Selling Through Service

Learning Level: Specialist
Format: Half-Day (3hr)
Delivery: Virtual
Online

When your people can confidently combine exceptional service with commercial awareness, every customer interaction becomes an opportunity to create value, strengthen relationships and contribute to organisational success.  

Your frontline colleagues speak to customers every day. They solve problems, answer questions and build relationships. Yet many miss opportunities to identify additional customer needs because they see service and sales as separate activities. 

This course helps your people understand that great service is one of the most effective sales tools available. By developing confidence, curiosity and commercial awareness, they’ll learn how to recognise opportunities naturally without compromising the customer experience. The result is conversations that feel helpful, relevant and customer-focused rather than transactional or sales-driven. 

Through a coaching-driven, human-centred approach, participants explore how trust, active listening and effective questioning create opportunities to add value for customers. They’ll practise identifying needs, making recommendations and responding to objections in a way that feels authentic and professional. 

Designed specifically for contact centre environments, the course combines practical techniques, discussion and real-world scenarios that can be applied immediately. Your colleagues will leave with a blueprint for success that helps them move beyond metrics, engage customers more effectively and contribute to a culture of accountability where service excellence and commercial outcomes work hand in hand. 

Learning alone does not change culture, application does. That’s why the focus is on practical behaviours that embed quickly and deliver measurable results. 

Ideal for contact centre agents, customer service advisors and other frontline colleagues looking to spot sales opportunities while delivering great customer service. 

Course content

  • Service first mindset Explore how exceptional service creates opportunities for relevant and ethical sales conversations.  
  • Building trust quickly Develop credibility and rapport that encourages customers to share valuable information.  
  • Listening for opportunities Recognise customer cues that reveal needs, challenges and potential solutions naturally.  
  • Effective questioning techniques Use purposeful questions to uncover motivations, priorities and customer expectations.  
  • Understanding customer needs Identify both stated requirements and underlying opportunities through active listening.  
  • Recommending relevant solutions Present products and services that genuinely meet customer circumstances effectively.  
  • Handling objections positively Respond with confidence while maintaining trust and customer satisfaction levels.  
  • Creating value conversations Focus customer discussions on benefits, outcomes and long-term relationship building.  
  • Closing with confidence Gain commitment naturally without pressure through customer-centred conversation techniques.  
  • Embedding everyday behaviours Apply practical habits that improve performance and strengthen commercial awareness. 

Learning outcomes

  • Identify natural opportunities within customer conversations that support service and commercial outcomes. 
  • Build customer trust through communication techniques that encourage engagement and confidence consistently. 
  • Use purposeful questioning methods to uncover customer needs, priorities and potential solutions. 
  • Recommend relevant products and services confidently, creating value for customers and organisations. 
  • Respond positively to objections while maintaining customer relationships, trust and engagement levels. 
  • Balance exceptional customer service with commercial awareness during everyday customer interactions. 
  • Apply practical techniques immediately to improve customer outcomes and business performance. 

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Who should attend?

People supporting customers and spotting opportunities every day.

What will you learn?

Turn everyday service interactions into natural sales opportunities.

How much is it?

£375 +VAT. Members receive a 20% discount.

Format Info

3 hour online workshop, using Zoom.

Group discount

Additional discounts available for group bookings

Who is it for?

People supporting customers and spotting opportunities every day.

Why should you go?

Turn everyday service interactions into natural sales opportunities.

How much is it?

£375 +VAT. Members receive a 20% discount.

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