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O*NET detailed work activityContact current or potential customers to promote products or services
AI-assistSell & persuade
10 jobs14 tasks
AI preps you: talking points, objection handling, tailored outreach and negotiation scenarios. The relationship and reading the room are yours.
Part of Promote products, services, or programs, under the O*NET work activity group Selling or Influencing Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 12 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Contact businesses or private individuals by telephone to solicit sales for goods or services, or to request donations for charitable causes.
- Contact prospective or existing customers to discuss how services can meet their needs.
- Telephone or write letters to respond to correspondence from customers or to follow up initial sales contacts.
- Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- Contact new or existing customers to discuss how specific products or services can meet their needs.
- Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.
- Visit establishments to evaluate needs or to promote product or service sales.
- Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.
- Arrange for demonstrations or trial installations of equipment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Contact prospective customers to present information and explain available services.
- Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders.
- Contact previous clients for prospecting of referral business.
- Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
- Visit retailers and sales representatives to promote products and gather information.