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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless now offering unique customer training on how to utilize mobile technologies

Posted by Rick Laney – March 4, 2010

Knoxville, Tenn. – Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless phones and service, is raising the bar on customer expectations of wireless service providers with an unparalleled customer training program.  The company’s “Wireless Internet: The Mobile Office” course teaches businesspeople how to best utilize mobile technology.

Started at its unique Knoxville Training Center where the company has state-of-the-art classroom facilities, the free courses have been popular with businesses wanting to maximize their investment in today’s latest technologies.

Verizon Wireless Training Coordinator Dustin Lashley helps participants understand the nuances of using and simplifying over-the-air business platform transmissions.  He points out that programs like Google-sync can help business owners easily manage sensitive data entries.

“Many businesspeople need to be able to overcome scheduling conflicts when working away from the office,” Latchey explained.  “Various mobile platforms can help office employees seamlessly coordinate with business travelers while they are on the go.  The ability to share information between Blackberry and offices can help drastically simplify the lives of those in the office and those in the airport or hotel room.”

A Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless classroom

In addition to helping business students learn how to manage communication between office and remote personnel, the training sessions teach travelers how to allow friends and family members to access their calendars and travel schedules in a secure manner and make communications easier with those they care about.

Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless representatives participate in the training sessions explaining the latest mobile technologies and how to best use them to simplify their businesses and maximize returns from traveling and remote employees.

Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  Cellular Sales – which attributes its rapid growth to unparalleled customer service – now operates more than 300 locations throughout the country.  For the past two years, Inc. Magazine has named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held companies. This year, the company was in the Top 200 for the nation’s fastest-growing retailers.

For more information about Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com or call (865) 588-3855.

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Cellular Sales Expanding in Jefferson City, Missouri

Posted by Ryan Willis – January 26, 2010

Cellular SalesKnoxville, Tenn. – Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless, is expanding in Jefferson City, Mo.  The new Cellular Sales store will open on February 1 at 2015 Missouri Blvd. 

Cellular Sales is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  In 2009, Cellular Sales – which attributes its rapid growth to unparalleled customer service – opened more than 50 new stores bringing the company’s total number of locations to more than 300 throughout the country.  For the past two years, Inc. Magazine has named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies. This year, the company was in the Inc. Top 100 for retailers. 

For more information about the new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com or call (816) 519-9156. 

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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless opens five new stores in three states

Posted by Rick Laney – January 8, 2010

Knoxville, Tenn. –  Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless, is expanding again in Texas, North Carolina and Virginia.  Five new Cellular Sales stores have opened during the past month.

Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  For the past two years, Inc. Magazine has named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies. This year, the company was in the Top 100 for retailers.

NewStoreSeptember“Cellular Sales’ ranking on this year’s Inc. 5,000 list is a testimony to customer service,” said Dane Scism, founder and CEO of Cellular Sales.  “Our business model is based on treating every customer as if they were our only customer.  People notice it when you take care of them.

“How many people are there that know exactly who to call – by name – when they have a question about their cell phone or their service plan?  Our customers have a name and contact number for their own personal wireless consultant, a real person they can talk to right there in their own community.  We’re proud of the way we take care of customers, and we know it is the reason we are growing.”

For the past 15 years, Cellular Sales has consistently outperformed the rest of its industry, and is now the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless.  By year end, Knoxville, Tenn.-based Cellular Sales will open 50 new stores, bringing the company’s total number of locations to over 300.

“When the economy is booming, growth is expected,” Scism said.  “But companies that are growing in spite of the economy – like Cellular Sales – have to be doing something different.”

For more information about the new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless stores, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com or call (865) 588-3855.

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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless opens eight new stores in seven states over past month

Posted by Rick Laney – December 8, 2009

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Knoxville, Tenn. –  Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless, is expanding in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.  The eight new Cellular Sales stores opened during the past month.

Cellular Sales is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  For the past two years, Inc. Magazine has named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies. This year, the company was in the Top 100 for retailers.

“Cellular Sales’ ranking on this year’s Inc. 5,000 list is a testimony to customer service,” said Dane Scism, founder and CEO of Cellular Sales.  “Our business model is based on treating every customer as if they were our only customer.  People notice it when you take care of them.

A new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store“How many people are there that know exactly who to call – by name – when they have a question about their cell phone or their service plan?  Our customers have a name and contact number for their own personal wireless consultant, a real person they can talk to right there in their own community.  We’re proud of the way we take care of customers, and we know it is the reason we are growing.”

For the past 15 years, Cellular Sales has consistently outperformed the rest of its industry, and is now the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless.  By year end, Knoxville, Tenn.-based Cellular Sales will open 50 new stores, bringing the company’s total number of locations to over 300.

“When the economy is booming, growth is expected,” Scism said.  “But companies that are growing in spite of the economy – like Cellular Sales – have to be doing something different.”

For more information about the new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless stores, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com or call (865) 588-3855.

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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless Expanding in Corsicana, Texas

Posted by Rick Laney – October 19, 2009

bloglogo1Corsicana, Texas – Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless, is expanding in Corsicana, Texas, and has opened a new store.  The new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store opened at 3731 W. 7th Avenue.

Cellular Sales is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  By year end, Cellular Sales – which attributes its rapid growth to unparalleled customer service – will open 50 new stores, bringing the company’s total number of locations to over 300.  For the past two years, Inc. Magazine has named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies. 

For more information about the new Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com or call (727) 741-0832.

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Cellular Sales founder and CEO Dane Scism talks about his company’s rapid growth

Posted by Rick Laney – October 14, 2009

Knoxville, Tenn. — Dane Scism, the founder and CEO of Knoxville-based Cellular Sales, is featured on WBIR’s “Newsmakers” segment this week.  Cellular Sales is the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless and, in spite of a tough economy, has been growing by leaps and bounds.  There are currently 264 Cellular Sales stores across the country and the company will open 50 new locations before the end of this year.

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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless brings free talk time to U.S. troops with Cell Phones for Soldiers

Posted by Rick Laney – September 28, 2009

 

A Cell Phones for Soldiers drop box inside a Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store

A Cell Phones for Soldiers drop box inside a Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless store

Knoxville, Tenn. – Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest Verizon Wireless retailer, has joined forces with Cell Phones for Soldiers at many of its stores in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.  Cell Phones for Soldiers is a nationwide nonprofit group that distributes free telephone calling cards to U.S. troops serving overseas.

Brian Snyder, regional manager for Cellular Sales, said, “We are excited to be able to give back to the soldiers that serve this country.  With so many troops in this area, we believe we can make a positive impact by partnering with Cell Phones for Soldiers.”

Cell Phones for Soldiers turned old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. service men and women in 2008.  To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers collected approximately 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.

The phones are sent to a company that pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone.  Every phone donated to Cell Phones for Soldiers generates about an hour of talk time for a soldier abroad.  Americans replace an estimated 130 million cell phones each year. 

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded in 2004 by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass.  Between them, the two teens had a total of $21 to start the organization.  Since that time, the organization has raised $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.

“Cell Phones for Soldiers started as a small way to show our family’s appreciation for the men and women who have sacrificed the day-to-day contact with their own families to serve in the U.S. armed forces,” said the teens’ father, Bob Bergquist.  “Over the past few years, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of others – but we have also seen the need to support our troops continue to grow as more troops are sent overseas for longer assignments.”

Through increased fundraising efforts, the Bergquist family hopes to raise more than $9 million in the next five years to fund new programs including providing video phones with prepaid service to allow soldiers abroad to see their families on a regular basis.

Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless, is a 15-year old privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.  The company currently operates throughout the United States.  By year end, Cellular Sales – which attributes its rapid growth to unparalleled customer service – will open 50 new stores, bringing the company’s total number of locations to over 300.  For the past two years, Inc. magazine named Cellular Sales one of the nation’s fastest growing companies on its “Inc. 5,000” list. 

According to Dane Scism, founder and CEO of Cellular Sales, the company is evaluating the Georgia, Florida and South Carolina area sponsorship of Cell of Phones for Soldiers and may eventually roll the program out at all of the company’s stores throughout the United States.

For more information about Cellular Sales and the Cell Phones for Soldiers program, or to find a Cellular Sales used cell phone drop-off location near you, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com.

UPDATE:  Watch a great story about the Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless program from NBC’s WTLV in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Cellular Sales, nation’s largest Verizon Wireless retailer, is in top 200 for fastest-growing retailers

Posted by Rick Laney – September 2, 2009

Cellular Sales LogoKnoxville, Tenn. –  Inc. magazine ranked Cellular Sales No. 183 on the “Inc. 5,000” list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held retail companies.  Cellular Sales was ranked No. 2,069 on the third annual overall list of the fastest growing companies.  The Inc. 5,000 represents a comprehensive look at America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.

Growth for Cellular Sales, which was also named on the 2008 list, was reported at 153.9 percent according to Inc. magazine.  The magazine reported that Cellular Sales’ 2005 revenue of $81.7 million had grown to $207.3 million in 2008.

“Cellular Sales’ ranking on this year’s Inc. 5,000 list is a testimony to customer service,” said Dane Scism, founder and CEO of Cellular Sales.  “Our business model is based on treating every customer as if they were our only customer.  People notice it when you take care of them.

Inc50002“How many people are there that know exactly who to call – by name – when they have a question about their cell phone or their service plan?  Our customers have a name and contact number for their own personal wireless consultant, a real person they can talk to right there in their own community.  We’re proud of the way we take care of customers, and we know it is the reason we are growing.”

For the past 15 years, Cellular Sales has consistently outperformed the rest of its industry, and is now the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless.  By year end, Knoxville, Tenn.-based Cellular Sales will open 50 new stores, bringing the company’s total number of locations to over 300. 

“When the economy is booming, growth is expected,” Scism said.  “But companies that are growing in spite of the economy – like Cellular Sales – have to be doing something different.” 

For more information about Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless, visit the company’s web site at www.cellularsales.com.

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Knoxville Chamber announces unique partnership with Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless

Posted by Rick Laney – August 20, 2009

Knoxville, Tenn.  – Today, the Knoxville Chamber and Cellular Sales announced a unique partnership that will provide Knoxville Chamber members with access to wireless technology and training. Together, the organizations will also work to grow regional businesses and ensure that the workforce is technologically advanced. In what the Chamber said was an unprecedented move, the Chamber announced that Cellular Sales will be the Knoxville Chamber’s “Official Wireless Provider.”

StandAloneStoreSmallest“This opportunity to work with such a reputable member of our business community is a benefit to us and to our members,” says Michelle Kiely, Chamber director of membership development. “The Chamber and its staff require reliable means of communication in and out of the office to maintain the highest level of customer support and service. This partnership affords the staff and Chamber members the opportunity to learn more about how mobile connectivity can make us all more productive.”

Cellular Sales is a management company that operates authorized retail stores for Verizon Wireless throughout the South, Midwest, and Atlantic regions of the United States. It is the largest independent Verizon Wireless retailer in the country, and is still growing. By year-end, there will be more than 300 Cellular Sales stores throughout the United States. The company prides itself on an unrelenting focus on total customer satisfaction. Dedication to its customers has become its corporate mission.

Working with the nation’s largest Verizon Wireless carrier that has the greatest market share in this region makes sense for the Chamber. Accessing business tools and services for its members has become a high priority for the Chamber.

“We’re excited about this partnership because increasing our relationships with members of Knoxville’s business community will benefit us and them tremendously,” says Jay Witherspoon, Cellular Sales advertising director. “What’s more, our attention to superior customer service will allow area companies to experience the support they need to prosper.”

Cellular Sales offers the widest broadband coverage in the market. Verizon Wireless’ newly launched wireless MiFi device creates hotspots that can support up to five wireless devices at one time; an increasingly popular item for small business accessibility. Verizon Wireless’ introduction of its 700 megahertz (4G) Long-Term Evolution network in 2010 will increase connectivity, download speeds, and upload speeds by utilizing frequencies once reserved for analog television broadcasts. These mobile broadband speeds will be 10 times faster than current mobile broadband connections.

For more information, visit Cellular Sales at www.cellularsales.com or the Knoxville Chamber at www.knoxvillechamber.com.

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