You don't need fireworks to blow up your account list, just a good media sales CRM.
July 4th fireworks, Washington, D.C., 2007. Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Has sales evolved over time?
E. L. Ingram, salesman for Raleigh Goods, Chatham, Virginia, 1918. Ingram traveled by wagon and mule to sell goods across Pittsylvania County.

Have a Christmas in July sales meeting to brainstorm ideas for a holiday promotion!
Santa Claus at the beach, Panama City Beach, Florida, 1956. Francis P. Johnson, photographer. State Library and Archives of Florida.

Is the remote really the only creative idea in radio today?
WLS broadcasting from the kitchen of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago, 1929. Underwood & Underwood, photographer. Library of Congress.

How long do you make your customers wait?
Passengers in the waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal at five a.m., Chicago, Illinois., 1943. Esther Bubley, photographer. Library of Congress.

Migrant father and daughter near Harlingen, Texas, 1939. Russell Lee, photographer. Library of Congress.

Sometimes you can't find exactly what you want at the store; you need something that fits perfectly!
Arthur Lederer is shown modeling an ambassador's uniform for a gala made by Lederer at his tailoring business in Vienna in the 1930s. The Australian National Maritime Museum.

Are you organizationally challenged? Get a friend in your office to give you a hand!
Postal clerks sorting the mail, 1890. National Postal Museum.

Be prepared ahead of time so you don't lose your cool with your clients.
Two characters in an angry mood, photographed by Roger Smith during a scene in "Black Marketing," a motion picture produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI), 1943. Library of Congress.

Your manager will know what your strengths are.
Otto Flint with his manager, c.1912. Library of Congress.