PERSONAL
SELLING AND
SALES
MANAGEMENT
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AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
1. Discuss the nature and scope of
personal selling and sales
management in marketing.
2. Identify the different types of
personal selling.
3. Explain the stages in the personal
selling process.
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SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
PERSONAL SELLING AND
SALES MANAGEMENT
• Nature of Personal Selling and Sales
Management
– Personal Selling – two-way flow of
communication between buyer and seller, often in
a face-to-face encounter, designed to influence a
person’s of group’s purchase decision
• Also occurs by telephone , through video
teleconferencing, and the internet between
buyers and sellers
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SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
PERSONAL SELLING AND
SALES MANAGEMENT
• Nature of Personal Selling and Sales
Management
– Sales Management – planning the selling
program and implementing and controlling the
personal selling effort of the firm
• Tasks involved include: setting objectives;
organizing the sales force; recruiting, selecting,
training, and compensating salespeople; and
evaluating performance of individual
salespeople
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SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
PERSONAL SELLING AND
SALES MANAGEMENT
• Selling Happens Almost
Everywhere
–“Everyone lives by selling
something”
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SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
PERSONAL SELLING AND
SALES MANAGEMENT
• Personal Selling in Marketing
• Creating Customer Value Through
Salespeople: Relationship and
Partnership Selling
Relationship Selling – long-term
Partnership Selling (or Enterprise Selling)
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FIGURE 20-A How salespeople create value
for customers
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Concept Check
1. What is personal selling?
A: Personal selling involves the two-
way flow of communication between
a buyer and seller, often in a face-to-
face encounter, designed to influence
a person’s or group’s purchase
decision.
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Concept Check
2. What is involved in sales
management?
A: Sales management involves planning
the selling program and
implementing and controlling the
personal selling effort of the firm.
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THE MANY FORMS OF
PERSONAL SELLING
• Order Taking
Outside Order Takers
Inside Order Takers, Order Clerks,
or Salesclerks
Inbound Telemarketing
• Order Getting
Outbound Telemarketing
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FIGURE 20-B Comparing order takers with
order getters
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FIGURE 20-2 How outside order-getting
salespeople spend their time each week
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THE MANY FORMS OF
PERSONAL SELLING
• Customer Sales Support Personnel
Missionary Salespeople – promotion and introduction
Sales Engineer – identifying, analyzing & solving
Team Selling – team of professionals (cross-functional)
Conference Selling – discuss problems and opportunities
Seminar Selling – conducts educational program for
technical staff
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THANK YOU!