The Startup's guide to sales : how not to crash and burn / Roshan Louis Joseph, Ram Mohan Menon ; foreword by Kurush Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, Roshan L., author.

Menon, Ram Kumar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Selling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage, [2019]

Summary:

Step-by-step, tested and practical advise for startups for setting up a successful sales team.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Section I Do I Need a Sales Force?

1 What If I Sold on My Own?

2 Why Not Use E-Commerce to Sell?

3 Can I Outsource Sales?

4 Is Training an Essential Input for Sales?

Section II Building an Effective Sales Force

5 Is Relevant Experience an Important Criterion for Selecting Sales Force?

6 What Are the Skills and Competencies Desired in a Salesperson?

7 What Should Be the Size of My Sales Team?

8 How to Conduct the Recruiting Process for Hiring a Salesperson?

Section III Is Training of Sales Team Necessary?

9 What Are the Skills to Be Imparted?

10 What Are the Basic Selling Skills?

11 How to Make a Presentation?

12 How to Ensure On-the-Job Training?

Section IV How Good Do You Want to Look?

13 How to Present Oneself in the Market?

14 How to Make a Positive Contact at Every Interaction with the Customer?

15 How Does One Start a Meeting and Follow a Template for Success?

16 What Business Etiquette Must Be Followed?

17 How Important Is It to Be Punctual?

Section V What Should the Distribution Design Be? Is There a Method in the Madness?

18 What Is the Difference between Distributor, Stockist and Wholesaler?

19 Are Distributors Still Relevant?

20 What Is the Area of Coverage Planned?

21 What Should Be the Trade Margin?

22 What Should Be the Trade Payment Terms?

Section VI Time and Territory Management

23 What Is the Concept of a Territory That Is Allotted to the Salesperson?

24 What Is a Planned Journey Cycle?

25 Does Pareto Apply in Territory Management?

26 How Can a Salesperson Develop Sales?

Section VII Reporting by Sales Team

27 What Are the Types of Reports Submitted by the Sales Team?

28 What Are the Principles Adopted for Reporting?

29 Typical Sales Reporting Topics and Formats.

Section VIII Costing of a Sales Team

30 Elements of Cost That Are Considered in Costing of Sales Team

31 Why Is It Important to Arrive at the Planned Journey Cycle Cost?

32 What Is the Concept of Daily Allowance or Bhatta?

33 What Is the Role of Salary and Incentives?

Section IX Ways to Encourage People to Buy More or Sell More

34 What Is Sales Promotion and When Is It Required?

35 What Are the Types of Sales Promotions Normally Seen?

36 Do Sales Promotion Schemes Get Misused?

37 Do We Need to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Sales Promotion?

Section X Keeping the Spark Alive

38 The Dangers of Sales Team Losing Interest in Their Job

39 Need for the Spark to Keep Them Motivated and Perform at Their Peak

40 Techniques to Keep the Sales Team Charged Up

Section XI Sales Leadership

41 How Is the Role of a Sales Manager Different from a Frontline Sales Personnel?

42 How to Make the Sales Manager Lead the Team Effectively?

43 Simple Techniques to Keep the Team Performing at Peak Levels

Section XII A Tribute to Startups, Wherever

Epilogue

Annexures

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-5328-937-8

93-5328-938-6