Orange Limited Participates in American Diabetes Association’s “Step Out” Walk

Orange Ltd., a Nashville-based sales and marketing company, announced that they recently participated in the American Diabetes Association’s “Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes” in Nashville, Tennessee.

The walk is a unique way for employees and companies to participate in a unifying activity that enhances employee morale, fosters better communication among coworkers, and promotes a healthy lifestyle. The Orange team, led by President Elijah Medge, wanted to raise awareness for diabetes, which is the fastest growing disease in Tennessee.

“Diabetes runs in my family and I’ve seen its effects on people close to me,” said President Elijah Medge. “Our goal was to bring in donations to help support people who need treatment. The walk represented a commitment to a healthier lifestyle and in helping the fight to find a cure.”

The Orange team banded together, volunteering their time on a Saturday to come together and take part in the volunteer effort. Giving back to the community is one of the main goals of Orange, and the team is already looking into future opportunities to volunteer their time.

“We want to make a difference to those less fortunate or who need our help,” said President Elijah Medge. “Our team is committed to everything we do – and we always strive for 100 percent in whatever project we take on.”

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About Orange
Orange provides dynamic and traditional tools to market their clients’ benefits, values, and incentives to their consumers face-to-face. For more information, call (615) 832-2189 or log on to http://www.orange-nashville.com.

Good Decisions and Experience Path to Success

Everyone has heard of the rumors…. 9/10 small businesses fail their first year! With such scary statistics looming, there is a reason that less than 8% of Americans are self-employed (and less than half of them are profitable). By reading these stats, you may have better odds going to Vegas and putting it all on black. However, what most people fail to recognize is WHY there is such a high failure rate for small businesses. When observing a bunch of first year small business owners, you realize that productivity is not what determines someones ability to survive in the cut throat business world where your existence directly threatens everyone else in the industry, and therefore makes you unwanted and feeling like you’re all alone struggling to get your piece of the pie. What determines your survival is your outlook on your situation and fully comprehending the reality of the success flowchart which basically states that success is based on making good decisions which is based on having good judgement which is based on having  lot of experience. So when working backwards during times of frustration and feeling the eminent illusion of FAILURE one must ask themselves, “Do I have enough experience in what I’m doing to effectively judge the situation I’m in to lead to me making quality decisions on how to handle the situation that will lead to successful results”. If you’re in your first year of business, the answer is undoubtedly “NO!”. However, whether its due to ego, pride, disillusionment, false expectations, or just a lack of understanding of business, a lot of business owners choose to bail and blame their circumstances for the position they ended up in. Economy, employees, competition, vendors, creditors, banks, customers, blah, blah, blah, and many other excuses that one might make as to why their business failed; when in reality the only way to fail as a business owner is to give up and there’s only person ever responsible for giving up, and guess who that is.

The common misconception that business owners fail to realize though, is that “experience” has nothing to do with your craft or skill and your knowledge of that craft or skill is NOT what will make you successful. Time and time again you see bakers opening up bakeries after 10-20 years of baking, or mechanics opening up body shops after 10-20 years of working on cars… and then shutting down 6 months later. In reality, you need to know little about an industry to be successful at running a business in that field. Case in point: Ray Crock, the traveling multi-mixer milkshake machine salesman who bought out the McDonald’s brothers and took over the franchise to build it from a handful of restaurants to a massive multi-billion dollar franchise that is recognized by everyone from age 4 – 104. So essentially a baker can run a successful body shop and a mechanic can run a successful bakery, as long as they understand the rules of entrepreneurship.

Business owners aren’t successful because they’re lucky (luck = opportunity + hard work), or because they have a great idea (Bill Gates got rich off of others) or they have knowledge of the field (Worst team in the NBA owned by… Michael Jordan).

The characteristics of successful business owners is defined by intangibles:

- Resiliency
- Perseverance
- Focus on big picture
- Implementation of systems
- “Eat what you kill” mentality
- Ability to perform in a 100% performance driven environment
- Passion for winning
- Never-give-up mindset
- Stickativity (might or might not be a word)
- Eternal optimism
- Acceptance of delayed gratification

So even though the stats on failure might be accurate, when truly analyzing society, what percentage of people can we say actually reflect these characteristics? Very few. So failure is avoidable… just like laziness, poor attitude, and sub par work ethic. Running a business is about having the guts to deal with the learning curves and growing pains and never refusing to make the sacrifices necessary to improve the situation when times get tough. At the end of the day, the biggest failure to avoid is the failure to realize that tough times don’t last, but tough people do. Stay tough!

Orange provides dynamic and traditional tools to market their clients’ benefits, values, and incentives to their consumers face-to-face. For more information, call (615) 832-2189 or log on to http://www.orange-nashville.com.

Elijah Medge, Orange Limited gets BBB B+ rating

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) recognizes Orange Limited with a B+ rating. According to BBB, the rating is largely based on the length of time the business has been in operation, plus the fact that there have been zero complaints filed to date.

“We are proud of our BBB rating” says Elijah Medge. “The Better Business Bureau is a highly respected organization, and getting a B+ rating is a real honor. It reflects our commitment to integrity, and we’re proud of that.”

Led by Elijah Medge, Orange Limited is a privately held direct marketing and sales organization, and has been doing business in Nashville, TN for the last several years.

About Elijah Medge

Elijah Medge was originally born in Moscow, Russia and moved to the United States at the age of eight. Coming from a government environment that did not promote an entrepreneurial business environment, Elijah Medge understood the opportunity he can take advantage of. Evaluating his career path, Elijah Medge wanted to focus on something that would provide him with an opportunity for growth, experience, and recognition of performance. More than anything, he desired to have full control over his own future.

Elijah Medge began working out of a marketing branch in Miami as an entry-level account representative. With no prior sales, marketing, or supervisory experience he was put through a rigorous yet educational executive training program. Under a great leadership team Elijah Medge excelled and within a year was promoted to regional management. Upon acquiring all the necessary skills to manage a successful team and ad campaign, he decided to develop a firm in a growing Nashville market. Understanding the Big Business model, he now aspires to open 25 more locations within the next five years, and eventually expand internationally to Australia.

About Orange Limited

Orange Limited offers entry-level employees a unique opportunity to learn, get real world experience, and advance professionally. Their training program is designed to cross-train the right candidate in all aspects of business and marketing as well as in corporate communication and team leadership. The focus is to prepare them for a position as the general manager of a location, overseeing the marketing for a Fortune 500 client and supervising a team of 20 employees. To learn more about professional sales careers at Orange Limited, email a cover letter and resume to: hr@orange-nashville.com or call (615) 832-2189 and ask to speak with Elijah Medge. http://www.orange-nashville.com.

Orange Limited Moves To Historic Marathon Village.

Orange Limited (Nashville, TN) announces its move to Maranatha Village – a stylish loft-style commercial building that was once the home of Marathon Automobile. The new office is located at 1200 Clinton St in Nashville, Tennessee.

The new office gives Orange Limited needed space for sales training, meeting rooms, and desk space for its growing contract sales organization. The original wood floors, open design, floor to ceiling windows, and brick walls lend a fun and trendy feel that compliments the company’s collegial work culture.

Serving as a model of adaptive reuse of historic structures, Marathon Village is one of Nashville’s most creative communities. The building sat vacant for years before urban developer Barry Lyle Walker bought it in 1986. Since then the building has undergone significant renovation while retaining its original architectural charm. The building now is home to 45 tenants ranging from artist and musician studios to Yazoo Brewery (up until just a few years ago). Now, Orange Limited makes its home there too.

The building enjoys a rich and interesting history. Nashville’s first car manufacturer made its home there. As a plaque reads in front of the building, “The Marathon motor car was manufactured here 1910-1914 by the Southern Motors Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30-35 hp and 6’s of 50 hp, with wheelbases from 9’8” to 12’5”. The plant closed operations in 1914 due to financial difficulties but continued a parts and service business until 1918.”

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Orange Limited, a contract sales organization, offers entry-level employees a unique opportunity to learn, get real world experience, and advance professionally. Their training program is designed to cross-train the right candidate in all aspects of business and marketing as well as in corporate communication and team leadership. The focus is to prepare them for a position as the general manager of a location, overseeing the marketing for a Fortune 500 client and supervising a team of 20 employees. To learn more about professional sales careers at Orange Limited, email a cover letter and resume to: hr@orange-nashville.com or call (615) 832-2189 and ask to speak with Elijah Medge. http://www.orange-nashville.com.

Elijah Medge as Guest Lecturer at TSU

On Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, Elijah Medge came to speak to a class of seniors at Tennessee State University. After having many of the school’s students have positive experiences at Orange Limited’s summer internships, one of the school’s Business professors, Ramaprasad Unni, invited Elijah Medge to speak to his Sales Management class. The understanding was that even though there is a lot to gain from lectures and textbooks, no amount of education is comparable to listening to someone from the field, discussing real life experiences and covering the industry from a first-hand perspective.

Elijah Medge discussed many topics with the students that he felt were necessary for them to understand prior to coming out of college. After sharing a brief bio of himself and explaining how he entered the sales industry out of college he spoke briefly about what sales really is compared to how its perceived. Following that he went into the benefits of gaining sales experience. With a down economy and huge unemployment, he tried to really emphasize the skills that would be gained through the experience, both personally and professional. He wanted to make sure that after the discussion, these students really saw the value in having ‘sales’ on their resume and why the future of business will rely more on these positions then any other, simply due to the revenue generating aspects of the field. Another important topic he later covered was management and how to motivate and develop your sales team to get the best results. Great management in sales is crucial because its a field driven by attitude and work ethic which are things that have to be consistently displayed at the top to trickle down to the bottom. The drawbacks of the sales industry were also specifically discussed, and the reality of thebusiness was exposed so that the students would be fully prepared for all facets. Some challenges reviewed were things like turnover, 100% commission, and negative influences from buyers, friends and family, and subordinates with unsuccessful results. The last topic discussed was a plan of action after graduation and some vitals that need to be focused on to be able to achieve a position, strong credentials, opportunity for entrepreneurship, and then hopefully financial wealth.

This seminar was a great opportunity for Elijah Medge to give back to the community and provide the information that he wished he had before graduating. It has only been 4 years since college so he felt he could still relate well to his audience, yet give them a lot of great advice and answer a lot of questions due to the amount of experience he’s gained in sales, management, and entrepreneurship. Its certain that with this new outlook on the industry, many of the students in the audience will heavily consider getting the sales experience after graduation. Elijah Medge is grateful to professor Unni and hopes to have more opportunities to come in and impact and stimulate the future graduates.

Top 5 Reasons New Grads Like Orange Limited.

Orange Limited (Nashville, TN) provides new college graduates with opportunities to learn, get real world experience, and advance in a lucrative sales and sales management track. In a time where jobs are hard to find – even for seasoned professionals – Orange Limited gives entry-level employees a chance to learn and grow professionally.

Top 5 Reasons New Grads Like Orange Limited:

1.     Learn to sell: Face to face selling is still the most effective means of winning customers and building business. But it is not for the faint of heart. Orange Limited trains its staff so that the work is not only fun, but highly effective. The ability to sell is perhaps the most valued skill a new-to-the-workforce employee can gain. Orange Limited invests 12 months of training in each new employee – preparing them not only for success at Orange, but also giving them the people skills they will need for the duration of their professional lives.

2.     Learn to run a business: In addition to sales training, Orange marketing representatives learn how to hire and train employees, maximize customer satisfaction, and grow the bottom-line. Ultimately, successful Orange marketing representatives are given an opportunity to run their own 20-person team. Joining Orange is a fast-track to running your own business.

3. Get real world experience: How many times are recent graduates turned down for lack of experience? Whether you make your career at Orange or not, the experience you learn as an Orange Marketing Representative looks great on the resume! You can use your experience to advance at Orange, or to qualify for high paying corporate sales and sales management jobs later on.

4.     Advance at your own pace: Are you a born individual contributor? Are you driven to make your sales numbers no matter what? If so, you can enjoy a very successful individual sales career at Orange. Prefer leading others? Orange is especially right for you. Many successful representatives go on to hire and run their own teams. Orange is expanding quickly, and hires from within for top leadership spots.

5.     Run the show: The ultimate goal for Orange Limited is to hire and develop motivated people who can be developed into leadership. The ideal Orange Marketing Representative learns the art of direct sales, learns to hire, train, and motivate employees, succeeds financially as an individual account representative, and then advances to run a new Orange Limited branch office.

Orange Limited offers entry-level employees a unique opportunity to learn, get real world experience, and advance professionally. Their training program is designed to cross-train the right candidate in all aspects of business and marketing as well as in corporate communication and team leadership. The focus is to prepare them for a position as the general manager of a location, overseeing the marketing for a Fortune 500 client and supervising a team of 20 employees. To learn more about professional sales careers at Orange Limited, email a cover letter and resume to: hr@orange-nashville.com or call (615) 832-2189 and ask to speak with Elana Levin in Human Resources. http://www.orange-nashville.com.