Vocabulary
Business Market Characteristics
Potpourri
Buyer(s)
Selling
100

Face-to-face selling in which one person who is the salesperson tries to convince the customer to buy a product

What is personal selling?

100

Marketing strategies that involve dividing the total market into different segments based on demographic factors

What is Segmentation?

100

A business buying situation in which the buyer purchases a product or service for the first time

What is the New Task

100

An incredible customer relationship manager.  Wants to be needed.  Does not like isolation and not getting attention 

Who is the Expressive Buyer?

100

An approach to selling which relies on the salesperson's ability to say the right thing in order to get a favorable response from the buyer

What is stimilus-response approach?

200

The ability or effectiveness in selling or presenting persuasively

What is Salesmanship?

200

market size is defined by current and projected total industry sales

What is Size?

200

Allows for large purchases from a small number of buyers

What is concentrated demand?

200

Identified by their attention to detail and tendencies towards perfectionism.  May seem withdrawn or indecisive

Who is the analytical buyer?

200

The salesperson attempts to identify the customer's problems and come up with one or more alternatives to solve the problem...using the product being sold

What is problem-solving selling?

300

The extent of the buyer's confidence that he/she can rely on the salesperson's integrity 

What is trust?

300

Determines the success of marketing strategies...includes the ability to recruit qualified people to keep pace with innovation and growth

What are Key Success Factors?


300

A market in which consumers purchase goods and services for their use or consumption


What is consumer market?

300

Wants to make everyone happy.  Often difficult to make big decisions because of this.  constantly worried about how their choice will affect those around them



Who is the Amiable Buyer?

300

An approach that focuses on creating value and trust with the prospect and exploring their needs before offering a solution

What is consultative selling?

400

Questions salespeople use throughout a sales dialogue to generate feedback from the buyer

What are check-backs or response checks?

400

Business environments defined by the identity, track record, financial strength, and market share of key competitors




What is competition?

400

The need for a specific core task or function to be performed

What is Functional need?

400

Concerned with how others view and follow directions.  does not like to be disrespected or taken advantage of.  May be aggressive and controlling at times

Who is the Driver Buyer?

400

The change in sales behaviors based on the sales situation

What is adaptive selling?

500

detailed information on the manufacture of a product and knowing whether the company has up-to-date production methods

What is product knowledge?

500

Systems that determine how efficiently products reach customers

What is Distribution?

500

A questioning system that uses logic-based sequence of questions to identify and assess the buyer's situation

What is ADAPT?

500

Individuals in the organization that incorporates the expertise and buying influences of people from other departments

What are buying teams?

500

Selling in which a series of questions or statements presented by the salesperson is designed to condition the buyer to say "yes" time after time, to the entire sales proposition

What is continued affirmation?

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