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Selling. | the exchange of goods and services from producers to consumers for a price. |
Personal selling | two-way communication between a representative of the company and the customer. |
www/Internet selling | is selling executed using the Internet |
Need | anything necessary or required to live |
Want | an unfulfilled desire |
The approach | the first encounter with a customer |
Service approach | Considered the least effective approach method |
Merchandise approach | Considered the best approach method |
Objection | a reason, concern, or hesitation a customer has for not making a purchase. |
Standing-room-only close | Next month, there will be a 10% price increase.” |
Demonstration | Answers objection by showing one or more features |
Cash sales | include cash or checks |
Credit sales. | Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover |
Feature-benefit selling | matching the characteristics of a product to a customer’s needs and wants |
Rational buying motives | based on conscious, logical thinking and decision making. |
Emotional buying motives | Social approval, recognition, power, love, and prestige are emotional motives |
Closing the sale | Obtaining a positive agreement from the customer to buy |
Extensive decision-making | occurs when there is a high level of perceived risk, a product or service is very expensive or has a high value to the customer |
Routine decision making | occurs when little information is needed about the product being purchased. |
Debit cards | bankcards or automatic teller machine (ATM) cards used to make a purchase. The funds are withdrawn from the customers checking account. |