Basic training for internal sales and customer service

Successful consulting, selling, and inspiring!

Training
This training is held in German.
In internal sales, you are much more than just a support: you are consultant, service provider sales person. Together with the field sales team, you actively contribute to increasing sales and customer loyalty. In this training course, you will learn how to steer conversations in a targeted manner, customers the potential and decision-making motives of your customers , and argue and negotiate convincingly. You will also learn how to provide optimal support to your colleagues field sales or key account management—so that you can achieve your sales goals together more quickly.

Contents

Psychological factors in customer contact

  • Recognize and understand different customer types.
  • phone a relationship level appropriate to the type of person on phone —right from the start!
  • Reflection on your communication and personal impact.

Targeted control of calls on the phone

Make the most of every call:

  • Apply methods of effective communication.
  • Generate interest in capital goods, services, or new products.
  • Mastering new customer acquisition (without fear of cold calling!).
  • Follow up on offers – professionally and successfully.

Basics of sales psychology

Learn the background to successful sales talks:

  • Rational vs. emotional factors in sales talks.
  • customers the needs of your customers .
  • Accurately identify decision-making and purchasing motives.

Arguing convincingly

How do you score points with your products? Here's how:

  • Develop strong selling points for your services and products.
  • Fully exploit cross-selling, up-selling, and after-selling potential!
  • Set yourself apart from the competition.

Negotiate successfully

Become a negotiation pro:

  • Present price-value ratios in a convincing manner.
  • Interpreting buying signals correctly & bringing about decisions.
  • Confidently master challenging situations (e.g., complaints).
  • Use de-escalation strategies: Communicate empathetically and find solutions!

Professional support of the field service by the office staff

Teamwork at its best:

  • Establishment of a strong network of contacts.
  • Professional support for key account management.
  • Optimize collaboration between internal and external sales teams!

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

This training will prepare you for all the challenges of internal sales! You will learn

  • how you contacts and strengthen relationships,
  • Targeted sales talks – from initial needs to the purchase decision!
  • develop convincing arguments (always customer-focused!),
  • negotiate better – even in difficult situations,
  • Charmingly refuting objections instead of being blocked,
  • Confidently approach new customers by phone &
  • to support the sales force and key account management even more effectively!

Bonus: Train in a practical way using real scenarios from your everyday life and receive specific behavioral tips and tools for immediate application!

Methods

In-person events

This training combines theory with practice: role-playing based on realistic case studies allows participants to apply everything they have learned directly! The alternation between group work, discussions, and individual exercises ensures that there is no room for boredom:

✔️ Trainer input provides you with valuable practical insights
✔️ Best practice examples show you successful approaches
✔️ Checklists make it easier for you to transfer what you have learned into your daily business

Feedback sessions in small groups or in plenary ensure lasting learning effects—your skills will grow step by step!

Live online events

This training combines theory with practice: role-playing based on realistic case studies allows participants to apply everything they have learned directly! The alternation between group work, discussions, and individual exercises ensures that there is no room for boredom:

✔️ Trainer input provides you with valuable practical insights
✔️ Best practice examples show you successful approaches
✔️ Checklists make it easier for you to transfer what you have learned into your daily business

Feedback sessions in small groups or in plenary ensure lasting learning effects—your skills will grow step by step!

Recommended for

This training is aimed at all employees in internal sales or customer service, as well as junior managers in these areas. Whether you are a customer manager, sales assistant, or telemarketer—if active selling is part of your job, you will benefit from this training!

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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On-site training together
Booking number
4377
€ 1.540,- plus VAT
2 days
in 3 locations
3 Events
German
In-person trainings
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32269
€ 1.540,- plus VAT
2 days
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2 Events
German
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158 Ratings
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Practical relevance:
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Participant orientation:
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Henrich Schröder GmbH

"The training was more than instructive!"

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Klafka & Hinz

"I particularly liked the fact that specific examples from participants were repeatedly addressed and that these were discussed, analyzed and improved intensively and extensively until a good result was achieved."

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02.02.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 4377
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Novotel Frankfurt City
Novotel Frankfurt City
Lise-Meitner-Straße 2, 60486 Frankfurt a. M.
Room rate: € 106,81 plus VAT.
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Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
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2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 02.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 03.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
04.05.2026
Live-Online
Booking number: 32269
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
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Monday, 04.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 05.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

28.09.2026
Hamburg
Booking number: 4377
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Leonardo Hamburg Altona
Leonardo Hamburg Altona
Beerenweg 1A, 22761 Hamburg
Room rate: € 113,45 plus VAT.
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Monday, 28.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 29.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

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  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
19.10.2026
Live-Online
Booking number: 32269
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
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Monday, 19.10.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 20.10.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

11.03.2027
Stuttgart
Booking number: 4377
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Mittlerer Pfad 25-27, 70499 Stuttgart
Room rate: € 128,31 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
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2 days
Limited number of participants

Thursday, 11.03.2027

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 12.03.2027

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

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  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
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  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
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Booking number: 32269
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
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