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The Life, Times, and Career of the Professional Salesperson Mc. Graw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2007 by The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1

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Main Topics 1 -4 ù What Is the Purpose of Business? ù Essentials of a Firm’s Marketing Effort ù What Is Selling? ù Personal Selling Today ù A New Definition of Personal Selling ù The Golden Rule of Personal Selling ù Everybody Sells! ù What Salespeople Are Paid to Do ù Why Choose a Sales Career? ù Is a Sales Career Right for You? Chapter 1

Main Topics ù Success in Selling–What Does It Take? ù C–Characteristics for the Job Examined ù Do Success Characteristics Describe You? ù Relationship Selling ù Sales Jobs Are Different ù What Does a Professional Salesperson Do? ù The Future for Salespeople ù E-Selling: Technology Used by Salespeople ù Selling Is for Large and Small Organizations ù The Plan of This Textbook ù Building Relationships through the Sales 1 -5 Process Chapter 1

What Is the Purpose of Business? ù To increase the general well-being of humankind through the sale of goods and services ù According to the American Marketing Association, “Marketing is defined as the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods services, and ideas to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. ” 6

Marketing Concept ù The customers’ want-satisfaction is the economic and social justification for a firm’s existence. ù All company activities should be devoted to determining customers’ wants and then satisfying them, while still making a profit. 7

Essentials of a Firm’s Marketing Effort ù Ability to determine the needs of customers ù Ability to create and maintain an effective marketing mix ù Product ù Price ù Distribution (or place) ù Promotion 8

Product: It’s More Than You Think ù A good is a physical object that can be purchased. ù A service is an action or activity done for others for a fee. ù A product is a bundle of tangible and intangible attributes, including packaging, color, and brand, plus the services and even the reputation of the seller. 9

Product: It’s More Than You Think (cont…) ù People buy want-satisfaction ù What the product will do ù Quality ù The image of owning the product 10

Price: It’s Important to Success ù The corporate marketing department sets each product’s initial price ù Normal price ù Possible special discount prices ù Price refers to the value or worth of a product. 11

Distribution: It Has to Be Available ù The marketing manager also determines the best method of distributing the product. ù Distribution refers to the channel structure used to transfer products from an organization to its customers. 12

Promotion: You Have to Tell People About It ù Personal Selling ù Advertising ù Publicity ù Sales Promotion 13

How Do You View Salespeople? ù Some people have a negative view of salespeople. ù What is your view of salespeople? ù How many of you have a viewpoint that is: ù Positive? ù Negative? ù No opinion? ù How many of you are interested in a sales career? 14

What is Selling? ù Selling is just one of many marketing components. ù Personal selling includes: ù Personal communication of information ù Persuasion ù Helping others ù Goods ù Services ù Ideas 15

A New Definition of Personal Selling ù Refers to the personal communication of information ù To unselfishly persuade someone 16

Think of Your Grandmother ù Would you treat her in a selfish manner? ù Would you sell her something just to make a sale? 17

The Golden Rule of Personal Selling ù Refers to the sales philosophy of unselfishly treating others as you would like to be treated ù Reciprocity is not expected. ù Example – children whose cat had recently delivered a litter of kittens ù Girl – “They love each other so much that they’re trying ù 18 to keep each other warm” Mother – “Actually they’re trying to keep themselves warm”

The Golden Rule of Personal Selling, cont… ù The Golden Rule is all about trying to keep somebody else warm, even if it means that we get cold in the process. 19

Salesperson Differences ù Traditional Salesperson Guided by self-interests ù Professional Salesperson Takes care of customers ù Golden Rule Salesperson Others interests most important 20

Exhibit 1 -3 a: Self & Customer Service Progress 21

Exhibit 1 -3 b: Self & Customer Service Progress 22

Everybody Sells! ù Each of us develops communication techniques for trying to get our way in life. ù You are involved in selling when you want someone to do something. ù You use persuasion skills to persuade someone to act. 23

What Salespeople are Paid to Do ù Salespeople are paid to sell – that is their job. ù Performance goals are set for: ù Themselves – in order to serve others, earn a living and keep their jobs ù Their employers – so the companies will survive ù Their customers – to fulfill needs and help organizations grow 24

How Do You Sell Someone and Remain Friends? ù Salespeople need to close sales and at the same time maintain great relationships with their customers. ù What does this require? ù That is what you will learn in this course. 25

Why Choose a Sales Career? Exhibit 1 -4: Six Major Reasons For Choosing A Sales Career 26

Service: Helping Others ù When asked what she would look for in a career after graduating from college, a student of your author, Jackie Pastrano, said, “I’d like to do something that helps other people. ” ù Service refers to making a contribution to the welfare of others. ù Would you like to help others? 27

What are Examples of How Selling Can Help Others? ù What could a person be sold that would help the individual/family? ù Car, gas, repairs ù House ù Insurance ù Food ù Medicine 28

What are Examples of How Selling Can Help Others? , cont… ù What could a business be sold that would help it produce and market goods and services? ù Land to build a business ù Building materials/construction of business ù Furniture, equipment, supplies ù Raw materials used in manufacturing 29

A Variety of Sales Jobs Are Available ù Retail ù Direct ù Wholesaler ù Manufacturer 30

Types of Sales Jobs–Which Is for You? ù Selling in Retail ù A retail salesperson sells goods or services to consumers for their personal, non-business use. ù Direct sellers sell face to consumers – typically in their homes – who use the products for their personal use. 31

Types of Sales Jobs–Which Is for You? , cont… ù Selling for a Wholesaler ù For resale ù For use in producing other goods ù For use within an organization ù Selling for a Manufacturer ù Working for the firm who manufacturers the product ù Usually one of the most prestigious jobs to hold 32

Exhibit 1 -6: Seven Sales Job Categories 33

Exhibit 1 -7: A Sales Personnel Career Path 34

Rewards: The Sky’s the Limit ù Non-financial ù Intrinsic reward of knowing you’ve skillfully delivered a sales presentation ù Quick path to managing large amounts of responsibility ù Quick path to managing others ù Financial ù Higher average salary than that of other workers at the same level within the organization ù Based upon performance, not tenure 35

Is a Sales Career Right for You? ù What are your past accomplishments? ù What are your future goals? ù Do you want to have the responsibility of a sales job? ù Do you mind travel? How much travel is acceptable? ù How much freedom do you want in a job? ù Do you have the personality characteristics for the job? ù Are you willing to transfer to another city? Another state? 36

Success in Selling–What Does it Take? Exhibit 1 -8: Love of Selling Is At Heart of Helping Others (Ssuccess) S S U Ssuccess S S E 37 C C

Exhibit 1 -9: Aerobic, Strength, and Flexibility Exercise Guidelines 38

C–Characteristics for the Job Examined, Exhibit 1 -10: Harry Potter and You Have Something in Common ù You both have the freedom to choose the type of person you want to be and thus how you will treat others. 39

Exhibit 1 -11: Personal Characteristics Needed to Sell for Building Long-term Relationships 40

Putting the Customer First Requires Salespeople to Have Personal Characteristics That Allow Them To: ù Care for the customer ù Take joy in their work ù Find harmony in the sales relationship ù Have patience in closing the sale ù Be kind to all people ù Have high moral ethics ù Be faithful to their word ù Be fair in the sale ù Be self-controlled in emotions 41

How Would You Answer These Questions? ù Do these success characteristics describe you? ù Do you have all, or part, of them? ù Can you develop the missing ones? 42

Once Again, Are You: ù Caring? ù Joyful? ù Able to get along with others? ù Patient? ù Kind? ù Ethical? ù Honest? ù Fair? ù Self-controlled? 43

Do Success Characteristics Describe You? Connect the Dots ù The following puzzle illustrates how you can be held back from breaking through. ù The challenge is to connect all nine dots with four straight lines, without lifting your pencil from the paper – try it! 44

Go Beyond the Limits… …to reach your goals! 2. 3. 1. Start Here 4. 45

We Often Do Not Reach Our Potential Because: ù We set our limits. ù It is hard to breakaway from our old selves. 46

Relationship Selling ù Non-adversarial ù Non-manipulative ù Consultative ù Partner-oriented ù Problem-solving ù Goal: long-term relationships 47

Four Main Elements in the Customer Relationship Process ù Analyze needs ù Present product Benefits ù Gain Commitment ù Service 48

Exhibit 1 -12: The Customer is at the Center of the Sales System: ABC’s 49

Sales Jobs Are Different ù Salespeople: ù Represent their companies to the world ù Work with little or no supervision ù Require more people skills ù Are often allowed to spend company funds ù May require travel and being away from home 50

What Does a Professional Salesperson Do? ù Creates new customers ù Sells more to present customers ù Builds long-term relationships with cutomers ù Provides solutions to customer’s problems ù Provides service to customers ù Helps customers resell products to their ù ù ù customers Helps customers use products after purchase Builds goodwill with customers Provides company with market information 51

The Future for Salespeople: Skills Required ù Learning conceptual skills ù Example: planning ù Learning human skills ù Example: working with customers ù Learning technical skills ù Example: giving presentations 52

Selling is Both an Art and a Science ù Selling takes practice, just like golf or tennis. ù Selling is also a science because a growing body of knowledge and objective facts describe selling. 53

Preparing for the 21 st Century ù International and global selling ù Cultural fluency ù Language fluency ù Diversity of salespeople and customers ù Customer partnerships ù Ethical and professional behavior ù E-selling 54

E-Selling: Technology Used by Salespeople ù Salespeople are going high tech, employing talking computers, e-mail, cellular phones, faxes, satellites, and automated maps with driving directions. ù Imagine walking into a sales call with every piece of information needed to introduce a product to a customer. 55

Selling is for Large and Small Organizations ù It is easy to overestimate the importance of big business because of its greater visibility. ù The Small Business Administration classifies approximately 98 percent of all business in the United States as small business. 56

The Plan of the Textbook ù The role of the sales force in the firm’s marketing ù ù ù ù efforts The social, ethical, and legal issues in selling Why people and organizations buy what they do Verbal and nonverbal communications The importance of knowing your products and your competition’s products An in-depth discussion of the selling process Self, time, and sales territory management Important functions of sales management 57

Part I: Chapters 1 -2 58

Part II: Chapters 3 -5 59

Part III: Chapters 6 -13 60

Part IV: Chapter 14 61

Exhibit 1 -18: Ten Important Steps in the Customer Relationship Selling Process. Bringing service. Serving 3. Close. 6. Approach. Uncovering 5. Trial close. Asking prospects’ and 9. Objections. Meeting prospect 7. qualifying prospects. 4. Meet objections. Satisfactorily 1. Prospecting. Locating 10. Follow-up and. Further uncovering and. Presentation. prospect to the customer after the objections. conclusionsales beginning customized opinions during and buy. answering objections. to after logical 2. Preapproach. Obtainingneeds; relating product benefits to interview. Planning: determining presentation. needs using demonstration, 8. Trial close. Asking prospect’s sales call objective, developing customer profile, customer dramatization, visuals, and proof opinion after overcoming each benefit program, and sales. statements. immediately before objection and the close. 62

Ten Important Steps in the Customer Relationship Selling Process 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 10. Follow-up 63

Summary of Major Selling Issues ù Personal selling is an old and honorable ù profession. Millions of people have chosen sales careers because of: ù Job availability ù Personal freedom ù The challenge ù Opportunities for success ù Non-financial rewards ù Financial rewards 64

Summary of Major Selling Issues, cont… ù Success comes from: ù Training ù Applying knowledge ù Developing skills ù Working hard ù Wanting to succeed ù Maintaining a positive outlook ù Effective time management ù Using all of these to take care of the customer 65

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