Whereas Consumer Promotions _______ a product through the channel by ___________________, Trade Promotions ____________a product through the channel by _________________.
Push, creating a demand
Pull
What are the 7 steps in the Personal Selling Process?
Generating Leads
Qualifying Leads
Approaching the customer & probing needs
Developing & proposing solutions
Handling Objections
Closing the sale
Following up
What are 5 key factors in determining if Personal Selling is the way to go?
Product value is High
Product is custom made
Product is complex and difficult to understand
The # of customers is few
The location of customers is concentrated
What is CRM and how does it work?
Customer Relationship Management:
Building & maintaining profitable customer relationships by personalizing the interaction w/ each customer- (lemonade stand w/ customer database example)
Explain RFM & LTV analysis.
Recency-Frequency-Monetary Analysis identifies those customers most likely to purchase again because they have boufht recently, frequentluy, or spent a specified amt of money with the firm.
This data can then be used to create a Lifetime Value Analysis which projects the future value of the customer over a period of years.
What are 8 common CRM Marketing Database Applications? Examples of each where possible.
Campaign Management-
Retaining Loyal Customers-loyalty programs
Cross-Selling Other Products
Designing Targeted Marketing Communications
Reinforcing Customer Purchase Decisions
Inducing product Trial by New Customers
Increasing Effectiveness of Distribution Channel Mktg