As the New Sales Representative for H & L Electronics

question 24

Multiple Choice

As the new sales representative for H & L Electronics, Michelle is responsible for calling on hospital management and selling electronic hospital equipment such as blood pressure cuffs, scales, and heart monitors. Michelle knows that she needs to be friendly with the administrative assistants in the management offices in order to make sure that H & L's information brochures and new product diagrams actually get to the management staff. In this situation, Michelle is exhibiting her knowledge that administrative assistants are often ________ in the buying decision process.

• A)users
• B)gatekeepers
• C)influencers
• D)buyers
• E)controllers

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