Sales Process

The sales process involves seven steps that hopefully end with a successful sale. These seven steps are: 1) prospecting and qualifying; 2) approach; 3) presentation; 4) demonstration; 5) handling objections; 6) closing; 7) follow-up (CONTEMPORARY MARKETING, 10th Edition, Boone & Kurtz, Harcourt, P. 542.) Most sales staff recognizes these steps as the sales process and tries to use these steps as the frameworks for a successful sale.
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