Personal Selling Process- An Introduction
FIGURE 1.1 THE SALES MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Sales Management Functions
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SALES PERFORMANCE
Sales Management is the attainment of sales goals in an ethical, efficient, and effective manner.*
* Instructor added word ethical.
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Exhibit: Prospecting Methods that Work!
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Exhibit: What Did You Say? What Did I Hear?
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Exhibit: The Basic Communication Model Has Eight Elements
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Confidence Boosters • • • • •
Know your customers Know your company Know your product Know your resellers Know your competition
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Exhibit: The Selling Process Has 10 Important Steps The sales process is a sequential series of actions
1. Prospecting 2. Preapproach/planning 3. Approach 4. Presentation 5. Trial close 6. Determine objections 7. Meet objections 8. Trial close 9. Close
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10. Follow-up
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The Prospect Pool • • • •
Leads Referrals Orphans Your customers
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Exhibit: Components of the Prospect Pool
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Exhibit: The Referral Cycle: When to Ask for Referrals
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