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MKTG 250 Chapter 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Personal Selling | the two-way flow of communication between a buyer and seller, often in a face-to-face encounter, designed to influence a person’s or group’s purchase decision |
| Sales Management | planning the selling program and implementing and evaluating the personal selling effort of the firm |
| Relationship Selling | the practice of building ties to customers based on a salesperson’s attention and commitment to customer needs over time |
| Partnership Selling | the practice of using an entire team of professionals in selling to and servicing major customers |
| Order Taker | processes routine orders or reorders for products that were already sold by the company |
| Order Getter | sells in a conventional sense and identifies prospective customers, provides customers with information, persuades customers to buy, closes sales, and follows up on customers’ use of a product or service |
| Personal Selling Process | consists of sales activities occurring before, during, and after the sale itself, consisting of six stages: (1) prospecting, (2) preapproach, (3) approach, (4) presentation, (5) close, and (6) follow-up |
| Objection | 1.Acknowledge and convert the objection. 2. Postpone. 3. Agree and neutralize. 4. Accept the objection. 5. Denial. 6. Ignore the objection |
| Types of Closes | trial close (try product for a period) assumptive close (acting as if sale is done) |
| Salesforce Structures | sales plan evaluation, sales plan implementation, salesforce evaluation |
| Compensation | Straight salary Straight commission. Combination. Nonmonetary reward |
| Automation | the use of computer, information, communication, and Internet technologies to make the sales function more effective and efficient |
| Stimulus-Response Presentation | a sales presentation format that assumes that given the appropriate stimulus by a salesperson, the prospect will buy |
| Formula Selling Presentation | a sales presentation format that consists of information that must be provided in an accurate, thorough, and step-by-step manner to inform the prospect |
| Need-Satisfaction Presentation | a sales presentation format that emphasizes probing and listening by the salesperson to identify needs and interests of prospective buyers |