Sales Training: Objectives, Techniques, and Evaluation Sales Force and Distribution Management

Sales Training: Objectives,
Techniques, and Evaluation
Sales Force and Distribution
Management
Marketing 3345
Training Investment
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Sales Training Issues
Who should be trained?
 What should be the primary emphasis in
the training program?
 How should the training process be
structured?
– on-the-job training and experience?
– formal and more consistent centralized
program?
– web-based?
– instructor-based?

Sales Training Objectives
 Increase
productivity
 Improve
morale
 Lower
turnover
 Improve
customer relations
 Improve
selling skills
WellDesigned
Training
Program
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W.
Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Training Costs and Duration
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Training Costs and Duration
Sales Training Topics

Product or service knowledge

Market/Industry orientation

Company orientation

Selling skills

Time and territory management

Legal and ethical issues

Technology

Specialized topics
Training Methods - How
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Training Methods - Where
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Training Evaluation
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006
Training Evaluation
Mark W. Johnston and Gary W. Marshall, Sales Force Management,
McGraw Hill, 2006