The thesis deals with direct sales and its use in small business. Specifically, the sales of Internet service of regional ISP. The aim of this work is to demonstrate that direct selling is the way how to obtain new customers for the company JHComp in a competitive market, the market where the company itself has been long time active. To this end, the project plans the sale and subsequently leads to implementing the plan. The theoretical part deals with the concept of "direct sale" within the meaning of "person to person", settles the concept into a spectrum of marketing tools, informs about the history and highlights the facts. It also deals with the theory of marketing plan design and implementation of a plan. The practical part finally results in the assessment of executed sales and the entire project as a contribution to the company. Further proposes the use in the future.

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to identify and describe how B2B salespeople utilize social media when prospecting for new customers based on a sequential sales process.Design/methodology/approach - The study employs an interpretive approach as it attempts to convey a phenomenon through the eyes of the participants. The data is derived from six participants collected through semi-structured interviews. The thematic analysis aids to decipher patterns in the data and display these descriptive and narratively.Findings - The study identified four themes of social media use when prospecting for new customers. Further, the study suggests that salespeople are using social media to identify and qualify the prospects and their competencies in a networking manner and consequently follow the key targets of interest in order to initiate possibilities for offering customized solutions or adapt their approach accordingly.Research limitations/implications - The findings describes prospecting on social media through identified themes and points to new techniques to obtain information regarding prospects. This study opens up for future research in order to strengthen the newly discovered themes and its underlying forces.Managerial implications - The study reveals that prospecting techniques on social media are exercised and fueled by a salesperson's own intuition. This should be considered by the management as the employees’ intuition may depart from a company’s core strategy and values.Originality/value - No studies has examined how prospecting is carried out in practice on social media. The empirical findings in this study provide a new suggestion of how social media is used by salespeople and accordingly contributes to current sales literature by adding four descriptive themes of prospecting on social media.

Channel relationships, market knowledge, strategic partnerships and brand equity are examples of marketing resources which firms can possess. Marketing resources are especially valuable when they are properly leveraged by agents of the firm (Srivastava, Fahey, and Christensen 2001). This dissertation examines how one marketing resource - corporate sponsorships - can be leveraged by companies to enhance financial performance. Based on the tenets of social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner 1985), two conceptual models are developed which propose corporate sponsorship can develop the attractiveness of a company's identity and thus enhance levels of company identification among salespeople (Study 1) and customers (Study 2). It is further proposed that through this strengthening of company identification, these stakeholders will become motivated to perform supportive behaviors on behalf of the company which will lead to the firm's enhanced performance. To empirically test the conceptual models, data were collected from the sales force and a sample of customers of a Fortune 1000 company which actively engages in a single national corporate sponsorship. The data set used in Study 1 includes survey responses from 490 sales representatives (21.7% response rate) which are combined with objective sales data gathered from company records. The data were analyzed utilizing linear regression and Hierarchical Linear Modeling. The conceptual model developed in Study 2 was tested utilizing structural equation modeling of survey data collected from 246 active customers. The two studies contained in this dissertation make several important theoretical and substantive contributions to both marketing theory and practice. First, evidence is provided that company identity can be influenced by a company and its marketers. By affiliating with a prestigious entity through a corporate sponsorship, a firm can enhance the attractiveness of its identity which in turn, influences levels of identification among salespeople and customers. The studies also provide additional evidence highlighting the power of identification in terms of predicting firm-directed supportive behaviors. The analysis in Study 1 shows that company identification influences salesperson sales growth and Study 2 confirms that customer-company identification leads to customer sales and positive word-of-mouth communications. Implications of these findings are provided.

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Tyrimo objektas - ekologiškų maisto produktų vartotojai. Tyrimo dalykas - ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimas. Darbo tikslas - nustačius vartotojų žinias apie ekologiškus maisto produktus, parengti pasiūlymus ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimui tobulinti. Siekiant darbo tikslo buvo iškelti tokie uždaviniai: 1) išanalizuoti ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimo teorinius aspektus; 2) parengti tyrimo metodiką vartotojų žinioms apie ekologiškus maisto produktus nustatyti ir sudaryti anketą; 3) atlikti anketinę apklausą ir nustatyti vartotojų žinais apie ekologiškus maisto produktus; 4) parengti pasiūlymus ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimui tobulinti. Tyrimo metodai - Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių mokslinės literatūros analizė bei sintezė, loginis abstrahavimas, anketinė apklausa, duomenų grupavimas, statistiniai metodai, grafinis vaizdavimas. Išstudijavus lietuvių ir užsienio autorių mokslinius veikalus bei periodinę literatūrą apie ekologiškus žemės ūkio ir maisto produktus, ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimą, empirinio tyrimo pagrindu nustatytos vartotojų žinios apie ekologiškus maisto produktus, identifikuoti rėmimo veiksmai skatinantys ekologiškų maisto produktų vartojimą, bei pateikti pasiūlymai ekologiškų maisto produktų rėmimui tobulinti. / Research object - consumers of ecological food products. Research subject - promotion of ecological food products Research aim – established consumers knowledges, to present suggestions to emprove promotion of ecological products. Tasks: 1) To analize theorical aspects of promotion of ecological products 2) To prepare the research methodic of consumers knowledges about ecological food products establish. 3) To conduct a sample survey and to identify consumers knowledges about ecological food products. 4) To present suggestions to improve promotion of ecological products. Research methods - Lithuanian and foreign authors scientific literature analysis and synthesis, logical abstracts, sample survey, data grouping, method of statistical analysis, graphic presentation. Suggestions to improve promotion of ecological products are based on Lithuanian and foreign authors theoretical principles of outward, inward and marketing factors impact on identify consumers knowledges, sample survey, identified the actions stimulating usage of ecological food products and present suggestions to improve promotion of ecological products.

Many entrepreneurs pursue the IT-industry, which is characterized by opportunities and international growth. However, due to failures in sales, marketing and operations, many IT-startups never reach profitability and sustainable performance.  On behalf of the IT-startup Realbridge, the authors have been asked to investigate how their sales process can be made more efficient. By identifying elements in the sales process, the authors can provide suggestions supported by theories and qualitative data on how Realbridge and similar companies can redesign and improve their sales process. The study further investigates the role of sales in the business model and how a changed sales process impact value delivery and innovate the business model. Consequently, the thesis aims to answer the following research questions: How does a firm’s sales process impact value delivery in the business model? How can small IT-companies similar to Realbridge and their product improve their sales process efficiency? This degree project has several purposes. Firstly, it aims to further investigate the role of sales in value delivery in the business model. This will extend knowledge and research on value delivery and sales, and will further investigate the relationship between components of the business model. Secondly, it will serve as a guide for managers in IT-firms on how they can improve the sales process. Thirdly, it will create an understanding of how IT-firms similar to Realbridge can develop or innovate their business model in terms of changed value delivery, key activities and sales process. As the aim of this study is to extend knowledge in the business model and sales literature, as well as analyze Realbridge’s sales process and culminate in recommendations on how IT-startups can increase their sales efficiency, this degree project takes form as a qualitative case study. Interviews have been conducted with interviewees in four different organizations with three different perspectives: Realbridge’s perspective, customer in the car dealership industry’s perspective and non-customer in the car dealership industry’s perspective. The data has been processed in accordance to thematic analysis. The analysis has led the authors to the conclusion that a changed sales process impact value delivery and consequently innovate the business model. It is also found that the sales process impact value creation and capture. Moreover, in order to effectively design a sales process, Realbridge and similar companies must effectively segment the market, focus on fewer segments initially and target them according to their expected financial contribution. They should state and communicate a specific value proposition related to the approached segment’s main needs. Furthermore, customer preferences have to be accounted for in terms of sales channels and type of relationships, and it can be seen as a financial risk to maximize value creation and value delivery for all customers.

Primary objective of this diploma thesis is to conduct analysis of promotional mix of life insurance company operating on a Czech insurance market, to review efficiency of marketing communication and express practical recommendations for optimization of communication mix and increase of efficiency of marketing communication. First, theoretical part of thesis, presents particularity of marketing a service. Promotional mix is defined as a part of the marketing mix and furthermore its components are in detail described including its application. Second, practical part of thesis, includes analysis of these components in context of reviewed company. Also specific application cases of these components of promotional mix are described including comparison with some project of competitive organizations and efficiency revision of marketing communication based on undertaken market survey.

<p>The social media are internet facilities where people can communicate and discuss through different websites or blogs. The social media has changed the world in many aspect and people are becoming more and more addicted to use these networks. People are fond of the social media because they can be social with a high number of individuals, both be real life friends, as well as strangers. Since the social media has grown to become so popular, companies have taken advantage of this as well. Their goal is to promote themselves through these networks as this can be very lucrative for the business. There are many different social media networks however this study will only be about Facebook. The aim of the study is to find out and describe how companies use Facebook for marketing purposes. An observation of how 34 fashion companies use Facebook for marketing purposes was carried out.</p>

The social media are internet facilities where people can communicate and discuss through different websites or blogs. The social media has changed the world in many aspect and people are becoming more and more addicted to use these networks. People are fond of the social media because they can be social with a high number of individuals, both be real life friends, as well as strangers. Since the social media has grown to become so popular, companies have taken advantage of this as well. Their goal is to promote themselves through these networks as this can be very lucrative for the business. There are many different social media networks however this study will only be about Facebook. The aim of the study is to find out and describe how companies use Facebook for marketing purposes. An observation of how 34 fashion companies use Facebook for marketing purposes was carried out.

The theme of this diploma thesis is ,,The meaning and use of selected promotional tool". The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the selected promotional tool. The subject of the analysis was fairs and exhibitions of ESCO PODLAHY, s.r.o. Based on the information found, suggest possible recommendations for their further use or improvement.