Customer Focused Selling Flashcards

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Acknowledge

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Listening technique used to show customers that you value what they are saying.

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Benefits

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The positive results provided by travel products, as perceived by the customer.

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Clarify

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Listening technique used to get more information about your customers’ needs.

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Close the Sale

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Successfully lead a customer to a buying decision.

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Closed Question

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Questions that invite precise, brief answers, usually in the form of “Yes” or “No,” such as “Have you been to this destination before?”

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Confirm

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Listening technique used to check your understanding of the customer’s needs.

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Cross Selling

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Offering extra products and services that go beyond a core product, such as a rental car with an air ticket.

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Customer Focused Selling

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The sales approach in which salespeople act as consultants whose knowledge, skill, and motivation will lead buyers to purchase decisions that best suit their needs.

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Features

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The inherent characteristics of a product or service.

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Jargon

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Specialized terminology used by people who share a similar profession, such as travel.

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Lead

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The initial point of contact that directs you to new prospects.

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Open Questions

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Questions that encourage people to talk, such as “What did you have in mind?” or “How have you enjoyed traveling in the past?”

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Preferred Supplier

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Travel providers that have negotiated extra commission rates with your agency based on attainment of sales objectives.

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Prospecting

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The process of finding new customers or identifying prospective purchasers.

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Qualifying

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The process of asking thoughtful questions and listening for key responses to determine the customer’s travel needs.

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Sales Cycle

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A series of interrelated steps that describes the sales process.

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Situational Selling

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The sales technique that requires skilled sales professionals to adapt the steps of the sales cycle appropriately to both satisfy the customer’s needs and keep the process moving toward a buying decision.

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Trail Close

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The technique of asking questions like “How does that sound?” or “Will that work for you?” throughout the sales process in an attempt to gain your customers’ agreement and moving them closer to the close of the sale.

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Upselling

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Upgrading or converting the client to a more expensive or inclusive version of a product or service, for example, an outside rather than an inside cruise stateroom.

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Value

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The relationship between the price your clients pay and the benefits they receive; it reflects the client’s perception of the degree to which the benefits exceed the costs.

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Value Added

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Additional services or products that support or enhance the travel experience to make it more convenient for the customer.

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Steps in the Sales Cycle

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  1. Prospect -identify customers
  2. Build Trust
  3. Identify needs - qualify
  4. Select Product
  5. Recommend product
  6. Overcome objections
  7. Close sale
  8. Follow up

In buyer interactions selling requires outstanding customer focus