MKT 5215Final Exam

MKT 5215Final Exam

Instructions:

Please respond the questions below. Each response should take no more than 1 page, single spaced. It is important that your responses are concise, thorough, and well-supported. Must include a reference page.

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Particular characteristics and behaviors of salespeople enable them to deal more effectively with some kinds of customers than with others. Some research actually demonstrates that salespeople tend to perform better when they interact with customers who are similar to themselves.

• Which sales behaviors, skills, and characteristics are ideal and thought to affect a salesperson’s ability to perform? Please provide support for your response(s).
• Based on the following recruiting sources, as a sales manager, which would you access and why?
• With respect to evaluating sales person performance, how does “reach” and “frequency” equate to sales person performance? Please provide support for your response(s).

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Recruitment and selection of new sales people is a critical skill for sales managers to develop. The pool of recruits from which a company selects its candidates can be generated from a number of sources.

• Internal company referrals
• Referrals from other firms
• Educational institutions
• Online job search engines
• Recruiting agencies

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Are sales “just a numbers game?” Some sales managers believe that all you have to do is make the right number of calls…to the right people, and the odds will work in your favor.