Sales Fundamentals - Selling Smarter

TRAINING COURSE

Sales Fundamentals - Selling Smarter

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Details

Build Confidence. Close Deals. Drive Growth.

Course Description:
This practical 2-day workshop equips aspiring and early-career sales professionals with essential tools and strategies to succeed in today's competitive sales environment. Whether you're new to sales or looking to refresh your approach, you'll gain a solid understanding of the sales process, communication techniques, and marketing alignment needed to convert leads into loyal customers. Through hands-on activities and real-world scenarios, you'll learn how to sell with purpose, clarity, and confidence.

By the end of this dynamic 2-day course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the sales process and what drives customer decisions

  • Master the art of cold calling, warm introductions, and elevator pitches

  • Communicate value with confidence and clarity

  • Apply proven techniques to build rapport, handle objections, and close deals

  • Align sales efforts with marketing strategy and customer needs

  • Identify your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and craft a strong mission statement

  • Set focused sales goals and develop a personal action plan

  • Avoid common mistakes and sharpen your sales effectiveness

Delivery Methods

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Audience

  • New or aspiring sales professionals
  • Junior sales representatives or account executives
  • Entrepreneurs and small business owners
  • Customer service staff transitioning into sales roles
  • Marketing professionals wanting to understand the sales process
  • Business development support staff
  • Anyone seeking to build confidence in selling and client engagement
  • Team members responsible for lead generation, upselling, or client retention

Pre-Requisites

  • No formal sales experience required
  • Basic communication and interpersonal skills
  • A willingness to engage in role-plays and group activities
  • An interest in customer interaction or business development
  • Literacy and numeracy at approximately NQF Level 4 (equivalent to Grade 12)

Optional but beneficial:

  • Exposure to customer-facing environments or marketing roles
  • A personal or professional sales goal to work toward during the course

Course Outline / Curriculum

  1. Understanding The Language of Sales

    • Type of sales

    • Common sales approach

  1. The Golden Circle – Understanding Your WHY?

  2. The Sales Cycle

    • Initiate

    • Build

    • Manage

    • Optimize

  1. The Main Reasons People Buy

  2. How Marketing Affects Sales

  3. Defining Marketing

    • Defining your target market

    • Competitive Analysis- SWOT Analysis

    • Marketing Mix

    • Your Unique Selling proposition (USP)

    • Drawing up a Mission statements

  1. Cold Calling

    • Developing a script

    • The warm call

    • The Elevator Pitch

  1. Goal Setting

  2. Communication in Sales

    • Listening Effectively

    • Probing and questioning techniques

    • Summarizing

    • First Impressions

    • Body language

  1. Ice Breakers

  2. Launching Your Presentation

  3. Communicating Value

  4. Dealing With Objections

  5. Closing the Deal

  6. 10 Mistakes Made in Sales

  7. Cross Selling and Value Added Selling

 

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  1. Pay for 6 delegates (whether you have them or not) and we will schedule the course as soon as possible.
  2. If you have fewer delegates and cannot pay for 6, we can negotiate a shortened course where some of the time will be spent in blended learning - watching videos and doing tutorials and exercises with some contact time with the trainer. We would want to discuss what your core needs are so that we cover those aspects. You need to have paid for 3 delegates at least.
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