7. What Is Salesmanship
Salesmanship refers to the practice of investigating
and satisfying the needs of customers using a fair,
sincere, mutually beneficial and efficient process,
according to the Business Dictionary.
Its goal is a long-term, productive relationship
with customers.
9. ESSENTIALS OF EFFECTIVE SELLING
Qualities of good salesman
Knowledge of customer
Buying motive
Knowledge of selling process
Knowledge of product
Knowledge of business and organization
10. Types of Consumer
Producers
Reseller
Government Agencies
Institutions
Consumers
11. Features of Salesmanship
Salesmanship is an art
Personal service
Art of attracting and persuading customers
Art of converting desire into necessity
Buyer’s confidence
Consumer satisfaction
Establishment of permanent relations
Service for producer, distributor and
consumer
Mutual benefit
Educative process
12. Importance of Salesmanship
Important to producers
Important to customers
Important to salesman
Important to government
Important to society
13. Scope of Salesmanship
transport
repairing
teaching
painting
banking
legal
medicine
insurance, etc.
Salesmanship in its higher levels includes the subject-
matter of:-
product knowledge,
knowledge of customers,
training and control of salesman,
organization and management of sales departments,
etc.
14. Advantages of Salesmanship
Salesmanship helps in preventing the piling up of
huge stocks.
Salesmanship helps in creating demand for the
goods which leads to increase in production.
Salesmanship is the best means of two-way
communication b/w the company and customer.
Increase in sales helps to increase the profits.
Increased sales induced business activity which
provides more employment and higher income for
the community.
Consumers are benefitted as salesmen provide
them great deal of useful information.
15. Limitations of Salesmanship
High cost of personal selling.
Salesmanship adopts the methods of
pressure selling.
Good and competent sales person are
scarce.
17. Personal Selling
According to American Marketing Association,
“oral presentation is a conversation with one
or more prospective customers for the
purpose of making sales.”
It is most important of all the market efforts
of an enterprise because through personal
selling consumers are encouraged more.
18. Characteristics of Personal Selling
It is the method of direct selling .
It involves oral communication between buyer and
seller.
In personal selling, the seller wants to convince
the buyers to sell his product.
It involve the sale of goods and services
personally.
It is most effective tool of increasing the sales.
It helps in providing many important information
to the enterprise regarding the market.
It is essential for the survival of business.
19. Nature Or Functions Of Personal Selling
Making sales
Advertise the new product
Service to customers
Executive functions
Records of the sales
Collect statistics
20. Importance of Personal Selling
Helpful in selling
Demonstrating the product
Helpful in removing the doubts & confusions
of customers
Helpful in communication
Knowledge of prospective buyers
Important from buyer’s point of view
Important to the society
21. Limitations of Personal Selling
Increase in the cost of sales
Difficulty of reporting at right time
Lack of efficient salesman
22. Types Of Personal Selling
Selling for retailer or consumer
salesmanship
Selling for wholesaler or merchant
salesmanship
Selling for manufacturers
23. Qualities Of Sales Executives
Ability to define position’s exact functions and duties
in relation to the goals the company should expect to
attain.
Ability to select and train capable subordinates and
willingness to delegate sufficient authority to enable
them to carry out assigned tasks with minimum
supervision.
Ability to utilize time efficiently.
Ability to allocate sufficient time for thinking and
planning.
Ability to exercise skilled leadership.
24. TIPS FOR BEING A GOOD SALESMAN
LISTEN, LISTEN,
LISTEN & LISTEN
TO
YOUR CUSTOMERS