MARK 3337: Professional Selling - Chapter 11 Study Guide
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What is the primary goal of need discovery in sales?

  • To build a partnership with the buyer
  • To gather basic facts about the buyer's situation
  • To create value and meet the needs of customers (correct)
  • To execute the firm's marketing strategy
  • What type of questions are designed to collect basic facts about the buyer's existing situation and problem?

  • Open questions
  • Survey questions (correct)
  • Probing questions
  • Closed questions
  • What is the primary purpose of general survey questions?

  • To uncover the pain and implications of the customer's problem
  • To discover facts about the buyer's problem and existing situation (correct)
  • To execute the firm's marketing strategy
  • To describe the problem from the buyer's point of view
  • What type of questions require the prospect to go beyond a simple yes/no response?

    <p>Open questions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of questions are used to uncover and clarify the pain, implications, and circumstances surrounding the customer's buying problem?

    <p>Probing questions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of questions can be answered with a yes or no, or a brief response?

    <p>Closed questions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the percentage increase in sales success attributed to mastering the use of questions according to Neil Rackham's research?

    <p>17 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of question is used to collect basic facts about the buyer's existing situation and problem?

    <p>Survey question</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of confirmation questions in the sales process?

    <p>To verify the accuracy of information exchanged</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are buying conditions, according to the text?

    <p>Things that must be available or fulfilled before the sale can be closed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of the investigative or need-discovery stage of the sales process?

    <p>Uncovering the buyer's needs and problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many types of questions are commonly used in the selling field, according to the text?

    <p>4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of confirmation questions in the sales process?

    <p>To verify the accuracy and assure a mutual understanding of information exchanged</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are buying conditions in the sales process?

    <p>The qualifications that must be available or fulfilled before the sale can be closed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of need-satisfaction questions?

    <p>The solution and the benefits of the solution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is active listening in the sales process?

    <p>The process of sending back to the prospect what you as a listener think the person meant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the second part of the Consultative Sales Process Guide?

    <p>Selection of product: The process of creating the ideal 'custom-fitted' product for the customer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fourth part of the Consultative Sales Process Guide?

    <p>Servicing the sale: Service activities include suggestion selling, making credit arrangements, following through on assurances and promises, and follow-ups to ensure customer satisfaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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