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Customizing the Sales Approach An Expert's Viewpoint:. Lisa Gregg, Director of Sales Development for American Express had this to say about customizing the sales approach: ?Depending on the application, the card may have hundreds of different benefits. A supermarket manager has different needs tha
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1. Overview of Personal Selling Module One
2. Customizing the Sales ApproachAn Expert’s Viewpoint:
3. Customizing the Sales ApproachAn Expert’s Viewpoint:
4. American Express:Customizing the Sales Approach
5. Personal Selling – Defined
6. Evolution of Personal Selling
7. Evolution of Personal Selling
8. Contributions of Personal Selling: Salespeople and Society Salespeople help stimulate the economy
Salespeople help with the diffusion of innovation
9. Contributions of Personal Selling: Salespeople and the Employing Firm Salespeople generate revenue
Salespeople provide market research and customer feedback
Salespeople become future leaders in the organization
10. Contributions of Personal Selling: Salespeople and the Customer Salespeople provide solutions to problems
Salespeople provide expertise and serve as information resources
Salespeople serve as advocates for the customer when dealing with the selling organization
11. Transaction-Focused vs. Relationship Focused Short term thinking
Making the sale has priority over most other considerations
Interaction between buyer and seller is competitive
Salesperson is self-interest oriented
Long term thinking
Developing the relationship takes priority over getting the sale
Interaction between buyer and seller is collaborative.
Salesperson is customer-oriented
12. Classification ofPersonal Selling Approaches Stimulus Response Selling
Mental States Selling
Need Satisfaction Selling
Problem Solving Selling
13. Stimulus Response Selling
14. Mental States Selling
15. Need Satisfaction Selling
16. Problem Solving Selling
17. Consultative Selling
18. The Sales Process: An Overview
19. The Sales Process: Selling Foundations
20. The Sales Process:Selling Strategy
21. The Sales Process
22. The Sales Process
23. The Sales Process