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Sales for Admin Staff

Not every admin employee sees themselves as a salesperson, but a chunk of their job often depends on exactly that skill.

About the course

This 1-day Staff Training workshop, ideal for admin and support staff in South African offices who never expected sales calls to be part of the job, covers making a call a genuine two-way conversation, using open-ended questions, and closing the call whether it goes well or badly, alongside the admin discipline of finishing the paperwork. The result: confident sales talk from staff who never expected to need it.

What it covers

How to Plan your Selling Time

Sales a secondary function - prioritising time is essential

The Importance of Establishing the Correct Contact Person

Building confidence and speaking to the decision maker

Learning to Listen

The strength of good sales

Positive Speech and Sales Talk

Can Do attitudes and building alternatives for a win-win conclusion

The Importance of Making Your Call a Two-Way Conversation

Open ended questions

Product Knowledge - The Importance

Developing killer knowledge

Anticipating Questions

Understanding what objections and FAQ’s your clients may have

Courtesy, Tone of Voice

Being polite and likeable

Confidence and the Professional Approach

You are the expert, going for the close

Closing the Call if it is Negative

Every no takes you one step closer to the yes

Closing the Call if it is Positive

Learning to recognise closing signals

Sales Admin

The job is not done until the paperwork is completed

Unit standard alignment
Unit standardNQFCreditsTitle
11946245Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts.

A credit-bearing SETA version is available on request.

Course outline (PDF) Why do this training?

Run it for your team

We can adapt Sales for Admin Staff to your industry and your people’s real situations, and run it at your premises, at our venue or as a virtual workshop. We agree the outline with you before you order, and the rate per delegate drops as the group grows.