A Remarkable Record by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 24, 1910

A Remarkable Record

By A. J. S. B.

A LETTER from Brother Charles Lake, of the Signs of the Times Office, contains the following interesting account of the experiences of one of our agents who sells the Signs Monthly in Portland, Ore.:—

“Sister — has been selling the magazine since it was first started. Thus far she has sold nearly 38,000 copies. Her net average wage per week for the entire time has been about $24. She has the missionary spirit, and is willing to endure harsh words and trying experiences, in order to sell this magazine.

She has been approached repeatedly with different commercial propositions, which would pay her much better than selling the Signs, but she has refused them all. “At one time while she was handling the weekly Signs, she was taken sick with the grip, and was unable to get out of her room for nearly three weeks. We were sending her nearly four hundred copies a week at that time, but she did not tell us of her illness until she was able to get around again. Her papers were sent on until she had accumulated about twelve hundred copies, and they reached almost to the ceiling of her room. She wondered if she would ever be able to dispose of them all; but as soon as she was able to get out, she attacked that pile, and sold every copy, and, in addition, managed also to sell her regular number of four hundred copies a week. This is the most remarkable experience of a magazine agent that I know of. I doubt very much if there is another in the whole country who has a record equal to that of this sister.”

Such experiences are exceptional, yet they only prove the great possibilities wrapped up in magazine salesmanship, and will greatly encourage the faithful, plodding agents who sell from ten to fifty magazines a month, and who make up the majority of our large and worthy army of magazine agents.

A. J. S. B.