This document discusses the development and role of selling in marketing. It covers several key points:
1. Selling fits into the marketing mix and is how companies connect with customers, but it often has a negative image due to high costs and variability in salesperson skills.
2. Modern selling focuses on customer retention, relationship management, and problem solving.
3. Successful selling requires strong communication, persistence, and time management skills.
4. Selling approaches differ between business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.
5. Effective sales management involves planning goals, budgets, training, motivating, and evaluating the salesforce.
This document discusses the development and role of selling in marketing. It covers several key points:
1. Selling fits into the marketing mix and is how companies connect with customers, but it often has a negative image due to high costs and variability in salesperson skills.
2. Modern selling focuses on customer retention, relationship management, and problem solving.
3. Successful selling requires strong communication, persistence, and time management skills.
4. Selling approaches differ between business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.
5. Effective sales management involves planning goals, budgets, training, motivating, and evaluating the salesforce.
This document discusses the development and role of selling in marketing. It covers several key points:
1. Selling fits into the marketing mix and is how companies connect with customers, but it often has a negative image due to high costs and variability in salesperson skills.
2. Modern selling focuses on customer retention, relationship management, and problem solving.
3. Successful selling requires strong communication, persistence, and time management skills.
4. Selling approaches differ between business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.
5. Effective sales management involves planning goals, budgets, training, motivating, and evaluating the salesforce.
This document discusses the development and role of selling in marketing. It covers several key points:
1. Selling fits into the marketing mix and is how companies connect with customers, but it often has a negative image due to high costs and variability in salesperson skills.
2. Modern selling focuses on customer retention, relationship management, and problem solving.
3. Successful selling requires strong communication, persistence, and time management skills.
4. Selling approaches differ between business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.
5. Effective sales management involves planning goals, budgets, training, motivating, and evaluating the salesforce.
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Development and Role of
Selling in Marketing
By: Dr. Waseem Hassan
Objectives 1. Understand the implications of production, sales and marketing orientation 2. Appreciate why selling generally has a negative image 3. Know where selling fits into the marketing mix 4. Identify the responsibilities of sales management 5. Recognize the role of selling as a career Nature and Role of Selling • To make a “Sale” • How it is done? • Large Selling Budgets Reasons are: • Only link to the customer • Failure because of Ineffective sales team • Sales person is the company • Different task in different situations Strengths and Weaknesses of Personal Selling + Interactive + Adaptive ( Can be changed for every customer) + Complex arguments can be developed + Relationships + Opportunity to close the sales
- Sales calls are costly
- Experience and Expertise varies - No standardization of inputs - Training Cost Characteristics of Modern Selling • Customer Retention and Deletion • Database and Knowledge Management • Customer Relationship Management • Marketing the Product • Problem Solving and System Selling • Satisfying needs and Adding Value Characteristics of Modern Selling Top 10 Success Factors in Selling 1. Listening skills 2. Follow-up skills 3. Ability to adapt sales style from situation to situation 4. Tenacity – Sticking to the task 5. Organizational skills 6. Verbal communication skills 7. Proficiency in interacting with people at all levels within an organization 8. Demonstrated ability to overcome objectives 9. Closing skills 10. Personal planning and time management skills Types of Selling Business to Consumer Markets • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Low financial outlays, frequently bought, non durable • Semi-durable Goods Financial outlays are higher, less frequency, durable • Durable Consumer Goods Considerable outlays, very less frequency, durable Business to Business Markets • Often large and powerful buyers • Derived demand • Geographically concentrated • Customer’s high negotiation power • Markets for supplies and consumables • Markets for capital equipment • Markets for business services Selling as a Career • Empathy and interest in people • Ability to communicate • Determination • Self discipline and resilience Image of Selling • Selling is not a worthwhile career • Good products sell themselves – No selling required • Immorality Demotivators in Sales Task • Perceived low status • Heightening Discomfort • Work alone The Nature and Role of Sales Management • Emphasis on word “Management” • Planning, organizing, leading and controlling • Determining sales force objectives and goals • Forecasting and budgeting • Salesforce organization, salesforce size, territory design and planning • Salesforce selection, recruiting and training • Motivating the salesforce • Salesforce evaluation and control The Marketing Concept • Production Orientation • Sales Orientation • Marketing Orientation Implementing the Marketing Concept Market Segmentation and Targeting • Identification of market opportunities • Gap identification • Product design • Focus on segments with high potential The Marketing Mix • Product • Promotion • Price • Placement Marketing Strategy and Management of Personal Selling Marketing Strategy and Sales Management