3. Personal selling
RK Consultants uses a promotional method in which one party (RK
Consultants) uses:
Skills and techniques for building personal relationships with
other party (3M Hydraulics)
This results in both parties obtaining value
4. The personal selling process
Prospecting and qualifying
Pre approach (pre call planning)
Approach
Presentation and Demonstration
Overcoming objective
Trial close/closing the sale
Follow-up and services
5. Prospecting
Referral from internal company sources
Qualifying
The probable prospect has need for the service being sold
- Hot prospect
- Pre -approach
6. Pre-approach
Arun collected publicly available information through the website
Arun met the manager of 2-M hydraulics and there German
counterparts to understand their needs.
Research on market potentials in metros and major cities
Research on the competitors
7. Approach
Initial contact was made by the prospective buyers
Appointment : An appointment taken right after initial contact
8. Shortcomings in Approach/Pre
approach
German distributor were not contacted. A first hand knowledge
from distributor could have helped
The doubt about willingness of Indian distributor to perform
multiple task as was not solved convincingly as Arun and R.K
Consultant know the Indian market better than German
managers. There might be a need of acculturation for German
company.
9. Presentation and demonstration
Understanding the buyer’s need
Ask question as to :
How many dealers are they looking for?
What kind of distribution channel they are looking for?
How much price they are offering for there product?
What are the expectation from the dealers?
What are the incentives they are going to offer to the dealers?
Is the launch going to being selected city or PAN India?
What kind of sales target they are looking for in the first year?
10. Consultative selling/ problem -solution
presentation
As the firm itself is a consultancy, it should use its core
competencies and cross functional knowledge, projecting and
highlighting it in the presentation.
11. Presentation
Make the presentation covering following
Needs of the client
Various alternative available to the clients.
The best and cost saving option available.
Suggest reason for the option being best.
The future outcome of the option being advised.
Expectations being met from the suggested strategies.
12. Negotiation
Negotiation should be done on these factors:
Price being charged
Term of the project
Deliverables of the project
Negotiation should be win – win so as to make the clients happy and pave the
way for future contract.
13. Closing
Trial close should focus on asking for any major objection.
Summary of the benefits closing
List out the possible benefits from suggested strategies.
List out the financial out comes from the suggested strategies.
List out the target being met through the strategy.
Highlights the role of selling strategy in the firm’s overall strategy.
closing should be either based on summary - of – benefits or T account
approach.