Personal Selling
A Strategy Guide
Ali Al-Kubaisi
12-F
Intro
Personal selling is a form of selling that many companies rely on heavily to promote and move their products. The personal selling process involves seven steps that a salesperson must go through with most sales. Understanding these seven steps can help improve your individual sales or the sales of your company. Personal selling is especially important in large, sometimes even multi-million, business deals because if a corporation is going to invest that kind of money, they will not do so without a sense of personal assurance.
Prospecting
During this stage, the sales representative looks at any information that he may have about the customer. He may practice his sales
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After such learning, the salesperson should approach the customer in a polite and dignified way. He should introduce himself and his product to the customer.
Presentation
After the prospects interest has been grasped, the sales presentation is delivered. This involves a "persuasive vocal and visual explanation of a business proposition". It should be done in a relaxed atmosphere to encourage the prospect to share information in order to establish requirements. Some small talk may be necessary to reduce tension but the purpose always remains business. During this stage of the process, the sales representative makes a presentation. This can involve demonstrating the product or service and showing the customer why they need it. The sales rep should focus on the features and benefits of the product or service during this part of the process.
Objections
In some cases, the sales representative will have to overcome objections by the customer. Many customers have questions and concerns at this point of the sales process. If the sales representative can answer the questions and overcome any objections successfully, the barriers for a successful sale will be removed. Objections are often indications of interest by the prospect and should not be viewed with misgiving by salespeople. The prospect is in fact requesting additional information to help him to justify a decision to buy. The prospect may not be fully convinced and the issues raised are thus
Introduction: In this assignment I will be giving information the following point talk about each sales staff must do or be like when working for these different scenarios. Also I have included the sales technique out of four of them: Cold-calling, Face to face, Telemarketing and drop in visits. Also I have included their own personal interpersonal skills of what it takes to be a sales staff to be working for those scenarios, I have also included examples and relevant pictures.
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Salespeople must let the buyers explain themselves in order to deliver the things they need. It is also important to fully understand the product they are selling in order for the buyers to trust everything you say. If you do not know anything about the product, the buyers will undermine you and brush you off because you are no longer help to that buyer. Product knowledge is one of the main keys to trust-based relationship selling.
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Sales personnel needs to suggest new products that customers would not have thought before or that online algorithms would have missed. In order to know all the products in details and to inform something that customers don’t know, salespersons should have more training programs regarding product information. Train salespeople to be active listeners and be trustworthy to customers so they could purchase from a salesperson. (Wood, 2016).
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You cannot approach any merchant as if you are scared to ask to speak with the person in charge of advertising or marketing. You cannot be afraid to ask for the Sale. You must pursue this endeavor with CONFIDENCE not cockiness!
personal selling is to persuade customers to purchase their motorcycles, parts, and accessories. A direct response is generated through the contact between the sales representative and the customer.
The next stage in the personal selling process is approaching the prospect. This means actually having an initial first meeting with the prospect for the first time, face-to-face. (Personal Selling, pg.136) Like most things in life, “Practice Makes Perfect”, and in this particular case, this statement holds true in that the more a sales representative practices and rehearses their sales presentation, the better. Practicing and rehearsing one’s presentation assist sales representatives in
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