CONTENTS

Part I: Course Organization and Teaching Methods

To the Instructor...... 7

Professor Futrell Online!...... 9

Student Contact System...... 9

Web Sites for Personal Selling and Sales Management ...... 9

Student Application Learning Exercises (SALES)...... 10

Example of a Class Syllabus...... 11

Example of a Tentative Schedule...... 17

Sales Presentation Guidelines...... 20

Student Information Sheet...... 23

Shadow Project...... 25

Marketing 435 Sales Challenge...... 27

Sales Diary...... 29

Role-Playing: An Overview...... 31

Instructions to Each Buyer...... 32

Develop Your Own Videotape Examples...... 33

Futrell’s Pro Selling Video...... 33

Alternative Role-Play Assignments...... 35

Part II: Videos Accompanying ABC's of Relationship Selling, 9th edition: Outlines and Test Questions 39

Part III: Lecture Notes

Note: Chapter outlines available for printing or downloading at Web site: . Go to Professor Futrell Online! Then click on Classes, Marketing 435, ABC's of Relationship Selling's book cover, and then Chapter Outlines. Using , first go to Marketing Department, Faculty, Professor Charles M. Futrell, Classes, etc.

I.Selling as a Profession

Chapter 1The Life, Times, and Career of the Professional Salesperson...... 59

Chapter 2Ethics First … Then Customer Relationships...... 72

II. Preparation for Relationship Selling

Chapter 3The Psychology of Selling: Why People Buy...... 83

Chapter 4Communication for RelationshipBuilding: It's Not All Talk...... 92

Chapter 5Sales Knowledge: Customers, Products, Technologies...... 99

III.The Relationship Selling Process

Chapter 6Prospecting—The Lifeblood of Selling...... 107

Chapter 7Planning the Sales Call is a Must!…………….……………………………..…113

Chapter 8Carefully Select Which Sales Presentation Method to Use...... 117

Chapter 9Begin Your Presentation Strategically...... 123

Chapter 10Elements of a Great Sales Presentation...... 128

Chapter 11Welcome Your Prospects Objections...... 134

Chapter 12Closing Begins the Relationship...... 141

Chapter 13Service and Follow-up for Customer Retention...... 148

IV.Time and Territory Management: Keys to Success

Chapter 14Time and Territory Management: Keys to Success...... 157

Part IV: Comments on Ethical Dilemmas

Chapter 1 The Life, Times, and Career of the Professional Salesperson...... 163

“Mexico, Here I Come!”...... 163

Chapter 2 Ethics First … Then Customer Relationships...... 163

“The Boss Told Me to Do It!”...... 163

Chapter 3 The Psychology of Selling: Why People Buy...... 164

“Sock It to Her!”...... 164

Chapter 4 Communication for RelationshipBuilding: It's Not All Talk...... 164

“It’s Party Time!’...... 164

Chapter 5 Sales Knowledge: Customers, Products, Technologies...... 165

“Advertising Will Close the Deal”...... 165

Chapter 6 Prospecting—The Lifeblood of Selling...... 165

“What an Offer! Or is It?”...... 165

Chapter 7 Planning the Sales Call is a Must!...... 166

“To Check, or Not to Check. . .”...... 166

Chapter 8 Carefully Select Which Sales Presentation Method to Use...... 167

“To Fix the Mistake. . .Or Not”...... 167

Chapter 9 Begin Your Presentation Strategically...... 167

“Oh How You’d Love to Know!”...... 167

Chapter 10 Elements of a Great Sales Presentation...... 168

“Lying Like a Dog!”...... 168

Chapter 11 Welcome Your Prospects Objections...... 168

“A University Sets a Condition”...... 168

Chapter 12 Closing Begins the Relationship...... 169

“I’ll Buy If. . .”...... 169

Chapter 13 Service and Follow-up for Customer Retention...... 170

“I Appreciate Your Business”...... 170

Chapter 14 Time and Territory Management: Keys to Success...... 170

“A Breakdown in Productivity”...... 170

Part V: Comments on End of Chapter Questions and Cases

Chapter 1...... 175

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 175

Case 1-1What They Didn't Teach Us in Sales Class...... 175

Chapter 2...... 176

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 177

Case 2-1Perfect Solutions...... 177

Case 2-2Sales Hype: To Tell the Truth or Stretch It, That is the Question...... 179

Chapter 3...... 182

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 182

Case 3-1Economy Ceiling Fans, Inc...... 184

Case 3-2McDonald's Ford Dealership...... 185

Chapter 4...... 186

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 186

Case 4-1Skaggs Manufacturing...... 187

Case 4-2Alabama Office Supply...... 187

Case 4-3Vermex, Inc...... 187

Chapter 5...... 187

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 187

Comments on Appendix Sales Application Questions...... 189

Case 5A-1Claire Cosmetics...... 191

Case 5A-2McBath Women's Apparel...... 191

Case 5A-3Electric Generator Corporation ...... 192

Case 5A-4Frank's Drilling Service...... 192

Case 5A-5FruitFresh, Inc...... 192

Chapter 6...... 193

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 193

Case 6-1Canadian Equipment Corporation...... 193

Case 6-2 Montreal Satellites...... 194

Chapter 7...... 195

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 195

Case 7-1Ms. Hansen's Mental Steps in Buying Your Product...... 196

Case 7-2Machinery Lubricants, Inc...... 197

Case 7-3Telemax, Inc...... 198

Chapter 8...... 198

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 199

Case 8-1Cascade Soap Company...... 199

Case 8-2A Retail Sales Presentation...... 199

Case 8-3Negotiating With a Friend...... 200

Chapter 9...... 201

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 201

Case 9-1The Thompson Company...... 202

Case 9-2The Copy Corporation...... 203

Case 9-3Electronic Office Security Corporation...... 203

Chapter 10...... 204

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 204

Case 10-1:Dyno Electro Cart Company...... 205

Case 10-2Major Oil, Inc...... 206

Case 10-3Dumping Inventory: Should this be a Part of Your Presentation...... 206

Chapter 11...... 208

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 208

Case 11-1AceBuilding Suppliers...... 208

Case 11-2Electric Generator Corporation (B)...... 209

Chapter 12...... 210

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 210

Case 12-1:Skaggs Omega...... 210

Case 12-2:Central Hardware Supply...... 211

Case 12-3: Furmanite Service Company

-A Multiple-Close Sequence...... 212

Case 12-4Steve Santana: Pressured to Close a Big Deal...... 213

Chapter 13...... 215

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 215

Case 13-1:California Adhesives Corporation...... 216

Case 13-2:Sport Shoe Corporation...... 216

Case 13-3Wingate Paper...... 216

Chapter 14...... 217

Comments on Sales Application Questions...... 217

Case 14-1:Your Selling Day: A Time and Territory Game...... 218

Case 14-2:Sally Malone's District: Development of an

Account Segmentation Plan...... 219

Part VI: Sales Call Role-Plays, Guidelines and SALE Answers

Guidelines...... 223

Sample SALES Answer...... 224

Part VII: Personal Selling Experiential Exercises

Sell Yourself on a Job Interview...... 227

SalesTeamBuilding Exercise...... 233

What's Your Style—Senser, Intuitor, Thinker, Feeler?...... 237

Part VIII: Sales Technology Directory & Exercises

Sales World Wide Web Directory...... 241

Act! and Goldmine Help Create Customers For Life...... 241

Sales World Wide Web Exercises...... 241

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