Online Course – SV Academy Certified Professional Certificate in Sales Development Representative

Unlock your potential in technology sales. Develop professional skills for a highly sought-after career as a Sales Development Representative (SDR). No degree or prior experience required.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Troubleshooting
  • Technology Sales
  • Communication with customers
  • Offering smart solutions
  • Customer interaction
  • Working in an energetic and collaborative environment
  • Implementing a sales methodology
  • Acquisition of practical skills
  • Using the latest technological tools
  • Accelerate productivity
  • Turning leads into sales opportunities
  • Building a results-focused professional portfolio
  • Advantage in the job interview process

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Sales Development Representatives (SDR)
  • Technology salespeople
  • Sales managers
  • Sales consultants
  • Customer Relationship Managers
  • Technology marketing professionals
  • Technology Customer Service Representatives
  • Sales project managers
  • Business development people
  • Technology product managers

Professional Certificate – Series of 5 Courses

If you are a problem solver who wants to succeed, technology sales will not only be fulfilling for you, but also profitable. As the technology industry continues to introduce innovative services and products, technology sales roles have become more important than ever. Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) are at the forefront of the industry, connecting with customers and offering the smartest solutions to their problems.

If you are looking for a career change or have retail sales experience and want to take it to a new technological level, technology sales could be a rewarding role for you. Do you love interacting with customers? Do you want to work in a rewarding and challenging field that brings with it new and exciting challenges? Would you like to thrive in an energetic, collaborative, data-driven environment? Then technology sales could be the right fit for you.

Your next job could be with one of SV Academy’s 400+ partner employers. Companies like Survey Monkey, InsideView, Vimeo, Handshake, Gainsight, or Palo Alto Networks are looking for Sales Development Representatives in the US for revenue-generating roles. No tech or sales experience is necessary to build a new career in technology sales. This professional certificate is your starting point.

Hands-on Learning Project

Each of the 5 courses included in the program concludes with a practical project that will best prepare you to be a successful SDR on the front lines of companies. You will learn SV Academy’s conversational sales methodology and how to apply the principles to real-life situations. By acquiring practical skills with the latest SDR technology tools, you will know how to accelerate productivity and turn prospects into sales opportunities. By the end of the program, you will have a results-oriented professional portfolio that will set you apart and give you an edge in the technology sales job interview process.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Infrastructure for success in sales development

Course 1 • 19 hours

What you will learn:

  • Confidently express the purpose and power of the SDR’s role in technology
  • For effective selection of strategies and tools for developing a winning professional mentality
  • Justify time management and prioritization strategies that deliver results in your personal and professional life
  • Work on plans to take responsibility for your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being in personal and professional relationships.

Skills you will acquire:

  • clarity
  • Leadership and Management
  • Personal message
  • communication

Course 2 • 18 hours

What you will learn:

  • Understand the technology industry landscape to develop a long-term career plan
  • Build a deep understanding of your audience and tell a personal story that will be remembered
  • Create a professional, results-driven portfolio that highlights your history and sets you apart from other candidates
  • Create a lasting impression through the interview process

Skills you will acquire:

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Sales
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Personal marketing

Course 3 • 24 hours

What you will learn:

  • Understand the process of asking strategic questions, building trust, identifying problems, and offering value to close a sale
  • Identify your ICP and target profile to create a list of potential customers, categorize them, and leverage the data to drive action
  • Research potential customer acquisition channels and create a call script that incorporates sales strategies into the conversation
  • Develop a foundation for emotional intelligence in the context of sales and create empathetic emails

Skills you will acquire:

  • strategy
  • writing
  • Interviews
  • Stable returns

Course 4 • 29 hours

What you will learn:

  • Evaluate and discover assistive technology, and learn about the latest technological tools used in the field of technology sales.
  • Understand the basic principles of CRM tools and how to use them effectively as part of the overall process.
  • Use sales intelligence tools to find potential customers and streamline the process
  • Develop effective outreach strategies to interact with potential customers

Skills you will acquire:

  • Sales development
  • Leadership and Management
  • Receiving
  • Personal marketing

Course 5 • 19 hours

What you will learn:

  • This is course 5 of the Salesforce Sales Development Professional Training.
  • In this course, you will develop important skills that are often missed but can definitely determine your success in your role.
  • People-focused skills are what make the difference when you are competing for a promotion within the company or when you are applying for an interesting position at another company.

Skills you will acquire:

  • Sales Intelligence
  • strategy
  • Sales
  • Salesforce