Sales Chemistry
Understanding Sales Elements and Integrating Them Professionally
What you'll learn
- Understand the different types of markets
- Tell apart the general, niche, geographic and demographic markets
- Learn about the industrial, technology and financial markets
- Understand the psychographic market
- Use social media and digital marketing in selling
- Learn the sales methods and the factors that affect them
- Analyze the elements of the sales equation
- Identify the factors of success and failure
About this course
This course explains sales chemistry, meaning how to understand the elements of selling and the types of markets and how to combine them to get better results. It starts with an introduction, then you learn about the general market and the niche market, the geographic market and the demographic market, and the emerging market and the best ways to reach it. Next you study the industrial market, technology markets, the financial market and its features, and the psychographic market, then social media, digital marketing and the types of business. You move on to sales methods and the factors that affect them, the elements of a successful sales equation, the factors of success and failure, and you finish with the factors of inflation and their effect on rising prices. This course suits sales representatives and managers, business owners and anyone who works in sales and marketing. You need no previous experience, because the course starts with definitions and explains each market step by step. By the end, you will be able to tell the different markets apart, choose the right selling method for each market, analyze the elements of the sales equation and understand the reasons for success and failure.
Expected outcomes
- Ability to analyze different markets and engage effectively.
- Develop effective sales strategies tailored for each market.
- Achieve increased sales through understanding customers and markets.
- Handle challenges and influencing factors in sales with flexibility.
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Course content
1Sales Chemistry
16 lectures
- Introductory OverviewIntroduction to the Sales Chemistry course, likening selling to a chemical reaction equation controlled by fixed and variable elements, starting with the first element, market types, since understanding them is essential for sales and marketing work.2:18
- General Market and Specialized MarketCompares the mass market with the niche market in terms of target segment size, competition intensity and price importance, marketing strategy, and customer loyalty, with examples.4:33
- Geographic Market and Demographic MarketExplains the geographic and demographic markets, and why studying population makeup, age, gender, customs, income, and family size matters before choosing a business location or exporting, and how it affects reach and sales.6:42
- Emerging Market and Best Communication MethodsExplains the emerging market concept and its traits such as rapid economic growth, infrastructure improvement, and rising foreign investment, and the best ways to reach it through social media, influencers, offers, and special occasions.5:06
- Industrial MarketExplains the industrial market built on raw and primary materials, its stability, and its patterns such as equipment, construction, and long-term contracts with government bodies, plus the effect of local versus export markets and factory size.6:38
- Technological MarketsExplains the technology market and what it covers: devices, software, networks, security, AI, big data, IoT, and virtual and augmented reality, as part of niche markets, with a recap of the previous market types.6:11
- Financial MarketExplains the financial market types: stocks, bonds, forex, money market, commodities, and real estate, and compares them in terms of risk, return, and stability.8:23
- Characteristics of the Financial MarketExplains the characteristics of the financial market: liquidity, price volatility, efficiency and the need to follow information, regulation by international laws, diversity, and depth that allows a fast return on investment.5:46
- Psychographic MarketExplains the psychographic market based on consumers' psychological and social traits: values and beliefs, hobbies and interests, lifestyle, social class, and activities, and how they shape product choice and marketing.6:50
- Social Media and Digital MarketingExplains modern markets: digital marketing, the social media market, the content creation market, and affiliate marketing, with their key players such as influencers, bloggers, and agencies, and their sources of return on investment.5:00
- Types of BusinessCompares business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) selling in terms of audience, sales cycle, decision making, contracts, price sensitivity, payment methods, and customer relationship.11:16
- Sales MethodsDefines the three selling methods: offline, online, and telesales, and compares them in terms of customer interaction, ease of reach, cost, and speed of service.10:02
- Differences and Influencing Factors in Sales MethodsCompares offline, online, and telephone selling in terms of convenience, effort, customer experience, and how sensitive the interaction is, and shows how selling evolved from traditional to phone and then to social media and online sales.6:08
- Elements of Sales Equation SuccessExplains the chemistry metaphor of selling, showing how elements such as the product, market type, sales type, SWOT analysis and product knowledge combine to produce a successful sale.11:30
- Factors of Success and FailureCovers market success factors such as product quality, innovation, cost efficiency and adaptability, then defines recession and its indicators, and how inflation and market instability affect import costs and pricing.17:13
- Inflation Factors and Their Impact on Price IncreaseExplains the three causes of inflation: demand, costs, and fiscal and monetary policy, and clarifies Over Price, along with the effect of foreign currency shortages and monopolies on rising prices.9:25
Instructor
Sami Aziz
This course is part of the diploma
