Welcome to the Students Sales Academy
Welcome to the Students Sales Academy
Sales skills are life skills
Sales skills are life skills
Communication is key
Hone your selling skills with us and improve your influence, relationships and rapport building.
Mention us in your CV
Employers love forward-thinking graduates. Add skills to improve your interviews and sell yourself.
Grow with us
As you develop your understanding of sales skills, expect to see yourself grow in confidence and self-discipline.
Whether you are a student or a graduate selling yourself to an employer, maintaining a long-term relationship or finalising a deal with a client, the skills you rely on overlap
In association with Nottingham Trent University, we have created exciting learning for students and young professionals to grow and gain life skills
At the Student Sales Academy, we are proud of the content we have created and are confident it is suitable for students, whatever your course or academic level.
We all have a great role to play in protecting and improving our world. This is why we at Student Sales Academy are proud to contribute to the SDG's.
Like what you see? We would love to have you onboard, so see what you can accomplish with us.
Look at our social media, and listen to our podcast, where we interview professionals and get their insights into how selling impacts their world
Founder of Brindis, a sales training consultancy and graduate of University of Birmingham (Commerce and Spanish)
Over the last 20 years Fred has worked in more than 35 countries delivering projects to a range of customers and over 10,000 salespeople
He is also the bestselling author of 'Selling Through Partnering Skills' and 'Hybrid Selling' that cover what salespeople need to do to be successful in the modern environment.
To learn more about your tutor, click here.
Everyone lives by selling something
This course is designed to introduce students and young professionals to the world of sales.
Sales skills are life skills, so the first parts of the course are all about how to use tools and techniques to advance your chosen career.
Later in the course we explore how those in a more commercial role use sales skills and finally how sales professionals prepare for success in the modern environment.
The core subjects have been curated by students to ensure the content is relevant with extra information made available by industry professionals.
Theory is great for textbooks but this is all about what happens in real life.
Part 1 – Introduction
• How to make the most of the course
Part 2 – Why sales skills?
• What is selling?
• Learning how to sell
Part 3 – What are sales skills?
• Essential skills in selling
• Communication
• Active listening
• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Negotiation
• Persuasive skills
• Self-motivating
• Giving and getting feedback
Part 4 – Using sales skills in business
• AIDA Framework
• Attention – Earn the right
• Interest – Are you really listening or just waiting to talk?
• Desire – Psychological tricks to sell more
• Action – Closing
• FAB Selling
• Emotion drives motion
• Modern approach to closing
Part 5 – Using sales skills as a sales professional
• VALUE Framework
• Buying process
• How to convince a customer to buy
• Effective sales techniques
• Sales proposals
• Mindset for managing concerns
• Don’t be a stranger
• How to create a sales plan
• *Sales terms
• *Sales funnel
• *Sales tools
Part 6 – All about you
• So, what are you going to do about it?
Bonuses include
- Linked podcast episodes
- Live recordings Plus
- Classic Selling E-book
Courses are open to everyone!
Check to see if your University has a licence
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These sessions are FREE to students at universities with licences or with sponsored company places
We believe Sales Skills are Life Skills
The Student Sales Academy has the purpose of sharing key skills that any student can use in any role. Both as at university of in the world of work
We focus on the key areas of
- Employability
- Soft skills
- Personal growth
Most people need to influence others at some time and salespeople understand the skills required to do this. Associated disciplines include
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving
- Creative Thinking
- Rapport Building
- Relationship Management
- Conflict Management
We will begin to explore how these can be added to personal skillset with practical teaching taken straight from the commercial world.
This is a must for anyone with a growth mindset as you work towards making the biggest sale of your life
The programme is designed with a number of elements
- Core content videos
- Text
- Quizzes and assessments
- Bonus content
- Podcasts
- 'Classic Selling' Ebook
Great learning requires action and this is encourages with real life practical takeaways developed throughout the course
We offer a license for you to give acess to your students as part of your support package
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