Sales 542 Final Flashcards

1
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Striving to maintain a positive attitude

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Positive Affectivity

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2
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The ability to understand the emotional makeup of others and the skill to treat people according to their emotional reactions

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Social Awareness

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3
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The ability to proficiently manage relationships and build networks

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Relationship management

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4
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The difference between the number of words people speak per minute versus the number of words they can hear per minute

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Speaking/listening differential

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5
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Simpily hearing

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Passive listening

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6
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The degree to which people have opinions about different issues, and their need to express those opinions to others

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Assertiveness

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7
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Suggests that a firm’s customer base may be represented by a “vital few” and a “trivial many”

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Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule

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8
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The selection, establishment, and maintenance of close institutional relationships with a firm’s most important customers

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Stategic account management (SAM)

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9
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One-to-one relationship marketing programs conducted between suppliers (marketers or sales organizations) and their distributors or resellers (retailers)

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Customer business development (CBD)

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10
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A seller’s goal to manage account relationships by creating relational value through the integration of buyer and seller objectives, particularly through the effective and efficient development of the buyer’s business outcomes

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SAM Strategy

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The extent to which the salesperson anticipates, collects, and evaluates information relevant to their customer’s needs

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Market-driven sales planning

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The extent to which SAM salespeople develop relevant market expertise and share it with their team members and customers

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Sharing market knowledge

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13
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The extent to which the SAM salesperson applies information and knowledge to construct and propose recommendations that are mutually beneficial to the seller and buyer

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Proposing integrative solutions

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14
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The SAM salesperson’s efforts to coordinate the activities between people on the team with others to support objectives associated with serving the strategic account

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Coordinating internal resources

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15
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A personal quality of fairness

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Integrity

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16
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Having the necessary knowledge and preparation

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Competency

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17
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An occupation requiring specialized knowledge and skill set

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Profession

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18
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Taking responsibility for success or failure

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Accountability

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19
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The ability to maintain control of emotions and actions

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Self-regulation

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20
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Acting and looking the part of a professional

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Professional Image

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21
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The ability to understand yours and others’ emotions and to use your awareness of those emotions to manage and control your behavior
and relationships with others

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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

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22
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The part of the brain where logic and rational thinking occur

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Neocortex/frontal lobe

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23
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The sum of self-awareness, self-management, and self-motivation

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Personal Competence

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24
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The combination of social awareness and relationship management skills

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Social Compentence

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25
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The ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions and drives, as well as their on others

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Self-awareness

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26
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The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods, the capacity to suspend judgement and to think before acting

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Self-management

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27
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The propensity to pursue goals with energy and persistence

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Self-motivation

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28
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Modulation of the voice to suggest attitudes or emotions

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Tone

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29
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The emphasis oneself readily, clearly, and effectively

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Inflection

30
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Expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively

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Articulate

31
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Words with no real function or meaning other than to fill space in the conversation

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Filler words

32
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Negative feelings commonly associated with certain words or phrases

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Negative connotation

33
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The unspoken transfer of messages or information through cues

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Nonverbal

34
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Nonverbal messages from certain body movements and gestures

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Body language

35
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The degree to which people respond emotionally in social situations

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Responsiveness

36
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Individuals high in assertiveness and low in responsiveness. Not concerned with how others will react. Straightforward and independent.

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Drivers

37
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Individuals low in both assertiveness and responsiveness. Likely, to ask a lot of questions about the details of a solution

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Analytical

38
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Individuals low in assertiveness and appreciate getting to know people on a personal level

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Amiables

39
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Individuals high on both assertiveness and responsiveness and like to make decisions based on their intuition or “gut feeling”

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Expressives

40
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A communication process by which you motivate someone to voluntarily take a beneficial action

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Persuasion

41
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A presentation to influence the customer’s beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors to encourage buyer action toward an improved outcome

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Persuasive presentation

42
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A presentation emphasizing factual information often drawn from marketing produced literature, technical specifications, or other company-prepared reports

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Informative presentation

43
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The process of helping customers select the right solution

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Solution configuration

44
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When the salesperson and customer combine their expertise and knowledge to define the solution with the optimal value

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Co-creation

45
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Indications the customer is ready to purchase

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Buying signals

46
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The process of providing the sales force with information, content, and tools to help salespeople be more effective

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Sales enablement

47
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System to store and categorize digital media when needed

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Sales asset management system

48
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Documents that offer guidelines and summaries for the content in the presentation

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Handouts

49
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The customer’s specifications for the solution as well as timelines, deliverables, and logistics (e.g. installation, delivery)

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Request for proposal (RFP)

50
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Communication tools that allow simultaneous video and audio communication among multiple parties

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Virtual communication platforms

51
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A preplanned presentation given to a virtual audience usually followed by a question-and-answer session

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Webinars

52
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Phrases that suggest a relationship between objects, concepts, or ideas

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Metaphors

53
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What the customer believes the product or service will accomplish for them

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Customer’s vision

54
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Any form of evidence such as a statement, testimonial, research study, or customer feedback that conveys the value of an offering

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Proof devices

55
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The tendency to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains

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Loss aversion

56
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Questions to asses the customer’s attitude, commitment, or readiness to buy

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Trial closes

57
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The comparison of costs to benefits

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Cost-benefit analysis

58
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Contrasting the customer’s current value with the value of the proposed solution

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Comparative cost-benefit analysis

59
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The net benefit expected from a given investment

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Return on investment (ROI)

60
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The length of time for an investment to be returned

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Time to break-even

61
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The return a costumer would have earned from using the same investment for a different purpose

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Opportunity cost

62
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When two or more members of a sales force work together to implement a sales strategy

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Sales teams

63
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Individuals who serve only one account

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Account-dedicated sales team members

64
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Temporary or ad hoc members who may serve multiple accounts

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Fluid sales team members

65
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The people within the organization who get involved with a given buying process

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Buying center

66
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The outcomes sales organization seeks to achieve through its relationship with that account

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Sales strategy

67
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The activities or tasks that salespeople conduct to accomplish its strategy

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Tactics

68
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Activities performed by salespeople that help forge better business relationships with their customers

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Relationship-forging tasks

69
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The consistency or agreement between individuals goals and company goals

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Goal congreuence

70
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The ability to work in constructive ways in developing solutions with team members

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Working effectively with others