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Duration

21 hours

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Mode of learning

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Difficulty level

Beginner

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Sales and CRM Overview
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 1 of 4 in the Salesforce Sales Operations
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level This course is designed for beginners. No previous experience in Salesforce, sales, or CRM is necessary to be successful.
  • Approx. 21 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • This course is the first of a series that aims to teach you the foundational skills in Salesforce that will prepare you for a variety of entry-level sales roles, including the sales operations specialist position.
  • This course is designed for beginners. No previous experience in Salesforce, sales, or CRM is necessary to be successful. In this course, you will be introduced to essential concepts like the fundamentals of the sales process. You'll also learn about what Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems are and what they are used for, you'll dive into Salesforce's main products and their use cases, and you will gain a working knowledge of the key functionalities of the Salesforce Sales Cloud that help support a business?s growth.
  • This course is the first step in your learning journey with Salesforce. It will provide you with the foundation you need to go into depth with more advanced Salesforce tools taught later in the certificate, and ultimately launch your new career. Please note that if you already have background knowledge in sales and CRM, or if you want to dive immediately into content that goes into more depth with Salesforce, it is recommended that you start with Course 2 in this certificate: Lead Management in Salesforce.
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Curriculum

Salesforce for Business

Welcome to the Professional Certificate!

The Sales Operations Specialist Role

Welcome to the Course

Welcome to Week 1

Challenges Business Face

Who Uses Salesforce

What is Pathstream?

Additional Careers in Salesforce

A Brief History of Salesforce

Sales and CRM Overview Course Syllabus

How to Be Successful in the Course

How to Use Discussion Forums

Get to Know Your Classmates

The What and Why of CRM

Tracking Customer Relationship Information for Businesses

Difficult Challenges Require Elegant Solutions

Review of the Sales Ops Specialist Role

Salesforce 101

The Flexibility of Salesforce

What Types of Businesses Use Salesforce?

Intro to Salesforce Essentials

Week 1 Recap

Careers in Salesforce

What is CRM?

Flexibility of Salesforce

Salesforce for Business

The Sales Process

Welcome to Week 2

B2C vs. B2B Sales: Differences and Similarities

Review of the Sales Process

Sales Process Examples

The Sales Process & Why It Matters

Sales 101: What Are We Selling?

Different Sales Models

An Organized Approach to Selling

Stage 1: Prospecting

Stage 2: Qualifying

Stage 3 & 4: Presenting & Closing

Stage 5: Customer Success

The Sales Process & CRMs

How Does the Sales Process Vary Based on Company and Products?

How Are Sales Teams Organized?

Week 2 Recap

Types of Sales

The Steps of the Sales Process

Roles on a Sales Team

The Sales Process

Data that Matters in CRM

Welcome to Week 3

Databases and Data Hygiene

Data That Matters

Tracking Sales Data Using CRM

The Importance of Data Hygiene

The Cost of Bad Data

CRMs: Moving from Simple to Complex

Sticky Notes as a CRM

Spreadsheets as a CRM

Intro to Salesforce as a CRM

Week 3 Recap

Tracking and Maintaining Sales Data

Types of CRMs

CRM for the Sales Operations Specialist

The Sales Cloud

Welcome to Week 4

Salesforce Updates and Customization

Structure of a Resume

Resume Best Practices

Course Recap

Congratulations!

Salesforce & Why It Matters

Trailhead Overview

Set Up Your Trailhead Account

Trailhead Basics

Trailhead Playgrounds

A Note about Software Updates

Salesforce CRM

Sales Cloud Basics

Week 4 Recap

Career Support Information

Preparing for the Job Search

Why Resumes Matter

Preparing Your Resume

Want to Become a Salesforce Administrator?

Trailhead Playground

Sales Cloud CRM

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