--- title: Evidence-based Innovation | Information Sessions description: Information Sessions | A market research blog focused on how to utilize evidence-based management to drive improvement and innovation within organizations. --- [![MBA Lifecycle Survey Suite](https://www.mbalifecycle.com/hs-fs/file-2121422720-gif/images/Percept_Research_logo_300_noslogan-1.gif "MBA Lifecycle Survey Suite")](https://www.mbalifecycle.com/) Search this site on Google Search Google # Evidence-Based Innovation Blog ## [10 Lessons MBA Recruiters Can Learn from Timeshare Sales Techniques](https://www.mbalifecycle.com/blog/bid/100847/10-Lessons-MBA-Recruiters-Can-Learn-from-Timeshare-Sales-Techniques) Posted on Nov 20, 2013 2:03:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.mbalifecycle.com/hs-fs/hub/80674/file-385762251-jpg/images/timeshare_blog_image1.jpg) ](https://www.mbalifecycle.com/blog/bid/100847/10-Lessons-MBA-Recruiters-Can-Learn-from-Timeshare-Sales-Techniques) Sooner or later it was bound to happen. The more frequently you place your business card in a fishbowl drawing, the more likely it is that you will eventually win something - someday. And so it was that I received two “free” nights at a timeshare in Virginia thanks to a random drawing at Applebee's. 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