Effective Role Playing in Sales Training Posted on September 25‚ 2012 by John Asher Top salespeople approach their careers in a similar fashion as professional athletes. They practice‚ drill and rehearse all of their skills so that they can execute them without even thinking about it‚ and do not ignore any area of the sales process. It is useless for a salesperson to make a great presentation if she does not know how to close. And closing and getting the money will not lead to referrals unless
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Designing and Managing the Sales Team Follett Carter E-mail: fcarter@umich.edu Phone: (415)336-8622 M (734)222-0089 H (239)395-3244 H Class hours: Tuesdays‚ 7:00-10:00pm‚ Ann Arbor Office Hours: before and/or after class by appointment Conference calls also possible Textbook: Assembled readings and case studies Course Description The objectives of this course are to improve your understanding of the role of the sales force in the achievement of a
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ASSIGNMENT TOPIC Select one company in your country or region that has a sales force. The company and/or the sales force can be real or a composite of several situations that you have heard or read about‚ or experienced. Apply principles that you have learnt in this subject to that company’s sales function to judge its effectiveness about: - How well it fits into marketing and other parts of an organization; intelligence gathering is included within this function. - How well it knows
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www.hbr.org The organization and goals of a sales force have to change as businesses start up‚ grow‚ mature‚ and decline. Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle by Andris A. Zoltners‚ Prabhakant Sinha‚ and Sally E. Lorimer Reprint R0607F The organization and goals of a sales force have to change as businesses start up‚ grow‚ mature‚ and decline. Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle by Andris A. Zoltners‚ Prabhakant Sinha‚ and Sally E
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Fram and Sony case study. Motivation is internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested in and committed to a job‚ role‚ or subject‚ and to exert persistent effort in attaining a goal. Motivation is the energizer of behavior and mother of all action. It results from the interactions among conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need‚ incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and expectations of the individual and of
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SALES FORCE In today’s global marketplace‚ managers face many challenges related to fulfilling the customer’s ever-changing needs and expectations. The concept of customer service has recently become more complex as a result of globalization of goods and services. Customers are now well-informed decision makers as a result of the abundance of information that is available online and in the media. In addition‚ today’s consumer is most concerned with how a salesperson can solve basic problems and
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orders. a. sales promotion‚ advertising b. price‚ personal selling c. advertising‚ sales promotion d. personal selling‚ sales promotion e. advertising‚ personal selling 2. An advantage of personal selling is not: a. two way communication. b. reaching a massive number of people quickly. c. detailed explanation. d. direction towards qualified prospects. e. all are advantages of personal selling 3. Compared to other promotional tools‚ the most important advantage(s) of person selling
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introduction of the project and the methodology adopted. The second section deals with the SWOT and PEST analysis of the product‚ followed by the application of the Porter’s five forces model to the industry. The third section deals with the positioning strategy of AXE in the Indian market. The SWOT analysis came up with a opportunities that could further build on AXE’s strength. AXE’s nation-wide presence and distribution network‚ will
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researchandmarkets.com/reports/869/ Sales Force Structures and Strategies 2001: A Case Study Analysis of Effective Sales Force Management Description: As sales forces expand to maintain share of voice in an increasingly competitive market and physicians limit the time spent with sales representatives‚ ROI on detailing is in decline. Therefore‚ maximizing field force productivity is vital to the future success of all pharmaceutical companies. Sales Force Structures and Strategies 2001 is an in-depth examination
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FORMULATING PERSONAL-SELLING STRATEGY • Sales Management achieves personal-selling objectives through personal-selling strategy • Key decisions in personal – selling strategy are : a) The kind of sales force required and b) The size of sales force required • The decision on the kind of salespersons defines the role that sales personnel play in their contacts with customers & prospects. The decision on the size of the sales force dictates deployment of sales personnel as well
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