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Section 13.1Preliminary Activities
Chapter 13beginning the sales process
Section 13.2First Steps of a Sale
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CONSIDER Do you think everyone who buys an item has the same reasons for buying it? Why or why not?
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• Explain how salespeople get ready to sell.
• List sources of product information.
• Explain feature-benefit selling and how it creates selling points.
• Identify consumer buying motives.
• List prospecting methods and explain how prospects are qualified.
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Getting ready to sell involves preliminary
activities that help salespeople with the sales
process, such as learning about the product,
industry, and customer, to develop effective
selling points.
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• merchandising
• feature-benefit selling
• product features
• physical features
• extended product features
• customer benefits
• selling points
• buying motives
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• rational motives
• emotional motives
• patronage motives
• prospect
• referrals
• endless-chain method
• cold canvassing
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Outline of the Preliminary Activities
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Product Knowledge
ExperiencePublished
Materials and Web Sites
Training
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Industry Trends and Competition
TradePeriodicals
Standard &Poor’s
ResearchCompetition
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Merchandising
Give-AwaysSigns andDisplays
Location
merchandising
Coordinating sales and promotional plans with buying and pricing.
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feature-benefit sellingMatching the characteristics of a product to a customer’s needs and wants.
What is feature-benefit selling?
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Product Features
Basic Feature
PhysicalFeatures
ExtendedProductFeatures
product featureBasic, physical, or extended attribute of a product or purchase.
physical feature
Tangible attribute that helps explain how a product is constructed.
extended product featureIntangible attribute related to the sale of a product that customers find important.
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Product Feature Examples
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customer benefitAdvantage or personal satisfaction a customer will get from a good or service.
It is the salesperson’s job to analyze a product and determine
customer benefits.
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selling pointThe function of a product feature and its benefit to a customer.
A well-designed catalog will identify important selling points.
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CustomerBuying Motives
buying motiveA reason a customer buys a product.
rational motiveA conscious, logical reason for a purchase.
Rational Motives
Emotional Motives
Patronage Motives
Multiple Motives
emotional motiveA feeling expressed by a customer through association with a product.
patronage motiveA reason for remaining a loyal customer of a company.
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Fill in this diagram. The product is a car.
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Fill in this diagram. The product is a car.
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prospectingLooking for new customers.
What is prospecting?
What is a prospect?
prospectA sales lead; a potential customer.
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CustomerReferrals
ColdCanvassing
EmployerSales Leads
Prospecting Techniques
referralA recommendation of another person who might buy the product being sold.
endless-chain method
endless-chain methodWhen salespeople ask previous customers for names of potential customers.
cold canvassingThe process of locating as many potential customers as possible without checking leads beforehand.
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List three things that salespeople do to get ready to sell.
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To get ready to sell, salespeople must gather information about their products, industry trends, and the competition.
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Explain how a customer might use a combination of rational, emotional, and patronage buying motives when purchasing a hybrid automobile.
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A sample explanation: rational motive–buying a hybrid automobile will help save on gas consumption and cost less money to operate; emotional motive–buying a hybrid automobile will help save the environment for my children and grandchildren; patronage motive–I’ve been very satisfied buying cars from this manufacturer for years; I expect their hybrid will be good quality.
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Identify three prospecting techniques.
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Prospecting techniques include customer referrals, cold canvassing, and employer sales leads.
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PREDICT Why is asking a customer “May I help you?” not an effective way to begin in a retail environment?
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• Demonstrate how to properly approach a customer to open a sale.
• Differentiate between organizational and retail approaches.
• List three retail approach methods.
• Discuss when and how to determine customer needs.
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The actual sales presentation begins when you
approach customers to open the sale and
determine their needs.
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• greeting approach
• service approach
• merchandise approach
• nonverbal communication
• open-ended question
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The Approach
The Effective Sales Opening
Treat customers as individuals.
Be aware of the customer’s personality and buying style.
Show interest in customer with eye contact and friendliness.
Learn the customer’s name.
Incorporate a theme in the approach.
Know that approaches differ in organizational selling and retail selling.
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Organizational Selling
Arrive early.
Be aware that first impressions count.
Be conversational to put the customer at ease.
Use information you gathered during prospecting.
Explain how you can reduce costs, increase productivity, or improve profits.
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Retail Selling Approaches
GreetingApproach
ServiceApproach
MerchandiseApproach
greeting approachA retail approach method in which the salesperson welcomes the customer to the store.
service approachA retail-selling method in which salespeople ask customers if they need assistance.
merchandise approachA retail-sales method, also called the theme approach, in which the salesperson makes a comment or asks a question about a product in which the customer shows an interest.
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nonverbal communicationExpressing oneself without the use of words, such as with facial expressions, eye movement, and hand motions.
A good salesperson can readnonverbal communication.
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Discuss the importance of knowing how to ask the right questions.
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Asking the right questions gets the customer talking and allows the salesperson to zero in on the customer’s needs and wants.
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List three retail approach methods.
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Retail approach methods include the greeting approach, the service approach, and the merchandise or theme approach.
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Identify when salespeople should determine customers’ needs.
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In organizational sales, the needs should be determined when qualifying a prospect. In retail sales, the needs should be determined during or immediately after the approach.
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Section 13.2First Steps of a Sale