Sales — The Other Side of Service ™
The more products or services a customer buys from a company, the more likely they are to stay with that company. If you want to add value for your customers and build loyalty while improving sales, this is the course for you!
Sales — The Other Side of Service™ teaches your employees all the skills they need to add value to their customers' personal or professional lives while increasing sales for the company. Employees will leave training with a new attitude toward selling and the skills to be successful in cross-selling, up-selling, and overcoming resistance. And the best part is, your customers will feel served, not sold.
This course is presented in either entirely in the classroom, or via blended learning (which include on-line modules and follow-up classroom sessions).
Course Content:
Unit 1: Bringing Value to Customers
- Understanding how combining sales and service is the best way to serve customers
- Bringing value to customers through cross-selling and up-selling
- Matching features and benefits to customer needs
"Sales — The Other Side of Service™ launched our customer care center into a sales focused center. The results have been phenomenal!" Sherry Heishman, Director of Customer Care, NTELOS
Unit 2: Adding Value Through Cross-Selling
- Identifying the three types of cross-selling
- Understanding why people buy
- Listening for cross-selling opportunities
- Creating opportunities for cross-selling
- Bridging to the offer
- Questioning to grab interest
- Introducing benefits
- Gaining commitment
Unit 3: Adding Value Through Up-Selling
- Increasing the quantity of the customer’s order
- Upgrading the product the customer ordered
- Understanding when to up-sell
- Questioning to determine customer needs
- Introducing benefits
- Gaining commitment
Unit 4: Overcoming Resistance
- Understanding why customers resist
- Learning when to overcome resistance
- Handling customer resistance
- Clearing up misunderstandings
- Dealing with drawbacks
- Overcoming stalls
An Innovative Learning Model
Recent studies show that effective learning depends overwhelmingly on the support provided before and after training. Impact’s programs incorporate an innovative learning system that turns the traditional training model upside down and places the emphasis on the entire learning process.
Learn more about our innovative learning model, the Impact Learning System™
Create Sustainable Behavior Change
Impact has all the tools you need to create sustainable behavior change.
- Sales—The Other Side of Service™ includes job aids, action plans, and four weeks of on-the-job activities—all at no additional cost.
- Our complementary coaching program Making It Happen™ teaches front-line supervisors and managers how to set goals at the team and individual level and how to coach toward those goals.
- Certification and recognition programs reward success and provide stepping stones on the path to continuous improvement.
After completing Sales—The Other Side of Service™, employees will be excited to add value for customers by offering new products and services, customers will be more engaged with your brand, sales will increase, and you'll feel proud of your contribution to the success of your company.

