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ISBN10: 1260169820 | ISBN13: 9781260169829
ABCs of Relationship Selling
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ABC's of Relationship Selling 13e trains the readers on a specific, yet generic, step-by-step selling process that is universal in nature. This edition presents a sales process or system in a logical sequence, more than any other text in the market: from planning and the approach, to closing and follow-up for exceptional customer service.
Part I: Selling as a Profession
1.The Life, Times and Career of the Professional Salesperson
2.Ethics First…then Customer Relationships
Part II
3.The Psychology of Selling: Why People Buy
4.Communication for Relationship Building: It’s Not All Talk
5.Sales Knowledge: Customers, Products, Technologies
Part III: The Relationship Selling Process
6.Prospecting: The Lifeblood of Selling
7.Planning the Sales Call: It’s a Must!
8.Carefully Select Which Sales Presentation Method to Use
9.Begin Your Presentation Strategically
10.Elements of a Great Sales Presentation
11.Welcome Your Prospect’s Objections
12.Closing Begins the Relationship
13.Service and Follow-Up for Customer Retention
Part IV: Time, Territory and Self-Management
14.Time, Territory and Self-Management-Keys to Success
Appendix A: Personal Selling Experiential Exercises
Glossary of Selling Terms
About the Author
Charles Futrell
Charles M. Futrell is the federated professor of marketingat Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Hehas a B.B.A., M.B.A., and Ph.D. in marketing. Dr. Futrell is a former salesperson turned professor. Before beginning his academic career, he worked in sales and marketing capacities for eight years with the Colgate Company, the Upjohn Company, and Ayerst Laboratories.Dr. Futrell serves as a frequent reviewer for several academic journals. He is on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. His research in personal selling, sales management, research methodology, and marketing management has appeared in numerous national and international journals, such as the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Marketing Research. An article in the summer 1991 issue of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management ranked Charles as one of the top three sales researchers in America. He was also recognized in Marketing Education, Summer 1997, as one of the top 100 best researchersin the marketing discipline.Professor Futrell served as the American Marketing Association as Chair of the Sales and Sales Management Special Interest Group (SIG) for the 1996–97 academic year. He was the first person elected to this position. Charles was elected Finance Chair for the Sales SIG's 1998–99 term. In 2005, this AMA group presented Charles with its Lifetime Achievement Award for commitment to excellence and service in the area of sales. Mu Kappa Tau, the National Marketing Honor Society, recognized Charles for exceptional scholarly contributions to the sales profession in 2000. This is only the fourth time this recognition has been bestowed since its creation in 1988.Dr. Futrell has written or cowritten eight successful booksfor the college and professional audience. Two of the mostpopular books are Fundamentals of Selling: Customers forLife, Sixth Edition, and ABC's of Relationship Selling through Service, Ninth Edition, both published by McGraw Hill LLC. These books are used in hundreds of U.S. and international schools. More than 300,000 students worldwide have benefited from Professor Futrell's books. In 1997 Dr. Futrell began using his website and group e-mails in his sales classes, which often have 100 students in each section. Students sign up for both a lecture period and lab time. In each semester's six labs, students are videotaped in activities such as making a joint sales call, panel interview, selling oneself on a job interview, product sales presentations, and various experiential exercises. TAMU's College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Business is one of the largest business programs in the U.S., with more than 6,000 full-time business majors. Approximately 50 percent of the marketing department's 800 majors are in Charles's personal selling and/or sales management classes at various times. He has worked with close to 10,000 students in sales-related classes.Professor Futrell's books, research, and teaching are basedon his extensive work with sales organizations of all types and sizes. This broad and rich background has resulted in his being invited to be a frequent speaker, researcher, and consultant to industry.
Raj Agnihotri
Mike Krush, PhD
Mike Krush, PhD (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) serves on the College of Business Administration faculty at Kansas State University and is associated with its National Strategic Selling Institute (NSSI).
Dr. Krush has taught sales and a range of marketing classes at the undergraduate and graduate level at multiple universities including North Dakota State University, St. Cloud State University, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
In terms of sales education, Dr. Krush championed and initiated the Center for Professional Selling Sales Technology at North Dakota State University—the only academic center dedicated to developing the sales skills of college students within the North Dakota University System. The Sales Education Foundation consistently recognized NDSU on its list of top universities for sales education. When serving as its director, Dr. Krush championed the application of The Center for Professional Selling and Sales Technology for full membership within the University Sales Center Alliance, a consortium of sales centers dedicated to advancing the sales profession via teaching, research, and outreach.
Prior to his academic career, Dr. Krush served as a brand manager at the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, one of America’s largest publicly held corporations. His responsibilities included areas of strategic marketing for a $600 mil- lion brand. In addition, he has conducted marketing and sales operations in the financial services domain, consulted with start-up and existing firms, and written a book on career preparation.
From a research perspective, Dr. Krush was one of three national award winners of the Institute for the Study of Business Market’s Doctoral Support Award for his dissertation in business-to-business marketing. Dr. Agnihotri, Dr. Krush, and their colleagues were also recognized by Industrial Marketing Management in 2016 for the Best Article Award.
Dr. Krush’s research has been published in a variety of journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, the European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, The Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.
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