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How can a company improve its sales? One of the keys to more effective selling is for a company to first decide on its "sales st

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问题     How can a company improve its sales? One of the keys to more effective selling is for a company to first decide on its "sales strategy." In other words, what is the role of the sales person? Is the salesperson’s job narrative, suggestive, or consultative?
     The "narrative" sales strategy depends on the salesperson moving quickly into a standard sales presentation. His or her pitch highlights the benefits for the customer of a particular product or service. This approach is most effective for customers whose buying motives are basically the same and is also well suited to companies who have a large number of prospects (可能的主顾) on which to call.
    The "suggestive" approach is tailored more for the individual customer. The salesperson must be in a position to offer alternative recommendations that meet a particular customer’s needs. One key aspect of the suggestive approach is the need for the salesperson to engage the buyer in some sort of discussion. The salesperson can then use the information gleaned from the customer to suggest an appropriate product or service.
    "We tell our salespeople to be like wine stewards," says Mindy Sahlawannee, a corporate sales trainer, "the wine steward first checks to see what food the customer has ordered and then opens by suggesting the wine that best complements the dish. Most companies who use a narrative strategy should be using a suggestive strategy. Just like you can’t drink red wine with every dish, you can’t have one sales recommendation to suit all customers."
    The final strategy demands that a company’s sales staff act as "consultants" for the buyer. In this role, the salesperson must acquire a great deal of information about the customer. They do this through market research, surveys, and face-to-face discussions. Using this information, the salesperson makes a detailed presentation tailored specifically to a customer’s needs.
    "Good sales ’consultants’," says Alan Goldfarb, president of Ad Pro, Inc., "are the people who use a wide range of skills including probing, listening, analysis, and persuasiveness. The best sales ’consultants’, however, are the ones who can ’think outside the box’ and use their creativity to present a product and close the sale. The other skills you can teach. Creativity is innate. It’s something we look for in every employee we hire."
    More and more sales teams are switching from a narrative or suggestive approach to a more consultative strategy. As a result, corporations are looking more at intangibles such as creativity and analytical skills and less at educational background and technical skills.
    "The next century will be about meeting individual customer needs," says Goldfarb, "the days of one size fits all are over."
选项 A、the former highlights the benefits while the latter emphasize the function of the product
B、the former uses more prepared information, the latter has to get ready for unexpected information
C、the former involves no discussion while the latter involves discussion a lot
D、the former is effective in creating demand, the latter is effective in satisfying existing demand
答案B
解析 这是一道细节题。文章第二段指出：“叙述型”销售策略取决于销售人员快速确定标准的销售介绍。他或她的措辞要突出一个特定产品或服务带给顾客的利益。第三段指出：“建议型”方法的一个主要方面就是要求销售人员使顾客参与某种讨论；然后，销售人员可以利用从顾客那里收集到的信息建议合适的产品或服务。这说明，“叙述型”方法有可以利用的信息，而建议型方法必须依靠从顾客那里收集到的信息。B说“前者利用更有准备的信息，而后者不得不为意想不到的信息做准备”，这与文章的意思符合。A明显与文章的意思不符合；文中没有提到C和D。
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