The Art of Sales Prospecting – Finding and Connecting with Your Ideal Candidates

This Sales Prospecting training course provides a foundational yet comprehensive approach to mastering the art of sales prospecting, ensuring that participants can confidently build and execute their strategies to attract and retain their ideal clients.

In the fast-paced and competitive world of sales, the ability to accurately target and engage with potential clients can make all the difference. “The Art of Sales Prospecting: Finding and Connecting with Your Ideal Client” is specifically designed for new sales professionals and business owners who are looking to initiate and expand their prospecting efforts but are unsure of where to start.

Kristy Davies-Sumpter, Zest Consulting - Sales Prospecting Training Course, Pure HR

Duration:

1-day course (9am – 5pm)

Who is it for:

If you are tasked with generating sales and fall into any of the following categories—a small business owner, someone in business development, or a hybrid sales role—and whether you have no experience, limited experience, or simply seek a refresher, this sales prospecting course is designed specifically for you.

Course aim:

To understand the basic prospecting principles and become confident in getting in front of your ideal customers.

On completion of this Sales Prospecting training course, delegates will be able to do:

  • Goal-Oriented Strategy: Participants will learn how to set clear, achievable goals for their prospecting activities. This planning ensures every action is purposeful and aligned with broader business objectives, making the approach more efficient and the results more rewarding.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Emphasising the importance of data in modern sales strategies, the course teaches how to collect and analyse customer data to make informed decisions. This knowledge helps in fine-tuning prospecting efforts to be more effective and less time-consuming.
  • Ideal Customer Profiling: Tailor your communications and engagements by deeply understanding who your ideal customer is. This module helps in crafting compelling messages that speak directly to the needs and interests of your target demographic, increasing engagement and conversion rates.
  • Prospecting Playbook Creation: Learn to navigate the prospecting landscape with a step-by-step playbook tailored to your specific industry. This playbook will be your roadmap to consistent prospecting efforts, helping to reduce complexity and enhance confidence in your approach.
  • Multi-Channel Engagement: Master the nuances of various communication platforms to optimise your reach and impact. Plus, you will learn to adapt your strategy to the channel for maximum engagement.
  • Skillful Qualification of Leads: Acquire the skills necessary to conduct effective discovery calls that qualify leads efficiently, ensuring you invest time and resources into prospects with the highest conversion potential.
  • Process Management for Results: Setting up a framework for managing the prospecting activities, to ultimately driving up sales figures and achieving desired business growth.

This one day Sales Prospecting training course covers:

  • Setting clear goals and targets for your prospecting activity.
  • Planning & research essentials, how you can make data driven decisions to get the most out of your prospecting.
  • Understanding your Ideal customer profile so you can create relevant messaging to increase engagement.
  • Understand the prosecting journey and mapping out your sales prospecting playbook by industry.
  • How to engage through different media channels, including demos on how to complete these approaches.
  • Understand the right questions to ask to qualify the prospects and how to get the most out of a discovery call.
  • How to manage the process to achieve your desired result.

Course Dates:

27th June 2024, 21st November 2024

Sales Prospecting Training Course Trainer:

Kristy Davies-Sumpter from Zest Consultancy

Course Price:

£295 +VAT per person
Price includes course materials, refreshments and lunch.

Course Venue:

Pure Human Resources Training Suite, North Baddesley, Southampton, Hampshire

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