Selling today : creating customer value. /
Gerald L. Manning
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
- xxxiv, 554 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Developing a personal selling : Personal selling and the marketing concept -- Personal selling opportunities in the age of information -- Developing a relatioship strategy : Creating value with a relationship strategy -- Communication styles : managing selling relationships -- Ethics : the foundation for relationships in selling -- Developing a product strategy : Creating product solution -- Product - selling strategies that add value -- Developing a customer strategy : The buying process and buyer behavior -- Developing and qualifying a prospect base -- Developing a presentation strategy : Approaching the customer -- Creating the consultative sales presentation -- Creating value with the sales demonstration -- Negotiating buyer concerns -- Closing the sale and confirming the partnership -- Servicing the sale and building the partnership -- Management of self and others: Oppportunity management : the key to graeter sales productivity -- Management of the sales force.