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EXAM 1
SALES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sales | an exchange of a product or service for money, all the activates related to selling a product or service to a buyer |
| network | an arrangement of people crossed at regular intervals by other people, who are all cultivating mutually beneficial relationships |
| referral | occurs when someone provides the name of a potential customer, excellent way to expand customer base |
| salary only comp | the sales rep is paid a salary without a bonus or commission, not tied to productivity |
| straight line commission | sales rep is paid based on how much that rep sell, 100% compensation is from commission earnings |
| base salary + commission | the sales rep earns a fixed salary plus commission |
| base salary + bonus | sales rep earns a fixed salary and earns a fixed bonus |
| active listening | a distinct type of listening in which the person listening receives a message from an individual, internally evaluates and then responds – best way to uncover customer needs and wan |
| business acumen | the ability to understand and address business situations quickly and effectively |
| resilience | able to remove emotion form the equation and bounce back from rejection |
| grit | a never give up attitude based on both passion and perseverance, relies heavily on effort |
| CRM's | helps manage a company's data, information and interaction with current and potential customers |
| account manager | takes care of existing clients, focus on developing customer satisfaction and selling more to current clients |
| new business development | the activities associated with identifying and pursuing new business opportunities - coldcall (hunter) |
| prospecting | identifying individual or companies who may need the selling firm's product |
| strategic account management | responsible for overseeing several of the firms most important accounts |
| missionary sales | educate customers about the product then encourage them to use it (pharameceutical sales) |
| sales engineer | use their technical and scientific expertise to help develop appropriate solutions for customers and prospective customers |
| role play | A form of experiential learning that permits salespeople to practice skills repeatedly to build muscle memory and confidence to perform intuitively |
| experiential learning | occurs when a personally responsible participant cognitively, affectively and behaviorally processes knowledge, skills or attitudes in a learning situation characterized by a high level of active involvement |
| 3 domains of learning | cognitive, affective and psychomotor |
| hierarchy of competence | unconsciously incompetent, consciously incompetent, consciously competent, unconsciously competent |
| value of a role play | build habits, establish confidence, practice, etc |
| 2 forms of preparation | mental and practical |
| practical preparation | watch examples, write down talking points, practice one phase at a time, practice with peers, conduct roleplay, teach others |
| 4 main buyers | consumer, retail, organizational and institutional |
| retail buyers | purchase already manufactured products and subsequently resell them in retail stores |
| organizational buyers | purchase products used in creating the products sold by the organization |
| institutional buyers | purchase products used to serve clients and keep the institution entity running |
| direct procurement | involves the purchase of products used to create the product or service provided to end-users |
| indirect procurement | the purchase of products or services used in company operations |
| value | the perceived importance, worth or usefulness of a product or service – to create value for customers, sellers must understand the buying process |
| buyer motivation | all the factors that drive a buyer to move from a current state to a desired state – solving a problem - Situation repair, Situation improvement, Situation continuance |
| feature | a characteristic or attribute of a product |
| benefit | the value of the feature that the buyer perceives |
| buying decision process | the buyers journey - need recognition, Gather preliminary information, Determine decision criteria, Evaluate alternatives, Make and implement decision , Assess supplier performance |
| commoditization | describes buyers perception when there is little to no meaningful differentiation among available options - purchase on price alone |
| buying team influencer | provide info that influence the outcome of the purchase decision |
| buying team user | individuals who use the product |
| buying team gatekeeper | controls flow of info |
| buying team decision maker | makes final decision |
| opportunity risk | the risk of spending resources on one product and giving up the opportunity to purchase a better product |
| multi-attribute model | the weighted sum of buyers preferences for product or brand attributes |
| reflective learning | individuals intentionally thinking about and understanding what they have done during a learning experience and in turn taking corrective action |