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Marketing Chapter 19
Term | Definition |
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personal selling | Paid personal communication that attempts to inform customers and persuade them to buy products in an exchange situation |
prospecting | Developing a database of potential customers |
approach | |
closing | The stage in the personal selling process when the salesperson asks the prospect to buy the product |
order getter | A salesperson who sells to new customers and increases sales to current customers |
order takers | |
support personnel | |
missionary salespeople | |
trade salespeople | Salespeople involved mainly in helping a producer's customers promote a product |
technical salespeople | Support salespeople who give technical assistance to a firm's current customers |
team selling | The use of a team of experts from all functional areas of a firm, led by a salesperson, to conduct the personal selling process |
relationship selling | The building of mutually beneficial long-term associations with a customer through regular communications over prolonged periods of time |
recruiting | |
straight salary compensation plan | |
straight commission compensation plan | |
combination compensation plan | |
sales promotion | |
consumer sales promotion methods | |
coupons | |
cents-off offer | |
money refund | |
rebate | |
point-of-purchase (POP) materials | Signs, window displays, display racks, and similar devices used to attract customers |
demonstration | A sales promotion method a manufacturer uses temporarily to encourage trial use and purchase of a product or to show how a product works |
free sample | |
premium | |
consumer contests | |
consumer games | |
consumer sweepstakes | |
trade sales promotion methods | |
buying allowance | |
buy-back allowance | |
scan-back allowance | A manufacturer's reward to retailers based on the number of pieces scanned |
merchandise allowance | A manufacturer's agreement to pay resellers certain amounts of money for providing special promotional efforts, such as setting up and maintaining a display |
cooperative advertising | An arrangement in which a manufacturer agrees to pay a certain amount of a retailer's media costs for advertising the manufacturer's products |
dealer listing | An advertisement that promotes a product and identifies the names of participating retailers that sell the product |
free merchandise | A manufacturer's reward given to resellers that purchase a stated quantity of products |
dealer loader | A gift, often part of a display, given to a retailer that purchases a specified quantity of merchandise |
premium money (push money) | Extra compensation to salespeople for pushing a line of goods |
sales contest | A sales promotion method used to motivate distributors, retailers, and sales personnel through recognition of outstanding achievements |