Sales

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD

Sections in This Topic Include:

Basics
General Advice
General Resources


Basics

What's "Advertising, Marketing, Promotion, Public Relations and Publicity, and Sales?"
Sales is a major aspect of product management. Therefore, after reviewing information in this topic, you might also benefit from scanning the topic Product/Service Management to get more perspective on the role of sales.

General Advice and Trends

Sales Productivity Checklist
Customer-Focused Selling
Careful - Your Attitude is Showing

Based on new trends above, also see

Creativity and Innovation, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, E-commerce, Team Building and Valuing Diversity

Other Aspects of Sales

Sales Staffing and Training
Leads and Prospects
Sales Calls on the Telephone
Building Relationships and Understanding Customers
Writing Brochures
Sales Presentations
Writing Sales Proposals
Sales Negotiations
Convincing the Customer
Closing the Sale
Measuring Sales Performance
Selling on the World Wide Web

General Resources

extensive list of articles (see left side of page)
Extensive list of online articles
Extensive list of sales sites
extensive list of free resources

Also see:

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Recommended Books

Basics and General Information

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Also See

Customer Service and Satisfaction -- Recommended Books

Marketing -- Recommended Books