The Highest Record by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 25, 1910

The Highest Record

By A. J. S. B.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1909, Miss N. Rosella Smith, a student attending Union College, sold 300 copies of Life and Health in one day in the city of Lincoln, Neb. For some time this remained the highest record made by any of our magazine agents. A few months later, one of our lady agents from California made a bona-fide sale of 333 copies of Liberty in one day in a city in Nevada. Not satisfied with her previous record of 300 copies sold in one day, Miss Smith has just succeeded in making the best record thus far reported. She writes:—

“On August 1, in Kansas City, Mo., I sold 370 copies of Life and Health in six hours. This work was done entirely in offices. I am glad that I can keep doing better, for it may encourage others. I also worked in a convention two afternoons, two hours each day, and sold 425 magazines in the four hours. The reason for this large sale is that I worked in the crowd, and handed out as many as 12 to 15 magazines at a time, giving but the one canvass. I expect to sell still more this month. Last month I ordered 3,000 magazines.”

Incidentally it will be seen that on the day in which she worked six hours, this young lady sold an average of over one magazine a minute during the six hours. While working the convention, her average sales were nearly two copies a minute. The regular profit on the 370 copies she sold during the six hours amounts to $22.20, to which should be added the one-half-cent-per-copy premium allowed to those who succeed in earning a scholarship, making her total profit for the six hours $24.05, or over $4 an hour. Her total profit on her four hours’ work at the convention was $27.62, or $6.90 an hour.

This experience shows what can be done by scores of other enterprising magazine agents who watch their opportunities, and are not afraid to put in as long hours as they would if they were engaged in some other line of work. Many of our young people who read of this experience could earn a college scholarship between now and the beginning of the next school year by the sale of our ten-cent magazines. Write to your conference tract society in regard to the matter to-day.

A. J. S. B.