Sales Strategies and Techniques
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Sales Strategies and Techniques
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What you'll learn
Master the PULSE model to deliver tailored, consultative sales solutions.
Transition from a salesperson to a trusted advisor in client relationships.
Handle objections effectively and turn them into opportunities for growth.
Analyze sales metrics to accelerate performance and results.
Skills you'll gain
- Selling Techniques
- Overcoming Objections
- Sales Process
- Customer Engagement
- Competitive Analysis
- Price Negotiation
- Customer Relationship Building
- General Sales Practices
- Sales Strategy
- Sales
- Customer Analysis
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Consultative Approaches
- Rapport Building
- Solution Selling
- Value Propositions
- Closing (Sales)
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There are 3 modules in this course
Updated in May 2025.
This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the secrets to successful selling with Sales Strategies and Techniques. This course equips you with proven methods to close deals confidently, enhance customer relationships, and outshine the competition. By mastering these skills, you'll transform your sales approach and achieve measurable results. Dive into the fundamentals of consultative selling, including the PULSE model, which helps you position yourself effectively, understand customer needs, and deliver tailored solutions. Learn to build urgency and evolve your sales strategies to stay ahead in every interaction. Explore actionable techniques to gain a competitive edge, like transitioning from salesperson to trusted advisor and addressing key customer wants beyond pricing. Handle objections like a pro with tools to turn pushback into opportunity. From common objections to advanced closing techniques, youβll gain word-for-word responses and methods to pre-empt or isolate concerns. With 33 engaging lessons, this course provides a structured, step-by-step guide for mastering the art of sales. Perfect for sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone eager to improve their persuasion and negotiation skills, this course is ideal for those with some sales experience or a basic understanding of customer engagement. Whether youβre advancing your career or building a business, these techniques will propel you forward.
In this module, we will explore the fundamentals of consultative selling, an approach that prioritizes understanding and addressing customer needs over traditional hard-selling techniques. Through the PULSE model, you'll learn to position yourself effectively, ask insightful questions, craft compelling solutions, and evolve the sales process to closure. Additionally, we will review best practices to keep your consultative selling skills sharp and impactful.
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 assignment
8 videosβ’Total 35 minutes
- Consultative Selling Skills - Why Use This Approach?β’2 minutes
- Consultative Selling Skills - The PULSE Modelβ’5 minutes
- Consultative Selling PULSE Model - Positionβ’4 minutes
- Consultative Selling PULSE Model - Understandβ’6 minutes
- Consultative Selling PULSE Model - Leverageβ’6 minutes
- Consultative Selling PULSE Model - Solutionβ’5 minutes
- Consultative Selling PULSE Model - Evolveβ’4 minutes
- Consultative Selling Remindersβ’4 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Full Course Resourcesβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 15 minutes
- Consultative Selling - Assessmentβ’15 minutes
In this module, we will uncover strategies to gain a competitive edge in sales, focusing on delivering value beyond price and building deep client trust. You'll learn how to tactfully handle competition, replace entrenched suppliers, and keep prospects engaged throughout the sales cycle. Additionally, weβll explore the critical role of speed and data-driven insights in accelerating your sales performance.
What's included
8 videos1 assignment
8 videosβ’Total 48 minutes
- 10 Customer Wants In Addition To Lowest Priceβ’3 minutes
- From Sales Person To Trusted Advisorβ’7 minutes
- How To Bash The Competition Without Bashing Themβ’6 minutes
- How To Remove Existing Supplier Relationshipsβ’8 minutes
- How To Remove Your Competitors From The Equationβ’5 minutes
- Keeping Your Prospects Warm During The Sales Cycleβ’6 minutes
- Understanding Your Numbers For Accelerated Resultsβ’6 minutes
- Why Speed Wins In Salesβ’8 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 15 minutes
- Gaining An Unfair Advantage - Assessmentβ’15 minutes
In this module, we will transform how you approach sales objections, turning them from roadblocks into valuable insights. You'll learn to classify and handle objections with proven techniques, including the "Feel, Felt, Found" method and practical scripts for common scenarios. This section also emphasizes proactive strategies to avoid objections altogether and guides you on when to walk away from unproductive prospects. With these tools, you'll handle objections with ease and confidence while keeping the sales process on track.
What's included
17 videos3 assignments
17 videosβ’Total 51 minutes
- Are Sales Objections A Bad Thing?β’1 minute
- Are Sales Objections A Good Thing?β’5 minutes
- Different Types Of Closes & Their Effectivenessβ’4 minutes
- Handling Objections - "That Costs Too Much"β’3 minutes
- Handling Objections - Price Objection Or Price Shockβ’2 minutes
- Handling Objections - There Are Only Two Typesβ’3 minutes
- How To Ask For The Businessβ’4 minutes
- How To Avoid Objections In The First Placeβ’4 minutes
- How To Frontload Objections Into Your Interactionsβ’1 minute
- How To Handle The Objection & Move The Sale Forwardβ’1 minute
- How To Isolate An Objectionβ’1 minute
- Technique - Feel, Felt, Foundβ’4 minutes
- The Best Objection Handling Model To Useβ’3 minutes
- The First Thing To Do When Faced With An Objectionβ’3 minutes
- What Type Of Objections Do You Receive?β’4 minutes
- When to Walk Away From Price Only Customersβ’3 minutes
- Word For Word Responses To The Most Common Objectionsβ’4 minutes
3 assignmentsβ’Total 90 minutes
- Handling objections - Assessmentβ’15 minutes
- Full Course Assessmentβ’60 minutes
- Full Course Practice Assessmentβ’15 minutes
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