How to Write a Sales Guide (Manual) Overview and Objective One of the fastest ways to increase sales of your product is to educate the sales force on the key features and benefits of the product, unique advantages of the product, how to sell the product, and the competition. This can be done through sales training, a written sales guide, and/or an audio or video file. A podcast, sent out with the sales guide as a summary, is a particularly useful tool because sales people generally spend a great deal of time in the car. The sales guide will vary drastically depending upon the target audience.A sales guide for a distribution channel, for example, might be one page. A sales guide designed for a direct sales force to sell a complex set of products may end up being multiple binders. In all cases, conciseness and good organization is important because sales people don't have much time to read and they need quick access to the information.

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Requirements Sale people make money when they are on the phone closing deals - so they often won't take the time to read a detailed sales manual. Starwind 4 0 Serial Podcast. It is therefore critical that the sales guide be as concise and hard-hitting as possible.

However, this objective should not compromise the quality of the information. • Eye catching formatting - You want the document to be a great reference manual (no one will read it cover-to-cover).

Information should be very easy to find so there should be a good table of contents (if it is a large guide); large, clear headings for each section and subsection; and index and/or glossary of terms. Diagrams, tables, and illustrations are best used to summarize complex information. • Concise length - The length of the document will vary dependent upon the target audience.

For channel sales people, one to two pages is best as a quick reference that they can throw in their brief case. Patch Sims 3 Sin Censura. Even if you need a large sales guide to go through detailed demonstrations and competitive information for a direct sales force, providing a quick reference summary in addition to the full guide is ideal. • Pronunciation - A new sales person may be unfamiliar with the buzz words of your specific industry. Pronunciation must be called out wherever necessary and in the glossary of terms. • Well marked customer sections - Sales people will often copy parts of the sales manual and hand it to customers. Dvd Shrink Crack Deutsch Mit Anleitung Ombre. Sections of the manual must be clearly identified as being customer consumable or not. • Consistent updates - A sales guide that goes out of date is useless.

Consistent updates will keep your product in front of the sales person and keep them abreast of developments within the company and new competitive announcements. For this reason it is desirable to have an internal web site that has all the latest and greatest information. The printed sales guide should reference the website as a resource for updated information. Outline • Contact information - Let the sales person know where they can get more information on product or on any part of the guide. Include email addresses and phone numbers.

• Selling strategies - Outline target market, market size, sales cycle, ideal customer profile, list of current customers, references, press mentions and success stories. If this is a one-page sales guide the information must be kept to one paragraph with a few bullets. • Products and Demonstration - Positioning of the product, how it fits into the overall product line, a list of key features and benefits, demonstration highlights, most common customer questions, and product updates. For a one page sales guide use only the top three the key features and benefits.