PRESS RELEASE
April 6, 2005

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Joseph Beaulieu, Senior Vice President, Marketing
(360) 412 -2119
jbeaulieu@venture-bank.com

Venture Bank to Present best-selling author Jeffrey Gitomer in a live Tacoma seminar

Olympia, Wash., April 6 2005 - Venture Bank, in association with Great American RV, Click! Network and Mixx 96 FM, will present a dynamic sales training seminar featuring Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling, on Tuesday, April 12. The seminar, at LaQuinta Inn & Suites and Conference Center, 1425 E. 27th Street in Tacoma at 7:00 a.m., will help sales professionals in all industries dramatically improve their skills, abilities, and profits.

 

Jeffrey Gitomer’s The Little Red Book of Selling has been flying off the shelves since its release in September of 2004. It has been on the Wall Street Journal best-selling list for 20 weeks, Business Week Magazine’s bestselling list for 5 months, and USA Today’s Money List.

 

"This is one of those must attend type events," said Joseph Beaulieu, Senior Vice President Marketing of Venture Bank. "Jeffery will certainly stimulate you, while getting you to approach sales with gusto and confidence."

 

The seminar on April 12 will be packed with answers that salespeople are searching for in order to help them make sales for the moment and for the rest of their lives. The session, based on material from The Little Red Book of Selling is designed to help salespeople understand why sales happen, and provide them with knowledge and wisdom they can use immediately to achieve incredible results.

 

Jeffrey Gitomer gives seminars, runs annual sales meetings, and conducts training programs on selling and customer service. He presents an average of 120 seminars a year to clients such as Coca-Cola, Cingular, Hilton, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Cintas, Turner Broadcasting, Comcast Cable, Mercedes Benz, Blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM, AT&T, and hundreds of others. In 1997, Jeffrey was awarded the designation Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association. The CSP award has been given less than 500 times in the past 25 years.

 

Jeffrey Gitomer’s syndicated column appears in more than 90 business newspapers, including South Sound’s Business Examiner, and is read by more than 4 million people every week. Jeffrey’s column also appears in more than 25 trade publications and newsletters. Jeffrey has also been a contributor and featured expert in Entrepreneur and Selling Power magazines.

 

Jeffrey Gitomer’s other best-selling titles include The Patterson Principles of Selling, The Sales Bible, and Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless.

 

Tickets for the seminar are available for only $99.00 each, or $89.00 for groups of 10 or more. They may be purchased at www.gitomer.com/tacoma, or by calling 1-800-242-5388.

 

Venture Bank has 14 Financial Centers in four Western Washington counties and offers a full spectrum of financial services including commercial, construction, residential and consumer lending, deposit products and other banking services. The bank also provides a broad range of investment services through its subsidiary Venture Wealth Management, Inc. Further information about the bank may be found on the Internet at www.venture-bank.com.

 

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