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Free Sales Course: Sales Techniques and Closing Skills

Learn to sell with a proven process: prospecting, cold calls and emails, discovery, presentations, objection handling, closing, negotiation, CRM and metrics, LinkedIn, texting, key accounts and sales management.

  • 16lessons
  • 3h 31minof reading
  • 64review questions
  • 16worked exercises

No sign-up needed: just start reading. Create a free account to save your progress and get your certificate.

What you’ll learn

  • Use consultative selling and a seven-step sales process
  • Turn features into benefits and define your ideal customer profile
  • Find prospects and qualify them with BANT
  • Make cold calls and write cold emails that get replies, within U.S. rules
  • Run discovery with SPIN questions and put a dollar figure on the problem
  • Present solutions and write proposals that get approved
  • Handle objections like "it's too expensive" or "I need to think about it"
  • Spot buying signals and close with honest techniques
  • Negotiate with BATNA and concessions while protecting your margin
  • Follow up, retain customers, upsell and get referrals
  • Manage your pipeline with a CRM, weighted forecasts and sales metrics
  • Build a sales plan with activity targets and commission math
  • Book meetings with social selling on LinkedIn
  • Sell and follow up by text and WhatsApp, with TCPA-safe practices
  • Win complex deals with MEDDIC and grow key accounts
  • Manage a sales team: capacity, quotas, OTE commission plans and coaching
A clear goal

Every lesson starts by telling you what you’ll be able to do.

Real examples

Real-life cases from U.S. households and small businesses.

Instant quizzes

Check what you learned with immediate feedback.

Worked exercise

Practice first, then compare with the solution.

Course syllabus

4 levels · 16 lessons · 3h 31min of content

1 Level 1Beginner 4 lessons · 55 min
  1. 1
    What Is Selling Today? Consultative Selling and the 7-Step Sales Process

    Sales myths, transactional vs. consultative selling, B2B and B2C, the seven stages, the seller's mindset and sales ethics.

    14 min
  2. 2
    Know Your Product and Your Ideal Customer: Benefits, ICP and Sales Playbook

    Features, advantages and benefits, your ideal customer profile, who takes part in the purchase, competitors and a sales playbook with proof.

    13 min
  3. 3
    Sales Prospecting: Where to Find Customers and How to Qualify Them

    Lead sources, BANT qualification, funnel math, multichannel cadences and lead scoring.

    14 min
  4. 4
    First Contact: Cold Calls, Cold Emails and Messages That Book Meetings

    A cold call script, quick responses, cold emails that get replies, LinkedIn, U.S. calling and email rules, inbound leads and the first meeting.

    14 min
2 Level 2Intermediate 4 lessons · 49 min
  1. 5
    Sales Discovery: Open Questions, SPIN Selling and Active Listening

    Open questions, the SPIN method, active listening, putting a number on the problem and the customer's decision process.

    12 min
  2. 6
    Sales Presentations and Proposals That Get Approved

    Consultative presentations, demos, pricing with ROI and good-better-best options, written proposals and presenting to a group.

    12 min
  3. 7
    Handling Sales Objections: "It's Too Expensive," "I Need to Think About It" and More

    A five-step method, the most common objections, feel-felt-found and how to prevent objections before they come up.

    13 min
  4. 8
    Sales Closing Techniques: Buying Signals and How to Ask for the Sale

    Advances, buying signals, trial closes, honest closing techniques, the mutual action plan and what to do after a yes or a no.

    12 min
3 Level 3Advanced 4 lessons · 51 min
  1. 9
    Sales Negotiation: BATNA, Concessions and the Real Cost of a Discount

    Preparation, positions and interests, the ZOPA, discount math, concession rules and negotiating with procurement.

    14 min
  2. 10
    Follow-Up, Customer Retention, Upselling and Referrals

    Follow-up that adds value, onboarding, churn and lifetime value, upselling and cross-selling, referrals, NPS and complaints.

    13 min
  3. 11
    CRM, Sales Pipeline and Metrics: Weighted Forecast and Pipeline Velocity

    Setting up a CRM, stage exit criteria, weighted forecast, pipeline coverage, key sales metrics and the weekly pipeline review.

    11 min
  4. 12
    Your Sales Plan: Goals, Activity, Routine, Commissions and AI

    From goal to weekly activity, A/B/C accounts, a weekly routine, commission plans, AI in sales and a 90-day plan.

    13 min
4 Level 4Expert 4 lessons · 54 min
  1. 13
    Social Selling on LinkedIn: Profile, Connection Requests and Messages That Book Meetings

    A buyer-focused profile, target accounts and trigger events, a three-message sequence, content and metrics.

    13 min
  2. 14
    How to Sell by Text and WhatsApp: Respond, Close and Follow Up in Chat

    Business texting and WhatsApp Business set up to sell, consultative chat scripts, TCPA-safe follow-up, broadcasts and metrics.

    14 min
  3. 15
    Complex B2B Sales and Key Accounts: Buying Committees, MEDDIC and Account Plans

    Buying committee roles, MEDDIC qualification, the mutual action plan, a three-year business case and key account management.

    13 min
  4. 16
    How to Manage a Sales Team: Hiring, Quotas, Commission Plans and Coaching

    Capacity and ramp-up, hiring and onboarding, realistic quotas, OTE commission plans with accelerators, coaching and a manager's dashboard.

    14 min

About this course

A practical sales training course for small business owners, freelancers, account executives, SDRs and anyone who needs to win customers, built for the U.S. market. No high-pressure tricks: you'll learn a consultative method that works in business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales, for products and services, in person, on the phone, by email, by text and on video calls.

Across 16 lessons in four levels you'll learn the whole sales process: building your sales playbook, finding and qualifying prospects with BANT, booking meetings with cold calls and cold emails (while following the TCPA, Do Not Call and CAN-SPAM rules), running discovery with SPIN questions, presenting proposals with a calculated ROI, handling objections, closing, negotiating without giving away your margin, retaining customers and earning referrals, and managing everything with a CRM and sales metrics. The Expert level covers social selling on LinkedIn, selling by text and WhatsApp, complex B2B deals with MEDDIC and key accounts, and how to manage a sales team with quotas, commission plans and coaching.

Every lesson includes ready-to-adapt scripts, funnel, discount and commission math, interactive quizzes and a practice exercise with a solution, and you'll finish with your own 90-day sales plan. Includes a free downloadable template: a sales CRM spreadsheet for Excel or Google Sheets with a pipeline and weighted forecast, pipeline velocity, an activity calculator, commission and OTE calculators, discount costs, customer lifetime value and team capacity, all with working formulas.

Downloadable resources

Templates and practice data you’ll use throughout the course. Free, no sign-up.

  • XLS sales-crm-template.xlsx32 KB Download

Frequently asked questions

Do I need sales experience to take this course?
No. The course starts with the fundamentals and builds step by step. If you already sell, it will help you organize your process and fix the stages where you lose the most deals.
Does it work for B2B and B2C sales?
Yes. The method is the same; each lesson includes examples of selling to businesses and to consumers, products and services, on the phone, in person, by email, by text and on video calls.
Does the course teach high-pressure sales tactics?
No. It's based on consultative, ethical selling: understand the customer, prove value and ask for commitments clearly. Fake urgency and pressure damage trust, your reputation and, in some cases, break consumer protection rules.
Is this sales training course really free, and is there a certificate?
Yes. All 16 lessons are free and public. With a free account you can track your progress, mark lessons as completed and download a certificate when you finish.
Does the course cover U.S. rules for cold calls, texts and emails?
Yes. It explains the basics of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the National Do Not Call Registry, the TCPA for calls and texts, the CAN-SPAM Act for cold email and the FTC's rules on testimonials, citing the official sources. It's general education, not legal advice: check your state's rules and your company's policies.
What tools do I need?
None are required. You can manage your deals in the free spreadsheet template or in a CRM with a free plan; lesson 11 shows you how to set it up.