What is Selling Concept?
Selling Concept
The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s products unless it undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort.
Starting point
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Focus
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Means
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Ends
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Factory
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Existing of products in the Market
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Selling and Promoting
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Profits through sales volume
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The concept is typically practiced with unsought goods those that buyers do not normally think of buying. Such as insurance or blood donations. These industries must track down prospects and sell them on product benefits.
such aggressive selling, however, carries high risks. It focuses on creating sales transactions rather than on building long-term, profitable customer relationships. The aim often is to sell what the company makes rather than making what the market wants. It assumes that customers who are coaxed into buying the product will like it. Or if they don't like it, they will possibly forget their disappointment and buy it again later. These are usually poor assumptions.