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Communications: Selling And Customer Engagement

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This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of the sales management process. Students will leverage their negotiation and persuasive communication skills in the development of a sales plan. Specific topics include an understanding of strategies for prospecting ethically based long-term relationship selling, proactive customer-focused selling techniques, and adaptive selling and active listening practices.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks This course is available to take individually or To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Representative.

Course details:

Credits: 3
Continuing education units: XX
Professional development units: XX
Duration: 6 weeks

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    The Sales Process

    • Examine the uses of competitive analysis.
    • Create a sales prospecting strategy and plan.
    • Analyze the uses of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

    Partnering and Relationship Sales

    • Determine the relationship between sales and customer service.
    • Examine the importance of follow up to the sales relationship.
    • Explain the opportunities associated with the unhappy customer as part of the sales process.

    Social Media and Sales

    • Apply social media as a sales tool.
    • Examine the use of analytics to identify trends.
    • Evaluate the influence of negative social media.

    Being a Sales Manager and Leader

    • Create a plan to develop a successful sales team.
    • Assess the different types of sales structures.
    • Examine the importance of recruiting, training, coaching, and assessing a sales force.

    Characteristics and Skills of a Professional Sales Person

    • Describe the development of the sales process.
    • Explain the relationship of different communication styles and adaptive selling techniques to personality and culture.
    • Discuss the importance of trust and ethics in sales.

    Persuasion and Negotiation

    • Analyze the components of active listening as related to sales skills.
    • Differentiate between persuasion and negotiation.
    • Demonstrate techniques for transforming sales objections into sales opportunities.
    • Use sales persuasion and influence to a successful sales experience.
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