Consultative Selling for Marketers enables learners to
- Understand the core principles of consultative selling and what they mean for marketing
- Use their expertise to help the sales people create interest in the company and its products
- Understand "gap selling" and the role they play in it
- Help sales people to understand the features and benefits of products and how to handle objections
- Work with sales staff to focus the customer's excitement and convince them to buy
Target audience
This course is designed to appeal to marketing staff at all levels who need to understand the process of consultative selling.
Those who are new to marketing will find that this course provides invaluable guidance on how they can help support the consultative selling process.
More experienced marketers will value the opportunity to spend time brushing up on their skills and knowledge of the consultative sales process.
Learning outcomes
Consultative selling
What is the consultative sales model?
What does it mean for marketing?
What are the core principles?
What are the steps in the sales process?
Creating interest
How do sales people create interest?
How can I create interest
What can I do to help the sales people?
Creating excitement
How do sales people find out what a customer wants?
What is gap selling?
How do we identify the gap?
How do we widen the gap?
Why is it important to "involve" the customer in their solution?
How do sales people handle objections?
Convincing them
How does a sales person get the customer to the "convinced" stage?
How can I help with features and benefits
What else is important?
Closing
How do sales people close a sale?
What happens after the sale?
Flexible learning
Learners take their own route through the topics covered in the course. They will learn at their own pace through a variety of activities designed to accommodate a range of learning styles.
Specification
Price: annual subs based on number of users
Additional services
Blended learning: ½ day workshops available
Train the trainer: run your own sessions with pre-prepared materials - plans, presentations and activities
Tailoring: include your examples and issues
