SALISBURY, MD—Making winning sales pitches for multinational companies like Perdue Farms and Stanley Black & Decker takes practice. Just ask the competitors at this year’s Advertising Challenge, hosted by Salisbury University’s Mid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute (MASMI).
The event included four contests: print and video advertising, audience choice print and elevator pitches.
Skylar Miles of Westminster, MD, received $300 for her first-place finish in the print ad competition. Runners-up included Caroline Whipple of Ellicott City, MD, in second place ($200) and Jack Dorman of Mt. Airy, MD, in third ($100).
Adrian Todd of Salisbury topped competitors in the elevator pitch session, taking home a $300 prize. They were followed by Rebecca Reindollar of Derwood, MD, in second ($200) and Riley Craney of Taneytown, MD, in third ($100).
Alexander Christ of Baldwin, MD, earned the $300 video advertising first-place prize. Lauren Partlow of Clarksburg, MD, followed in second ($200) and Madison Lewis of Dagsboro, DE, in third ($100).
Josephine Pileggi of North East, MD, and Peyton O’Brien of Lutherville, MD, each earned $100 for the print ad audience choice award.
This year’s product sponsor was The Frozen Farmer. Finalists were tasked with selling the product to founder and SU alumna, Katey Evans.
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