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Corporate
Corporategoals
goals

Maximize
Maximizeshareholder
shareholderwealth
wealth

Business
Businessunit
unitobjectives
objectives

12%
12%revenue
revenuegrowth
growth

Marketing
Marketingobjectives

objectives

Increase
Increaseproduct
productA’s
A’smarket
marketshare
shareby
by22points
points

Sales
Salesdepartment
departmentobjectives
objectives Achieve
Achievesales
salesrevenue
revenueofof$210
$210million
millionininproduct

productAA
Sales
Salesdistrict
districtobjective
objective

Achieve
Achievesales
salesrevenue
revenueofof$10.5
$10.5million
millionininproduct
productAA

Salesperson
Salespersonobjective
objective

Achieve
Achievesales

salesrevenues
revenuesofof$1.2
$1.2million
millionininproduct
productAA

Major
Majoraccount
accountobjective
objective

Achieve
Achievesales
salesrevenues
revenuesofof$95,000
$95,000ininproduct
productAA

Figure 2-2: Hierarchy of Sales Objectives


Major
Accounts

Size of
Account

Middle Accounts

Minor Accounts
Number of Accounts

Figure 2-6: Customer Base Traingle

Chapter 2
Strategic
management
planning

-Mission
-Goals

-Strategies

Strategic
marketing
planning

-Situation analysis
-Segmentation & target marketing
-Marketing mix program

Sales force
strategy

-Market access strategy
-Account relationship strategy

Operating
budgets

-Promotion

-Selling expense

Michael E. Porter’s Three Generic Strategies

1
Cost leadership

2
Differentiation

3a.
Cost focus

3b.
Differentiation
focus

Competitive
scope


Broad
Target

Narrow
target

Lower cost

Competitive Advantage

Differentiation

Source: From Michael E. Porter, Competitive Advantage, New York; Free Press, 1985, p.12.

Table 2-1 Sales Manager’s and Marketing Executive’s Product
Classifications by Strategy
Sales manager Classification
Build

Hold


Harvest

Divest

Strategy

Strategy

Strategy

Strategy

Build strategy

71ª

22

2


0

Total
95

executive

Hold strategy

29

classification

Harvest strategy

10

57
49


3
23

1
6

88
88

Divest strategy

21

21

27

25


94

Total

129

149

55

32

365

Marketing

ªA total of 71 sales managers classified their products as build strategies out of 95 so classified by marketing
executives.
Source: William Strahle. An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Marketing and Slaes Strategy
(Bloomington: School of Business, Indiana University, unpublished doctoral dissertation, 1989), p. 153.

Traditional View

vs. Relationship View

The ultimate purpose of marketing
is to make a sale
The objective is to make the sale
and find the next customer

The ultimate purpose of marketing is to create a
customer
The objective is to satisfy the customer you
have by delivering superior value

Growth comes primarily from
finding customers

Growth comes primarily from enhanced
product offerings for existing customers

Supplier is valued for its products
and services

Supplier is valued for its present and future
problem solving capabilities

Source: Presentation by Frederick Webster, “Relationships in Marketing” at Summer
Marketing Educator’s Conference, August 8, 1993.
Figure 2-7: Traditional versus Relationship Marketing

Alternative Types of Account Relationships
Programmatic

Purchasing
Approach

Strategic Partners
3%
Major Accounts 7%
Contractual Relationships 20%
Repeat Transactions 70%

Transactional
Reactive:
respond to
demand

Selling
approach

Partnering:
create
demand

Design
Designmarketing
marketingprogram
program
Set
Setadvertising
advertisingand
andpromotion
promotionexpenditure
expenditurelevels
levels

Forecast
Forecastsales
sales
Revise
Reviseexpenditure
expenditurecategories
categories
Estimate
Estimatepersonal
personalselling
sellingcosts
costsneeded
neededtoto
reach
reachsales
salesgoals
goals

Compare
Compareactual
actualexpenditures
expenditureswith
withplans
plans
Figure 2-8: The Sales Budgeting Process

Request
Requestadditional
additionalfunds
funds
asasneeded
needed

Selling Expenses as a Percent of Sales
COMPANY SIZE:
Under $5 Million (MM)
$5 - $25 MM
$25 - $100 MM
$100 - 250 MM
Over $250 MM
PRODUCT OR SERVICE:
Industrial Products
Industrial Services
Office Products
Office Services
Consumer Products
Consumer Services

14.7%
10.5%
7.9%
3.5%
6.8%
4.1%
6.4%
9.4%
8.1%
5.4%
7.9%

Selling Expenses as a Percent of Sales
Selling Expenses as a Percent of Sales
INDUSTRY:
Business services
Communications
Educational services
Electronics
Fabricated metals
Health services
Hotels
Machinery
Manufacturing
Office equipment
Paper and allied products
Wholesale (Consumer goods)
Wholesale (Industrial goods)
Average

1.7%
9.8%
47.9%
4.2%
10.8%
19.9%
21.4%
10.1%
13.6%
9.0%
6.8%
3.7%
9.5%
6.9%

Translating Corporate Objectives into Sales Strategies
Corporate
Objectives
Marketing
Strategies

Become a major Supplier of Consumer Leisure Products and Services
Build

Hold

Harvest

Secure Added
Distribution
Outlets

Service
Current
Target Accounts

Trim Product Line
and
Push Volume Items

Help Dealers
Clear Out
Inventory

Maintain List
Prices and
Reduce Costs

Reduce Selling
Costs

Help Dealers Find
Substitutes or
New Suppliers

Promote Product
Variations
and
Improvements

Call on Large
Accounts

Sell New
Products to
Existing Account

Sales
Strategies

Offer Low Prices
to Attract
Business
Emphasize
Advertising
Support
Demonstrate
Superior New
Product Benefits
Offer Easy
Credit
Terms
Offer Trade
Deals to Gain
Acceptance

Offer Promotional
Allowances and
Help with
Displays

Identify and
Promote
Alternative Uses

Offer Key
Account or
National Account
Services

Emphasize
Advertising
Support
Show Superior
New Product
Benefits
Offer Easy
Credit
Terms

Divest

Sell Excess
Inventory to
Export Markets
or Jobbers