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MARKETING MANAGEMENT
12th edition

19
Managing Personal
Communications

Kotler

Keller

Chapter Questions
• How can companies use integrated direct
marketing for competitive advantage?
• How can companies do effective e-marketing?
• What decisions do companies face in designing a
sales force?
• How do companies manage a sales force
efficiently?
• How can salespeople improve selling,
negotiating, and relationship marketing skills?

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Direct Marketing

Use of consumer-direct channels to reach
and deliver goods and services to
customers without using
market middlemen.

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Direct Marketing Channels
Catalogs
Direct mail
Telemarketing
Web sites
Email marketing
Mobile devices
Interactive TV
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Public Issues in Direct Marketing
Irritation
Unfairness
Deception/fraud
Invasion of privacy
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Constructing a Direct-Mail Campaign
Establish objectives
Select target prospects
Develop offer elements
Test elements
Execute
Measure success
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RFM Formula for Selecting
Prospects
Recency

Recency
Frequency
Frequency
Monetary
Monetary value
value

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Elements of the Offer Strategy






Product
Offer
Medium
Distribution method

Creative strategy

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Components of the Mailing






Outside envelope
Sales letter
Circular
Reply form
Reply envelope

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Types of Telemarketing






Telesales
Telecoverage
Teleprospecting
Customer service
and technical
support

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Other Media for Direct Response
Television
• Direct Response
Advertising
• At-home shopping
channels

• Videotext
Kiosks
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Designing an Attractive Web Site
• Context
• Content
• Community
• Customization
• Communication
• Connection
• Commerce

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Ease of Use and Attractiveness
• Ease of Use
– Downloads quickly
– First page is easy to understand
– Easy to navigate

• Attractiveness
– Clean looking
– Not overly crammed with content
– Readable fonts
– Good use of color and sound
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Increasing Visits and Site
Stickiness
• Deep information with
links
• Changing news of
interest
• Changing offers
• Contests and
sweepstakes
• Humor and jokes
• Games
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Online Ads







Banner ads
Microsites
Sponsorships
Interstitials
Search-related ads
Content-targeted
advertising
• Alliances
• Affiliate programs
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iTunes Affiliate Program


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e-Marketing Guidelines
• Give the customer a reason to respond
• Personalize the content of your emails
• Offer something the customer could not get
via direct mail
• Make it easy for customers to unsubscribe

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Figure 19.2 Designing a Sales Force
Sales force objectives
Sales force strategy
Sales force structure
Sales force size
Compensation

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Types of Sales Representatives
• Deliverer
• Order taker
• Missionary
• Technician
• Demand creator
• Solution vendor
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Sales Tasks








Prospecting

Targeting
Communicating
Selling
Servicing
Information gathering
Allocating

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Figure 19.3 Managing the Sales Force
Recruiting, selecting
Training
Supervising
Motivating
Evaluating

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Workload Approach to
Determining Sales Force Size
• Customers are grouped into size classes
• Desirable call frequencies are established
• Number of accounts in each size class
multiplied by call frequency
• Average number of calls possible per year
established
• Number of reps equal to total annual calls
required divided by number possible
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Components of Sales Force Compensation

Fixed amount
Variable amount
Expense allowances
Benefits
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What Motivates Sales Reps?
Most Rewarding
• Pay
• Promotion
• Personal growth
• Sense of
accomplishment

Least Rewarding
• Liking
• Respect
• Security
• Recognition

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Table 19.1 Form for Evaluating Performance

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Figure 19.4 Steps in Effective Selling
Prospecting/Qualifying
Preapproach
Approach
Presentation
Overcoming objections
Closing
Follow-up
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Marketing Debate

 Are Great Salespeople Born or Made?
Take a position:
1. The key to developing an effective sales
force is selection.
2. The key to developing an effective sales
force is training.
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Marketing Discussion

 Pick a company and go to the Web
site. How would you evaluate
the Web site? How well does it
score on the 7 C’s design
elements?

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