed me that when we make that goal, we will DOUBLE the amount. LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
We are partnering with Cumulus Broadcasting all month to fight breast cancer. We are hosting an event on October 23rd that we hope to see everyone at! I'll blog again with more details on how to get involved, so i hope to see all of our family members there. Rumor has it, we'll have some goodies to give away!
Breast Cancer has effected all of us in some way, so for that reason, Kia Autosport knows just how important this fight is. We'd love to see ya'll help too!
And remember, breast cancer does not just affect women; In 2009, about 1,910 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer. If this is not a worthy cause, I do not know what is!
Breast Cancer is a disease that Kia Autosport is dedicated to fighting. We, as a family, are showing our support in several ways. I urge all of our dedicated readers to take a second and join us however you can.
All of our employees are wearing pink ribbons in an effort to show our support in the smallest way, but we know there is so much more we are capable of doing...
For the entire month of October, Kia Autosport will donate $50.00 to the American Cancer Society for every new or used Kia sold. Our goal is to sell 100 cars and write a check for $5,000! Melanie has informed me that when we make that goal, we will DOUBLE the amount. LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
We are partnering with Cumulus Broadcasting all month to fight breast cancer. We are hosting an event on October 23rd that we hope to see everyone at! I'll blog again with more details on how to get involved, so i hope to see all of our family members there. Rumor has it, we'll have some goodies to give away!
Breast Cancer has effected all of us in some way, so for that reason, Kia Autosport knows just how important this fight is. We'd love to see ya'll help too!
And remember, breast cancer does not just affect women; In 2009, about 1,910 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer. If this is not a worthy cause, I do not know what is!
Friday, September 24, 2010
We are so happy to support Ryan Sprague's latest endeavor. As if walking on to the FSU Football team wasn't enough, Ryan Sprague has written a book! "Grateful" was released three weeks ago, and ever since then Ryan has been with us at the Friday Night Block Party.
"Ryan Sprague takes you onto the field, into the huddle and inside the heart and mind of a Florida State football player, offering both the unique perspective of passionate walk-on and the life-long lessons and unforgettable memories of a national champion."
-Dave Glenn, ACC Sports Journal, ACCSports.com
Coming Soon: an interview with Ryan!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Everyone in Tallahassee knows what the weekends mean: FOOTBALL!
As if tailgating, celebrating, and cheering all day Saturday wasn't enough; here in Tallahassee, we like our football activities to start early...say, 5:00 on Friday.
Sure you could celebrate at some random restuarant's happyhour, but every true fan knows there is one place you go: Downtown. Ever since most of us Tallahassee locals and/or lifetime Seminole fans can remember, we've been going to the Friday Night Downtown Getdowns. Upon realizing that this was directed primarily towards families and children, ISP Sports began the "Adult Downtown Getdown."
This year, Kia Autosport is proud to be sponsoring the Friday night Blockparty; an adult centered event in Kleman Plaza. Last week we handed out re-usable grocery bags and entered people to WIN a 2010 Kia Forte. There is a live band, various restuarants, and plenty of adult beverages, so come spend your Friday night with us.
...And remember, Kia wants to see ya at the Blockparty!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
One thing that I have learned is that the end of the month is the craziest time of the month. I basically spend my entire day in silence attempting to stay out of everyone else's way.
Its the time in which we all try to get the most done with out making anyone else mad. This sounds like an easy task, but trust me when I say, it really is not.
At Kia Autosport, any of us will say that the other was a part of our family, and as most of us know, being apart of a family means ups and downs. love and hate. Well, the end of the month brings a lot more hate than love.
I'm sure anyone and everyone who has worked at a car dealership (or any place of business that deals with bills) can understand this.
It's not so much the bills that cause everyone to run around like their hair on fire, its those people who don't PAY their bills.
Today I witnessed four, normally calm/cool/collected adult women (myself included) run around in an effort to find information on an individual who wrote a bad check. I doubt my bosses would appreciate me giving out the dirty details, but all I'm saying is that, this check was worth all of our time to find this person and all of their personal information necessary to file charges.
With that being said, I would hate for people to get the idea that we are out to send people to jail. On the contrary, we just like to uphold agreements.
My agreement to you, as Kia's PR/Marketing Intern, is that I will keep my faithful (and few) readers updated on what a day in the life at KIA is really like. or at least an edited version of it.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
So, I have to apologize. I have been slacking off in the blogging department!
Theres been a lot going on recently, so I wanted to post a bit of a sneak peak on things to come.
We've been doing employee interviews on the Flip Cam; its been an interesting experience getting to know all the people around the dealership. We have some hillarious staff members who are so dedicated to our customers...its been such a pleasure to interview and film them. A few of the videos are already up on facebook, so if you're a fan of our page (and you should be if you're not!) check them out.
We are gearing up for Seminole football! Incase you did not know; Melanie Lee, our GM, is a HUGE football fan. For the first time ever, we are pairing up with ISP Sports for their blockparty. Make sure to come by and see us; I'm working on getting some goodies to give out!
We are already thinking of basketball season; we are working on our ad for the 2010-2011 season. I've got to admit that I am alittle stumped. Any ideas?
Last but not least, Bubba lost a bet:
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Today was an exciting day at the dealership; our sales team spent the morning with a KIA Motors rep. The rep was here to educate our team on the functions and features of the 2011 Sportage.
In an effort to be able to blog about the training, I sat in and snapped pictures & tried to take some notes. One thing that I took away from the training was that KIA is trying to pull in male customers to a car that has been dominated by female customers.
"The 2011 Sportage also has Duval CVVT, which is great because it adjusts the time of both the intake and exhaust valves. By doing so, it delivers an optimal performance and excellent fuel efficiency."
"My favorite part of training was learning about the Sportage's various comfort and convenience features; an example of this is its incomparable 31 MPG gas mileage."
According to the KIA rep, the 2011 Sportage is "dead sexy." the sales team decided that I absolutely needed to include this in the blog.
"KIA is using European styling in an effort to influence the interior and exterior of the new models!"
Monday, August 9, 2010
This is the person who wrote this masterpiece...
It’s 3 AM. I wake up in a cold sweat. It happened again; I dreamt that I closed and delivered a vehicle for a customer in my sleep. I realized I was sleep walking and opened up the dealership for a midnight sale.
As you know, since my promotion, I am able to gain access to the dealership whenever I want. Of course, the others don’t know that when I made copies of all of the secret documents, I also made copies of the keys for the doors.
For those of you keeping count, I actually sold three. I have no recollection of how I did it, but I know three cars are missing. They paid cash. Two brand new, fresh off the truck Sportages and 1 fully loaded Sorento.
For those of you keeping count, I actually sold three. I have no recollection of how I did it, but I know three cars are missing. They paid cash. Two brand new, fresh off the truck Sportages and 1 fully loaded Sorento.
It is important to mention that I fell asleep with my shirt off, which is probably how I was able to make such a sale without being fully awake. They could not resist an awesome offer from such an awesome looking salesman. In case you don't know, my email is keithisawesomeKIA@gmail.com.
I began selling cars at the tender age of 4 months, and I have traveled to many countries to study the aspects and dynamics of selling cars. From walking 14 miles on rocky roads with two gallon buckets of water, to swimming with piranhas. I have mastered all techniques of selling.
I am a disciplined salesman and finally, in my 13th year of training in the Andes Mountains, I vowed never to take advantage of a patron with my dashing good looks. For that year in training, I had to wear a paper bag while selling cars with 3 wheels and half of engine.
I began selling cars at the tender age of 4 months, and I have traveled to many countries to study the aspects and dynamics of selling cars. From walking 14 miles on rocky roads with two gallon buckets of water, to swimming with piranhas. I have mastered all techniques of selling.
I am a disciplined salesman and finally, in my 13th year of training in the Andes Mountains, I vowed never to take advantage of a patron with my dashing good looks. For that year in training, I had to wear a paper bag while selling cars with 3 wheels and half of engine.
Since they paid for the cars in pesos, I then had to convert the currency. To do this, I had to walk 17 miles to convert the to pure ounces of gold. After converting the money, I serviced the vehicle. I realized I could do more. I went on to feed the community wings that i prepared. I asked one of the local children to time me while I did this, and for those of you still reading, it was 33 minutes for each conversion, service, preparation, and service of food.
Now that I have mastered vehicle selling, I had to control my night walks. Although most could say that they give great deals, I gave 3 great deals...in my sleep. Come to Kia Autosport, but please, for your own good, do not make eye contact with me.
Now that I have mastered vehicle selling, I had to control my night walks. Although most could say that they give great deals, I gave 3 great deals...in my sleep. Come to Kia Autosport, but please, for your own good, do not make eye contact with me.
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