Plan reductions: We have many different products that we sell during the school year. The busiest time of the year for selling is our school homecoming. Homecoming influences students, parents or businesses to purchase articles of clothing with names and numbers that support the football players. One of the biggest sellers that we have at our school year-round is “The Crew” t-shirts. Our student section at the different sport activities are referred to as “The Crew” because it is related to our…
I met a young man, he was about the age of 17, who became a part time sales associate at a store I worked at. I was not in a leadership position at the time but I noticed the young man’s work ethic was non- existent. He bounced a lacrosse ball through the store and talked to other associates (ignoring customers). His appearance…
paper, I present the results of my research on these interpersonal skills: listening, assertiveness, negotiation, feedback, persuasion, interviewing, and coaching. Listening Listening means paying close attention and making a conscious effort to process what you hear. This is an important skill in business and can be used to great effect when selling to new customers and keep existing customers happy. When we take the time to listen to customers we can learn a lot about how to meet their needs.…
The workplace I choose is a cosmetics shop. It is a retailer that provides beauty products as well as considerate customer service. I have been to the cosmetics shop for several times and I enjoy the shopping experience there. Before I learnt knowledge about discourses, I just focused on their products and service. This time, I paid much attention to their vocabulary, behaviors, and dress-code when I observed the shop and the employees and I found that it was a unique discourse which was…
developing and testing. Sales are often quite low to begin with and may increase only quite slowly. SuperBed’s introductory stage will be about 1 year, as people will still be getting the hang of the product and what the overall goal of selling the product is. The growth stage, depends on the promotional strategies that the company uses in order to get their product out there, this stage leads the product to the next stage, business owners wish this stage could last forever, as their sales grow…
and the business continued to grow and evolve many changes took place. During the fourth year I began to realize if there were more sales people in the business it would likely double or triple its performance. I contemplated over the details of this decision and it was apparent I would need to hire contracted sales people in the cities where the highest amount of sales were taking…
Federal Express (FedEx) was founded in 1971 and handles many package requests daily. In order for them to remain competitive they use their website FedEx.com to field questions received by customers on a daily basis. FedEx has managed to reduce cost by almost $2.00 using the website. Customers are still able to speak with a Customer Representative if questions are not easily answered on the website. FedEx has many strengths using the latest technologies offered. First, customers are able to get…
effective sales force structure would be territorial sales. This way the sales focus on a specific line of products to many different contractors, which can be in numerous locations. This sales force assigns each salesperson to an exclusive territory in which the salesperson sells the full range of the company’s products. However, now that the company is expanding and changing, it seems that there may be a more appropriate sales force. The new, most appropriate structure is customer/market sales…
You need to get something into their hands as soon as possible in order to seal that connection to you and your product. Likewise, you need to cash checks or process credit cards immediately. By immediately connecting with your new client, you have the opportunity to help them should they begin to question their decision or show signs of buyer’s remorse. Before you ever leave your meeting with your client, they…
What does it mean to fake it till you become it, and is it good advice? You’ll never get a second chance to make a first impression” Therefore, ”Fake it till you make it” makes perfect sense. The saying “Fake it till you make it” has been used for over a hundred years, its originator William James believed that “physiology and activity influence our mood”. Productive flourishing (2014) Amy Cuddy agrees in influencing our mood by using “power posing” as a way to achieve “faking it till you become…