Alex in a beautiful Fairway Ford convertible 1991
Alex presented client development seminars in 1991 to many South Carolina dealerships under his business name, Strictly Business Sales and Marketing Inc. He would do seminars in house at dealership with half the staff in the mornings for two days and the other half in the afternoons. The ladies in the office at Minyard Oldsmobile Cadillac commented: Never in their history have they witnessed salespeople cleaning out desks, straightening offices, wearing sports coats and suit coats, getting manicures, and projecting a remarkable professional image.
The following dealers participated in the client development seminars in 1991:
Addy Dodge, Inc., Mr. Kermit J. Addy, Sr., President, 521 Columbia Ave., Lexington, SC
Bob Bennett Ford, Mr. Bob Bennett, President; Richard Eckstein, Sales Manager, 177 Greystone Blvd., Columbia, SC
Bradshaw Automotive, Columbia, SC
Bradshaw Automotive Group, Greer, SC
Crossroads Chevrolet, Mr. Andy Anderson, President; Mr. Mark Singleton, Sales Manager, Mauldin (Greenville), SC
Dick Dyer Toyota, Inc., Mr. Bruce Dyer, General Manager, 3215 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC
Fairway Ford, Inc., Mr. Gary McAlister Sales Manager; Mr. Ervin Williamson, VP; Mr. A. Foster McKissick III, VP, 2323 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC
Fritz’s Pontiac Cadillac Buick, Fritz Waidner, President, Jim Howe, Sales Manager, 4010 College Street, Newberry, SC
Galeana Chrysler Plymouth Inc., Mr. Bill Seymour, Sales Manager; Mr. Scott Rhodes, General Manager, 180 Greystone Blvd., Columbia, SC
Gibbes Volkswagen Mazda, Mr. George Gibbes, President, Mr. L H Fallaw, Jr., General Sales Manager, Broad River Road, Columbia, SC
Jim Hudson Auto World, Mr. Jim Hudson, President; Mr. Glenn Pound, Sales Manager, 7201 Sumter Highway, Columbia SC
Love Chevrolet Company, Mr. Johnny Love, President; Mr. Larry King, Sales Manager; Mr. John Wise, Sales Manager, 1255 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce (West Columbia), SC
Minyard Oldsmobile Cadillac, Mr. T. Minyard, President; Mr. Jack Olson, GSM; Mr Jerry Tindal, Sales Manager, Mr. Mike Vinson, After Market Manager, 2730 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC
Nissan of Easley, Greenville, SC
Pulliam Ford, Frank Dempsey, General Manager, 2800 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC
Rippy Cadillac Oldsmobile Mitsubishi, Mr. R. Allen Rippy, Dealer, 1020 Market Street, Wilmington, NC
Superior Motors, Inc., Orangeburg, SC
Alex says: A good used car salesman can make more money than a graduate engineer with 18 years on the job. The successful concepts perfected by me work regardless of education, economically challenged, computer literacy, or station in life. In fact, you don’t even need electricity!