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What is the oldest and most basic form of direct marketing?
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Personal selling is the most basic (and the oldest) form of direct marketing. The great majority of industrial firms use a professional sales force or hire manufacturers' representative or other agents to perform the in person task of selling. Also, consumer firms (such as Avon) may engage in direct sales.
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Tandra
6 months ago
I’m leaning towards C) Customer-relationship marketing. It feels more relevant today.
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Slyvia
6 months ago
A) Personal selling builds trust. It's fundamental.
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Christoper
6 months ago
But B) Electronic mail is direct and efficient. Times have changed!
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Maybelle
6 months ago
A) Personal selling is definitely the oldest. Face-to-face matters!
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Catherin
7 months ago
I disagree, B) Electronic mail is more modern.
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Lavonda
7 months ago
I’m not so sure about that. What about door-to-door sales?
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Callie
7 months ago
Wait, personal selling is the oldest? Really?
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Eric
8 months ago
A is the right answer, no doubt about it!
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Wilburn
8 months ago
I thought it was C) Customer-relationship marketing. Seems more modern.
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Iola
8 months ago
Definitely A) Personal selling. It's been around forever!
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Bea
8 months ago
D) Negotiating? What is this, a game show? A) is the clear winner here.
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Shayne
8 months ago
Haha, Mike's got a point. A) is the way to go. Gotta love that good old-fashioned human interaction.
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Lindsey
8 months ago
Definitely A. Selling stuff face-to-face is as old as the wheel.
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Nana
9 months ago
I practiced a question similar to this, and I think personal selling was mentioned as a foundational strategy. So I’m leaning towards A.
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Garry
9 months ago
I’m torn between A and C. I feel like personal selling is definitely older, but customer-relationship marketing has been around for a while too.
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Chandra
9 months ago
I remember studying that direct marketing has evolved a lot, but personal selling seems like it could be the oldest form.
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Dominga
9 months ago
I think the answer might be A) Personal selling, but I'm not entirely sure. It feels like the most traditional method.
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Marion
9 months ago
This is a tricky one, but I'm pretty sure the answer is A) Personal selling. That's the most fundamental and oldest way of directly marketing to customers one-on-one. The other options are more modern approaches. I'm going to go with personal selling as my final answer.
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Vallie
9 months ago
I'm a little confused on this one. I was leaning towards C) Customer-relationship marketing, since that's all about direct engagement with customers. But I can see how personal selling would be considered the most basic approach. Hmm, I'll have to make an educated guess on this.
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Venita
10 months ago
I think it's A) Personal selling. It's been around forever.
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Candida
10 months ago
A) Personal selling is the oldest and most basic form of direct marketing.
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Loreen
10 months ago
Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. Personal selling has been around forever, before all the modern marketing channels. And it's the most direct form of interaction with customers. I'm feeling pretty confident A) is the right answer here.
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Mose
10 months ago
B) Electronic mail? Really? I think my grandpa used smoke signals back in the day.
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Jacqueline
11 months ago
Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I was thinking maybe B) Electronic mail, since that's been around for a while. But personal selling does make sense as the oldest approach. I'll have to think this through a bit more.
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Erick
11 months ago
This seems like a pretty straightforward marketing question. I'm going to go with A) Personal selling - that's got to be the oldest and most basic form of direct marketing.
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Annice
5 months ago
True, but nothing beats face-to-face interaction!
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Galen
5 months ago
But what about B) Electronic mail? It's pretty old too.
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Barbra
6 months ago
A) Personal selling has been around forever!
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Arminda
6 months ago
Definitely! It's all about that personal touch.
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Francene
10 months ago
I agree, A) Personal selling feels right.