Suppose you are a sales manager for DeWalt power tools. One…

Suppose you are a sales manager for DeWalt power tools. One of your primary responsibilities is training. You recently read an article that describes a meta-analysis of personal selling. The study identified four determinants of salesperson performance–motivation, aptitude, skill, and role perception. Which of the salesperson performance determinants are affected by training?

If you are not reaching the heart of your target market, you…

If you are not reaching the heart of your target market, you are not marketing. To make an emotional connection (reach the heart), marketers must understand how consumers cross the personal relevance bridge. For consumers, the personal relevance bridge shows the connection between:

The Puj Tub makes bathing a little baby so much easier. It i…

The Puj Tub makes bathing a little baby so much easier. It is made from soft foam that folds and conforms to almost any sink. The Puj Tub cradles and protects the baby during bath time. When not in use, the Puj Tub can hang flat for easy drying. Entrepreneurs developed this new product by: 

Researchers from Savant Selling surveyed 700 B2B buyers and…

Researchers from Savant Selling surveyed 700 B2B buyers and interviewed 150 corporate buyers to better understand what the winners of sales opportunities do differently than sellers who come in second place. The researchers found that winners sell radically differently than second-place finishes because they are able to:

A headline in the Wall Street Journal stated, “Tyson Hatches…

A headline in the Wall Street Journal stated, “Tyson Hatches a New China Strategy. Chicken Processor Opens Its Own Farms, Avoiding Local Coops, to Address Food-Safety Concerns.” Instead of buying chickens from independent farmers, as Tyson long has done worldwide, the company is spending hundreds of millions of dollars building its own farms in China. Which method of alternative global market entry is Tyson implementing?