Unit 13 Personal Communication Channels

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UNIT 13

Personal Communication Channels


Personal Selling
The communication technique in which
sales people builds the personal relationship
with customers to generate the value for the
organization.

Sales VALUE Benefits


Nature of Personal Selling
• Delivering
• Inside order taker
• Outside order
• Missionary selling
• Sales engineer
Approaches to Personal Selling

• Stimulus response selling


• Need satisfaction selling
• Problem solving selling
Situations that Favor Personal Selling

• High price of the product, technical in nature


and needs demonstration.
• Introduction stage
• Organization does not have enough money
for advertisement.
• Product can be customized.
• Market is concentrated.
Advantages of Personal Selling

• It can be customized.
• It can focus on prospective customers.
• It results in actual sale.
Disadvantages of Personal Selling

• It is costly to develop and operate sales force.


• It is very difficult to attract upper class
people.
Sales Management
Sales Management
1. Deciding the sales territory
2. Sales force size
3. Sales organization
4. H.R. Practices in Sales management
5. Quota
1. Deciding the sales territory
It is the geographical boundary set for sales
executives to work in.

2. Sales force size


It is decided by work load method.
Work Load Method consists of:
3. Sales organization
It is allocated on the basis of geography and
the product.
4. H.R. Practices in Sales Management
• Recruiting
• Selecting
• Training
• Motivating
• Evaluating
• Compensation
Recruiting
• Internal Sources are referred to the existing
employees of the same organization.
• External Sources include the following:
 Employment exchange
 Competitors organization
 Salesman of non-competing firms
 Educational Institutions
 Recommended classes
 Advertisement
 Unsolicited applications etc.
Selecting
Steps:
Training
Aims of Training
• To prepare the salesman to discharge his job
efficiently.
• To tell him what to do.
• To guide him how to demonstrate.
• To allow him to practice or perform it.
• To check him in his performance.
Training
Objectives:
1.Product Knowledge
2. Reduce Labor turnover
3. Improve employer-employee relationship
4. Improve relationship with customer
5. Increase sales
6. Motivate sales people
7. Reduce the expense
8. Increase in efficiency of sales people
Training Program
ACMEE
• A – Aim of Training
• C – Content of Training
a. Job knowledge
b. Product knowledge
c. About Company
d. Markets and Consumers
e. The competitors
f. Sales technique
g. Daily Reports
Training Program
• M – Method of Training
• E – Execution of Training
• E – Evaluation
Training Needs of Salesman at
Different Times
• New Salesmen Need
• Regular Salesmen Need
• Supervisors Need
Training Methods
Group Training
1. Lecture Method
2. Audio-Visual Method
3. Discussion Method
4. Conference Method
5. Role-playing Method
6. Panel Method
7. Round Table Method
8. Brain Storming Method
Individual Training
1. On the job Training
2. Sales Manual
3. Initial or Break-in Training
• Motivating
- Financial Incentive
- Non- Financial Incentive
• Evaluating
• Compensation
- Direct Salary
- Direct Commission
- Combined Plans.
Quota
• Sales Quota
• Expense Quota
• Profit Quota
• Activity Quota
• Combination Quota
Personal Selling Process
1. Lead Generation
2. Lead Evaluation
3. Buyer Analysis
4. Approaching the Customer
5. Presentation and demonstration
6. Providing solutions to customer
7. Order generation
8. Follow up
Direct Marketing
Direct Marketing
1. Telephone Marketing
2. Catalog Marketing
3. Kiosk Marketing
4. Online Marketing
THANK YOU

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