
Selling: Building Partnerships (Int'l Ed)
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Publisher)
9th Edition
Published on 16. November 2013
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-07-131550-0 (ISBN)
Description
Selling: Building Partnerships, 9e remains the most innovative textbook in the Selling course area today with its unique role plays and partnering skills which are critical skills for all business people. The authors emphasise throughout the text the need for salespeople to be flexible and to adapt their strategies to customer needs, buyer social styles, and relationship needs and strategies. This is followed by a complete discussion of how effective selling and career growth are achieved through planning and continual learning. This market-leading text has been updated to continue its relevance in the Selling market today just as it was twenty years ago.
More details
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1021 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-131550-0 (9780071315500)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Stephen Castleberry received his Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Alabama. He is professor of marketing and head of the Marketing Department at the University of Minnesota Duluth. In addition to personal selling, he teaches marketing principles, marketing ethics, and marketing research. He has also taught at Northern Illinois University and the University of Georgia. He has published more than 45 referred national and international journal articles and is the past marketing editor of the Journal of Applied Business Research.
John F. Tanner, Jr. earned his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia and is dean, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University. Before entering academia, he spent eight years with Rockwell International and Xerox Corporation as a salesperson and marketing manager. Dr. Tanner has received several awards for teaching effectiveness and research, including the Distinguished Teacher award from the Society of Marketing Advances. He has been named Reviewer of the Year and Co-author of the Paper of the Year by the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management. Dr. Tanner has authored or co-authored 15 books and has published more than 80 articles. He has received research grants from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the University Research Council, and the Walmart Foundation. Currently, he is the editor of Marketing Educators' Review.
John F. Tanner, Jr. earned his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia and is dean, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University. Before entering academia, he spent eight years with Rockwell International and Xerox Corporation as a salesperson and marketing manager. Dr. Tanner has received several awards for teaching effectiveness and research, including the Distinguished Teacher award from the Society of Marketing Advances. He has been named Reviewer of the Year and Co-author of the Paper of the Year by the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management. Dr. Tanner has authored or co-authored 15 books and has published more than 80 articles. He has received research grants from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the University Research Council, and the Walmart Foundation. Currently, he is the editor of Marketing Educators' Review.
Content
PART ONE - KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS Chapter 1: Selling and Salespeople Chapter 2: Ethical and Legal Issues in Selling Chapter 3: Buying Behavior and the Buying Process Chapter 4: Using Communication Principles to Build Relationships Chapter 5: Adaptive Selling for Relationship Building PART TWO - THE PARTNERSHIP PROCESS Chapter 6: Prospecting Chapter 7: Planning the Sales Call Chapter 8: Making the Sales Call Chapter 9: Strengthening the Presentation Chapter 10: Responding to Objections Chapter 11: Obtaining Commitment Chapter 12: Formal Negotiating Chapter 13: Building Partnering Relationships Chapter 14: Building Long-Term Partnerships PART THREE - THE SALESPERSON AS MANAGER Chapter 15: Managing Your Time and Territory Chapter 16: Managing within Your Company Chapter 17: Managing Your Career Role Play Case 1: Stubb's Bar-B-Q Role Play Case 2: NetSuite