Tyler cannot afford to hire a sales person for his small business but feels personal selling is the best way to encourage prospects to become customers. You remind him that:

the most cost-efficient mode of selling may be to use sales or marketing representatives

Explanation:

Personal selling by Tyler can divert his focus from proper management practices of the firm's activities.

Selling involves constant interaction with the customer and follow up on prospective clients.

This can be stressful and lead to lose of sales revenue through ineffective customer engagement.

Hiring a sales representative is more cost effective because sales representatives are hired on a contract basis with commission paid on performance.

This ensures that a reasonable amount is paid to get execute the sales process.

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