Chapters 19-21 Flashcards
Paid personal communication that attempts to inform customers and persuade them to buy products in an exchange situation
*personal selling
Developing a database of potential customers
*Prospecting
The manner in which a salesperson contacts a potential customer
approach
The stage in the personal selling process when the salesperson asks the prospect to buy the product
*closing
Salespeople who sell to new customers and increase sale to current customers
order getters
Salespeople who primarily seek repeat sales
*order takers
Sales staff members who facilitate selling but usually are not involved solely with making sales
support personnel
Support salespeople, usually employed by a manufacturer who assist the producer’s customers in selling their own customers
missionary salespeople
Salespeople involved mainly in helping a prodder’s customers promote a product
trade salespeople
Support salespeople who give technical assistance to a firm’s current customers
Technical salespeople
The use of a team of experts from all functional areas of a firm, led by a salesperson, to conduct the personal selling process
Team selling
The building of mutually beneficial long-term associations with a customer through regular communications over prolonged periods of time
relationship selling
Developing a list of qualified applicants for sales positions
recruiting
Paying salesperson a specific amount per time period, regardless of selling effort
straight salary compensation plan
Paying salesperson according to the amount of their sales in a given time period
straight commission compensation plan
Paying salespeople a fixed salary plus a commission based on sales volume
combination compensation plan
An activity and/or material intended to induce resellers or salespeople to sell a product or consumers to buy it
sales promotion
Sales promotion techniques that encourage consumers to patronize specific stores or try particular products
consumer sales promotion
Written price reductions used to encourage consumers to buy a specific product
coupons
Promotions that allow buyers to pay less than the regular price to encourage purchase
cents-off offers
Sales promotion techniques that offer consumers a specified amount of money when they mail in a proof of purchase, usually for multiple product purchases
money refunds
Sales promotion techniques in which a consumer receives a specified amount of money for making a single product purchase
rebates
Signs, window displays, display racks, and similar devices used to attract customers
point-of-purchase (POP) materials
Sales promotion methods a manufacturer uses temporally to encourage trial use and purchase of a product or to show how a product works
demonstrations
Samples of a product given out to encourage trial and purchase
free samples
Items offered free or at a minimal cost as a bonus for purchasing a product
premiums
Sales promotion methods in which individuals compete for prizes based on their analytical or creative skills
consumer contests
Sales promotion methods in which individuals compete for prizes based primarily on chance
consumer games
A sales promotion in which entrants submit their names for inclusion in a drawing for prizes
consumer sweepstakes
Methods intended to persuade wholesalers and retailers to carry a producer’s products and market them aggressively
trade sales promotion methods