Sales Management and Organisation

Overview

The high cost of deploying sales people means effectiveness is a key business issue. This book provides a set of simple, practical, proven, award-winning techniques based on published and private research on the needs of today’s sales force and the successful sales management system developed by Professor John Adair.

This training course is part of our collection of Sales & Marketing Training Courses which are designed to help you achieve successful marketing account management, sales growth and improve your, and your organisation's performance.

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Content

Introduction

Part One – Philosophy

• The importance of people
• What are you paid to do?
• Your philosophy checklist

Part Two – Framework

1. Agree targets and objectives
2. Organise appointments and travelling
3. Plan and prioritise daily
4. Developing existing customers
5. Find profitable new customers
6. Know your products and markets
7. Monitor and manage performance
8. Master your paperwork
9. Get more from your meetings
10. Managing your own development

Part Three – System

• Introduction
• System layout summary
• Personal, home and social
• Year overview
• Journey plan
• Monthly overview
• Day planners
• Note paper
• Customer records
• Weekly call plan
• Call frequency/product code index
• Call frequency overview
• Key account plans
• Pre-call plans
• Prospect criteria/prospect code index
• Prospect overview
• Prospect records
• Product benefits plan
• Weekly call summary
• Sales graphs
• Quarterly summary
• Personal development plan
• Meeting plans
• Summary implementation checklist
• Guideline questions for a sales audit