Chapter 19: Personal selling and sales management. When you finish this chapter, you should: Describe the value added of personal selling, define the steps in the personal selling process, describe the key functions involved in managing a sales force, describe the ethical and legal issues in personal selling.
chapter nineteen personal selling and sales management Copyright © 2015 McGrawHill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGrawHill Education LEARNING OBJECTIVES LO 19-1 Describe the value added of personal selling LO 19-2 Define the steps in the personal selling process LO 19-3 Describe the key functions involved in managing a sales force LO 19-4 Describe the ethical and legal issues in personal selling 192 The Scope and Nature of Personal Selling 193 Professional Selling as a Career • • • • • People love the lifestyle There is a lot of flexibility There is a lot of variety in the job Can be very lucrative Very visible to management and good for promotions ©Royalty-Free/Corbis Sales Jobs Website 194 The Value Added by Personal Selling • • • Salespeople Provide Information and Advice Salespeople Save Time and Simplify Buying Salespeople Build Relationships ©Royalty-Free/Corbis 195 The Personal Selling Process 196 Step 1: Generate and Qualify Leads 197 Generate Leads ©Royalty-Free/Corbis 198 Step 2: Preapproach ©Royalty-Free/Corbis 199 Step 3: Sales Presentation and Overcoming Reservations Klaus Tiedge/Blend Images/Getty Images 1910 Sales Training 1920 Motivating and Compensating Salespeople GRANTLAND® Copyright Grantland Enterprises; www.grantland.net Financial rewards Nonfinancial rewards 1921 Evaluating Salespeople • • Tied to the reward structure Evaluation measures can be either objective or subjective BananaStock/PictureQuest 1922 check yourself • • What sales managers need to to successfully manage their sales force? What is the difference between monetary and nonmonetary incentives? 1923 Ethical and Legal Issues in Personal Selling 1924 check yourself • What are three areas of personal selling in which ethical and legal issues are more likely to arise? 1925 Glossary Cold calls are a method of prospecting in which sales people telephone or go to see potential clients without appointments Return to slide 1926 Glossary A company sales force comprises people who are employees of the selling company Return to slide 1927 Glossary Manufacturer’s representatives are sales people who sell a manufacturer’s products on an extended contract basis but are not employees of the manufacturer Return to slide 1928 Glossary An order getter is a salesperson whose primary responsibilities are identifying potential customers and engaging those customers in discussions to attempt to make a sale Return to slide 1929 Glossary An order taker is a salesperson whose primary responsibility is to process routine orders or reorders or rebuys for products Return to slide 1930 Glossary The preapproach occurs prior to meeting the customer for the first time and extends the qualification of leads procedure Return to slide 1931 Glossary Relationship selling is a sales philosophy and process that emphasizes a commitment to maintaining the relationship over the long term and investing in opportunities that are mutually beneficial to all parties Return to slide 1932 Glossary Telemarketing is a method of prospecting in which sales people telephone potential customers without appointments Return to slide 1933 Glossary Trade shows are attended by buyers who choose to be exposed to products and services offered by potential suppliers in an industry Return to slide 1934 ... to management and good for promotions ©Royalty-Free/Corbis Sales Jobs Website 194 The Value Added by Personal Selling • • • Salespeople Provide Information and Advice Salespeople Save Time and. .. LO 1 9-1 Describe the value added of personal selling LO 1 9-2 Define the steps in the personal selling process LO 1 9-3 Describe the key functions involved in managing a sales force LO 1 9-4 Describe... managing a sales force LO 1 9-4 Describe the ethical and legal issues in personal selling 192 The Scope and Nature of Personal Selling 193 Professional Selling as a Career • • • • • People love the