Direct marketing involves using media like mail, catalogs, telemarketing, and websites to directly reach customers and measure responses. It allows for customization but can irritate or invade privacy. Well-designed websites provide content, community, customization and commerce. Sales forces are designed around objectives, strategies, structures, size and compensation. Managing sales forces involves recruiting, training, supervising, motivating and evaluating representatives to improve performance. Personal selling follows a seven-step process including prospecting, presenting, overcoming objections, closing and following up.