Targeting and Planning – Sales Analysis Template

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Know the product and the competition

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Understand the buyer and their needs

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Understand your strengths and weaknesses

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Be prepared, listen, set goals

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Have an action plan for success

Distribution Sales by Outlet: Directions

It seems trivial and self-evident to state that selling is a process that involves a buyer, a seller and a transaction. So why do many of us frequently forget that simple formula? There are books, articles, tapes and training efforts on selling but it boils down to the following;

  • Know the product , the competition, and the advantages and the disadvantages
  • Understand the buyer and their needs and constraints
  • Understand your strengths and weaknesses, be prepared, listen, set goals, and have an action plan for success.

The ever-changing face of sales

Clearly the process of buying and selling are dramatically and rapidly changing. This is mainly as a result of more sophisticated consumers, better and more frequent information, and new technologies such as the media, the internet, sales planning tools, reporting and tracking technologies, and increased market segmentation. These changes have brought about an evolution in sales transactions and tracking, resulting in more professionalism, better information, and a tailored involvement and experience with customers.

 

The process needs to start with defining your target market, segments and consumers.

  • This requires a combination of research and planning and includes:
  • Defining your market , segments and offerings
  • Researching your competition
  • Understanding your customer and what benefits they are seeking
  • Understanding the process of the purchase in terms of media, decision making, etc.
  • Understanding the role of the sales person, sales materials, and role of the internet

All that is required is that determine forecasts for your company by outlet. This is especially important in developing parameters for the limits and potential of selling into various outlets.

The template below provides a quick tool for planning your sales outlet. It allows you to gain a perspective of your sales by outlet. This enables you to integrate much of the rest of your sales. In particular, it gives input to develop your marketing, operations, and pricing plans by outlet.

Conclusion

Final Words

Sales is a process involving both art and science. It is much more about understanding the product, the market, and the customer than the individual personality of the sales person.

Creating a sales environment that appeals to your prospective customer, and emphasizing your product’s benefits for them individually is part of a winning combination to generate and build sales.

Download the Free Sales Analysis template Below

The template below provides a quick tool for planning your sales outlet. It allows you to gain a perspective of your sales by outlet. This enables you to integrate much of the rest of your sales. In particular, it gives input to develop your marketing, operations, and pricing plans by outlet.

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