San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
SAY b|LHEIMER
HELPS To MAKE:
\ SALES LARGER
Texas Life Insurance Man
ayers Praise His Ad-
dresses Highly.
IS NATIONALLY KNOWN
Local Life Underwriters
Have Stage Set for In
spirational Meeting.

Following recent life insurance sales
conferences held throughout the United
States by W. T.. Bilheimer, consult
ing sales manager, st. Louis, Mo, Of
ficials Of life insurance companies are
highly praising his addresses. Many
of the officials go so far as to state
that they believe their sales are ex-
periencing a marked increase follow
ing a sales conference in their respec-
tive cities. At the sales conference TO
be held here on March ii and 10, a
condensed course of instruction in life
insurance craftsmanship will be pre-
scented. The inspiration for an aggres-
siye year of work on the part OF
Texas life underwriters will be furn-
ished. There will be presented the
plans, methods and arguments OF the
most successful life insurance sales
men.
Mr.. Bilheimer is a consulting sales
manager numbering among his clients
several of the leading life insurance
companies and many of the great in
dustrial mercantile enterprises on tins
continent. For more than twenty
wears Mr.. Bilheimer has been connect
ed with the life insurance business IN
every capacity from soliciting agent
10 company official, and always with
the sales side of life insurance work.
Is Master Salesman
He is known as a master salesman
and director of men, having directed
the work of over $4,000 men during
the last ten years. He is one of the
most eloquent men appearing before
the American public. He has spoken
over 5000 times before Chambers OF
Commerce, Rotary and kiwanis Clubs
and other organizations.
Mr.. Bilheimer was president OF the
craftsmanship club of st. Louis for
three years. This club was the larg-
est in the world, with a membership
of $500. He made a remarkable rec.
ord in service work during the world
war. He spoke hundreds of times in
all sections of the country on behalf
of the liberty loans, etc, and was
sales manager of the Red Cross cam
paign in st. Louis, enrolling 246,OOO
members.
R. u. McCrum, district manager for
the Kansas City Life Insurance Com
pany, offices in San Antonio, is among
those commencing Mr.. Bilheimer. Fol-
lowing a sales conference held in Dali
las recently Mr.. McCrum stated in a
letter to Mr.. Bilheimer the follow
ing: This letter will serve in a
small way to express my appreeia-
ton of your work in the sales confer
ence held recently in Dallas. Your
talks. while of an inspirational nature.
contained some Of the most practical
suggestions / have ever heard and our
application register will show, in a
convincing way, the benefits a life
underwater will derive from your C J.
ference. l believe that the life under
writer's of San Antonio will get much
that is helpful and inspiring from
hearing you, and j look forward to
the dates set for your visit here with
much. pleasure"
May Fill Ball Room.
Mr.. McCrum is secretary OF the
Life Insurance Managers club OF San
Antonio.
All meetings will be held in the ball
room of the st. Anthony hotel during
the sales conference here. The ball
room has a seating capacity OF 800,
which will insure comfortable accom-
modations. The Peacock Alley adjoin-
ing the ball room will provide pleas
ant accommodations between sessions.
Considerable attention has been given
10 providing for ample ventilation and
every effort will be made to insure
the comfort Of those attending the
conference.
A registration fe, of SO will be
mid