Module Description / Learning objectives
Duration
1. Fundamentals

  • Why anybody can become a professional sales person
  • How to build relationships with new clients
  • How relationship selling works
  • Begin building the mindset of a professional sales person
up to 1 hour
2. Attitude wins
  • How to set your own goals that will motivate you
  • 5 practical ways to increase your self confidence
  • How to capture your biggest potential future customers
  • How to turn adversity and difficulty into success
  • How to use enthusiasm to win over clients
up to 1 hour
3. Planning for sales
  • How to get more from your time so that you increase your sales
  • Learn and develop the six vital qualities of a sales professional that separate them from the rest
  • Time management exercise (2 weeks)
  • How to set up a sales database
  • How to find and gather thousands of sales leads
up to 2 hours
4. Getting the appointment
  • How to write an introductory letter / fax / email
  • How to bypass receptionists and time wasters to reach decision makers
  • How to persuade decision makers to meet you in person
up to 1 hour
5. The 10 rules of selling
  • How to sell to people effectively
  • Proper and effective use of product knowledge
  • How to identify and use your unique selling points (USP's)
  • How to become an effective listener
  • How to use benefits to sell, instead of features
  • How to properly describe your products so that customers will want to buy
  • Understand buyer emotions and how they affect the decision to buy
  • How to communicate with a buyers other senses to encourage a sale
  • The principle of selling results
  • How to make it very easy for a customer to say YES

 

up to 1 hour
6. The sales presentation
  • Learn and understand the 7 key stages of a successful sales presentation
  • How start a sales meeting and build rapport with your client
  • The key information that you need to extract from the meeting
  • What you should say (and not say!) during the meeting
  • How to run the meeting so that your customer is ready to buy
  • How to close the sale
up to 1 hour
7. Negotiating and objection handling
  • How to build win-win deals that both you and your customer will be delighted with
  • How to achieve a sale when you're not the cheapest
  • How to convince customers that your products are the best
  • How to turn objections into your advantage
up to 1 hour
8. Global certificate examination
Candidates must score at least 60% in the examination to receive the Global Certificate in Professional Selling
up to 15 mins