Increasing sales is the core of objective for all salespeople and it is vital they are given the tools and techniques to thrive in this highly competitive environment. The landscape within which salespeople operate is ever shifting, and now more than ever it is recognised that the key to successful selling is understanding the customer's needs and working collaboratively with them to achieve their objectives.
This highly practical programme has been developed to support salespeople to develop their all-round sales skills using a customer-focused approach. The course will be fun and informal, using practical exercises to help new and experienced salespeople ensure they are equipped to deal with the challenges of selling.
This course will help participants:
Develop core sales skills such as building rapport, questioning and presenting benefits
Identify the roles and goals of key contacts and recognize the importance of consultative selling
Understand how to achieve sales by uncovering needs, matching benefits and promoting value
Understand how to structure and control a customer interaction and set clear objectives for each account
Develop techniques for handling objections, questions and staying positive
Master the art of closing a sale and gaining agreement
Understand tactical selling and how to build multiple contacts and relationships
Develop skill and confidence in selling to both new prospects and existing customers
1 Consultative selling - key principles for success
Recognise the importance of consultative selling and being client-focused
Build the right processes to achieving sales targets - questions before features
Assess your core sales skills; building rapport, asking questions, presenting features and benefits, closing
2 Consultative sales call skills
How best to structure and control a customer meeting or call to be client-centric: Four Cs
The importance of setting clear objectives for each call and account
Setting the agenda and pre-call preparation
Planning sessions
3 Your mission, message and meaning - comparative advantage
Defining sales messages and USPs; positioning value and quality not price
Knowing your target product and services and their value to the customer
Understanding your customers buying role and qualifying the opportunity
4 An effective sales meeting - part 1
Opening the sales interview - and building rapport
Gaining and retaining the full attention of the customer
Probing and identifying real needs using effective sales questions
Planning and practice sessions for consultative selling
5 An effective sales meeting - part 2
Matching customer needs and wants to products and services available
Presenting your product or service using features, advantages, and benefits
Recognising and responding to buying signals and other sales opportunities
Planning and practice sessions
6 Closing the sale successfully
Anticipating objections and seeing them as positives, including price objections
Handling objections using proven methods and models
How and when to ask for the sale professionally
Follow up and follow-through
Planning and practice sessions