Sleep Geek Announces 1,000th Geek University Graduate
Furniture World News Desk on
10/25/2018
Sleep Geek, powered by Leggett & Platt, recently announced that Shawn Bell of Love’s Bedding and Furniture in Claremont, NH, is the website’s 1,000th Geek University graduate. Shawn received a $100 Amazon gift card for helping Sleep Geek reach this milestone.
“We are excited to announce the 1,000th graduate from Geek University,” said Mark Kinsley, Staff Vice President of Marketing for Leggett & Platt’s Bedding Group and co-host of the Sleep Geek podcast. “We congratulate Shawn and wish him well in applying what he learned to help customers of Love’s Bedding and Furniture achieve better sleep.”
To commemorate its 1,000th graduate, Sleep Geek launched a campaign to celebrate, complete with special prize giveaways. The other retail sales associates (RSAs) and managers who completed the Geek University course during the campaign received a $10 Amazon gift card.
“I love that the Geek U courses were laid out specifically to make it easier for me to digest and retain information,” said Shawn Bell, Sales Team Member at Love’s Bedding and Furniture and 1,000th graduate of Geek U. “I am truly able to help my customers make well-informed sleep decisions because of the information learned.”
For retail managers and RSAs in the mattress industry who did not participate in the recent campaign but are still interested in enrolling in Geek University, do so by visiting Sleep-Geek.com and clicking on the red Geek U button at the top.
More about Sleep Geek: Launched in May 2010, Sleep Geek’s mission is to serve the mattress industry by connecting members to ideas that invigorate their professional purpose. This site encourages retail managers and RSAs to become Sleep Consultants who advise people on their sleep and well-being. Sleep Geek offers a fun place for retail managers and sales associates to engage with each other and grow in their profession. The site is also home to the world’s greatest mattress industry podcast hosted by Mark Kinsley and Mark Quinn. For more information, visit www.sleep-geek.com.
More about Leggett & Platt: Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) is a diversified manufacturer (and member of the S&P 500) that conceives, designs, and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products that can be found in most homes, automobiles, and offices. The 135-year-old company (founded in 1883) is made of 14 business units, 22,000 employee-partners, and 120 facilities located in 18 countries. Leggett & Platt is the leading U.S. producer of: a) bedding components; b) automotive seat support and lumbar systems; c) components for home furniture and work furniture; d) adjustable beds; e) flooring underlayment; f) high-carbon drawn steel wire; and g) bedding industry machinery. For more information, visit www.leggett.com.