Dane Scism talking about Cellular Sales growth
Friday, March 14th, 2008“We think with our unique model that we can do for cellular phone shopping what Domino’s did for pizza sales, in that we are uniquely set up where our reps aren’t glued to their desks or their stations,” said Cellular Sales CEO Dane Scism. “They’re perfectly thrilled to come meet you wherever you are or wherever you want.”
“Right now, most of your customers look on the Internet for a cellular phone, but they don’t buy it on the Internet because they’re uncomfortable not touching it and because it’s still a complicated enough product that they want to talk to somebody about a rate plan. So that’s what the Web site is; it’s Internet shopping with the more personal touch that people need with cellular phones,” Dane Scism said.
“Everybody on the front lines is running their own business. They sign out inventory when they come in every day and they scan it back in at the end of the day,” Dane Scism explained. “We do a low-price guarantee, but we can’t know what the prices will be on equipment on any given time because the prices change so fast on the Internet. So we have a price that’s the lowest or darn close to it, but the front-line staff have the ability to set their own pricing, if need be, at the point of sale. They’re actually running their own business - when they sign in they own the inventory for the day.”
Other unusual aspects of Cellular Sales’ business model include an almost complete elimination of middle management to focus on staffing qualified sales reps who can receive higher compensation under the company’s business model. The front-line reps take on more responsibility and must be more active in pursuing and retaining customers.
“We’re bullish on the future of the wireless industry, but it’s changed and requires a lot of change on our part,” Dane Scism said. “I’m worthless to Verizon unless I can deliver customers that don’t turn off, customers that spend more money and that are high-value customers at a cost lower than they could do it themselves. I have to deliver value, and I have to deliver value to my front-line people, and that’s what we do, we deliver value.”
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