Digital office, distribution and sales

Free of cost

by funding

With the "Driving license for digital competence", you will acquire proof of your knowledge of digital office work. You will also be familiar with the processes and tasks in sales and distribution as well as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in this area.
  • Certificates: "Driving license for digital competence" certificate
    Certificate "Digital sales and distribution management"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentation
    Driving license for digital competence
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 5 Weeks

Digital office

Digital office (full-time 3.5 days/part-time 7 days)

Modern letter style

Commercial correspondence

DIN 5008

Preparation of telephone calls

Template design, serial letters

Document management - digital and analog

Data protection, laws

Digitalization/digital transformation and working world 4.0

Phishing emails and spam filters

Email, voice messages, messenger services

Using search engines and applying filters

Online banking, online orders

File sharing - synchronizing, sharing and accessing files

Creating and changing passwords securely (two-factor authentication)


Practical project work and exam: Driving license for digital competence (full-time 1.5 days/part-time 3 days)

Digital distribution and sales management

Basics of sales (approx. 1.5 days)

Sales strategies

Sales organization and structures

Development of a sales concept

Forms of distribution

Sales management and processes

Principles for negotiations

Negotiation phases

Roles and tasks in sales (sales staff and management)


Successful selling (approx. 2 days)

Psychology of sales

Obtaining and analyzing customer data

Analysis of customer needs

Target groups/buyer types

Sales talks and presentations

Sales conception

Conducting price negotiations

Closing the sale

Offer follow-up - Follow ups


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Customer Contact (approx. 5 days)

New customer acquisition, customer acquisition, customer acquisition and expansion

Analyzing buying motives

Benefit argumentation

Direct customer contact - customer first

Key account management

Complaint management

Existing customer care

Lead management

Sales Funnel

Customer Experience (CX)


Digitalization in sales (approx. 3 days)

CRM and CRM systems

Sales technologies

Digital sales channels

Success factors in e-business

Digital products, digital services, digital business models

Digital customer interfaces (customer journey map)


Strategic marketing in distribution and sales (approx. 2 days)

Customer centricity

Competitive orientation (USP - Unique Selling Proposition)

Situation analysis with SWOT

Internal and external analysis

Analysis of buyer behavior

Marketing research and forecasting

Market definition and segmentation

Target formulation, target groups

Market selection strategies, market participant strategies

Marketing mix


Sales controlling (approx. 2 days)

Objectives, tasks and instruments of sales controlling

Sales controlling


Distribution law (approx. 1.5 days)

Competition and trademark law

General terms and conditions (AGB)

Commercial agency law


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

Knowledge of Office applications is a prerequisite.

In this course, you will acquire the "Driving license for digital competence", a meaningful proof of your current knowledge in digital office work.

You are also familiar with the basic structures and processes as well as roles and tasks in sales and distribution. You can apply various sales strategies in discussions with customers and thus retain existing customers as well as acquire new customers. You are also familiar with modern sales technologies and digital sales channels as well as strategic marketing in sales and distribution. You are also familiar with current sales law.

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a professional foothold in sales and distribution. The course is also suitable for lateral entrants, e.g. from technical professions.

The "Digital Office" course prepares you comprehensively for the modern working day in companies of all sizes.

You will also qualify for a career in sales or distribution and therefore for positions in any company with a sales department.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.