Digital sales and distribution management and customer service with CRM

In this course, you will acquire relevant knowledge for successful sales and sales management such as sales and service strategies as well as modern sales technologies in order to achieve optimal customer satisfaction. In addition, you will learn about strategic, analytical and operational customer relationship management for competent customer support, retention and acquisition, as well as gaining an insight into CRM software and the use of artificial intelligence in this area.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Digital sales and distribution management"
    Certificate "Customer service with CRM"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
  • 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: 8 Weeks

Digital distribution and sales management

Digital market strategies & AI (approx. 5 days)

Fundamentals and future fields in digital sales

Market analysis & competition: market positioning (USP), SWOT and buyer behavior

Target groups & persona

Customer centricity: customer orientation as a basis and customer journey map

Sales strategies & channels: Digital sales channels, e-business factors, digital products


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

Lead & sales funnel management: digital lead generation and qualification


Successful selling & customer relationships (approx. 5 days)

Practical skills for the digital sales process

Understanding and planning relationships

Sales psychology: customer needs and requirements analysis and buying motives


New customer acquisition and acquisition - existing customer care: digital strategies and key account management (approx. 3 days)

Sales talks: structure and special features, presentation and argumentation

Benefit argumentation

Enthusiasm characteristics

Conducting negotiations: principles, phases and price negotiations

Closing the sale & follow-up: techniques for closing and follow-up

Customer experience (CX) & complaint management: direct customer contact and dealing with feedback

CRM systems: use for customer management and care


Sales controlling & law (approx. 4 days)

Digital and analog performance measurement and legal protection in sales

Sales controlling: objectives, tasks and instruments of sales controlling

Competition, trademark and commercial agency law

Drafting contracts: general terms and conditions (GTC) and relevant contractual elements

EU product safety regulation: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Customer service with CRM

Basics & Strategic CRM (approx. 2 days)

CRM as a strategic corporate function

Companyblueprint: company processes

CRM vs. pure software solution


Business models & target group analysis (approx. 1 day)

Business models in the CRM environment

Market and target group definition

Personas for a differentiated customer approach

Sales channels in strategic CRM


Customer worlds & individual relationships (approx. 1 day)

Definition of the customer world

Customer journey, customer experience

Customer needs-demands-motives


ERP & operational CRM (approx. 1 day)

Resource planning and business contexts

CRM in the value chain

Synergy between sales, marketing & service


Data protection & GDPR (approx. 1 day)

Data protection

GDPR in marketing

DSGVO practical cases


CRM software systems (approx. 2 days)

Introduction to CRM systems

Implementation of software

Mapping processes, automating workflows


Artificial intelligence (AI) in CRM (approx. 1 day)

Presentation of specific AI technologies

Predictive analytics

Sentiment analytics

AI humanizers for customer loyalty


Analytical CRM (approx. 2 days)

KPIs for measuring success

Data mining, OLAP

SWOT analysis in CRM

Drill-down analysis


Customer Relationship Cycle & Customer Satisfaction (approx. 2 days)

Customer Relationship Cycle

Satisfaction management: NPS, CSAT, KANO & parameters for optimization


Customer acquisition, customer loyalty & increasing profitability (approx. 2 days)

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

Strategic acquisition processes

Loyalty programs

Increase profitability


Customer communication as a relationship guarantor (approx. 2 days)

Conversational skills and empathy in customer contact

Psychology of customer relationships

De-escalation techniques for critical customer moments

How authentic communication creates long-term relationships


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After completing the course, you will be able to plan and implement digital sales processes in a targeted manner. You will analyze markets, develop personas and design customer-oriented strategies along the customer journey. You will also have in-depth knowledge of sales psychology, conversation management and customer loyalty. With the use of CRM systems and sales controlling, you will be able to keep track of your successes. After the course, you will be able to apply digital sales strategies effectively and implement them with legal certainty.

You also have a holistic understanding of CRM. You are able to analyze and optimize customer relationships.

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.

This course qualifies you for a career in sales or distribution and therefore for positions in all companies with a sales department.

You will also gain in-depth knowledge of customer relationship management (CRM). After the course, you will be able to take on responsible tasks in customer service.

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).

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