- Over-the-counter selling: personal selling conducted in retail and some wholesale locations in which customers come to the seller’ place of business
- Field selling: sales presentations made at prospective customers’ homes or businesses on a face-to-face basis
- Telemarketing: promotional presentation involving the use of the telephone on an outbound basis by salespeople or on an inbound basis by customers who initiate calls to obtain information and place orders
- Inside selling: performing the functions of field selling but avoiding travel-related expenses by relying on phone, mail, and electronic commerce to provide sales and product service for customers on a continuing basis
