Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Course
$278 AUD per person
Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training Course Introduction
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training course is designed as a short-duration course (3 hours) for employees who handle (or are about to handle) sales-related phone calls.
The premium sales skills training taught in this course is aligned with the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA) Contact Centre Quality Standards that have been refined and optimised over three decades to identify the specific behaviours that influence sales results.
It’s also the same framework used to assess the inbound sales performance of contact centres across Australia, with the results published monthly in the Australian Contact Centre Rankings.
Put simply, the course teaches premium call-handling sales skills that are proven to work for any product, service or industry, whether it’s in a contact centre environment or just answering the phone in your workplace (office, warehouse, etc).
It’s based on a sales-from-a-service paradigm that delivers high engagement with your customers (not hard, pushy tactics), resulting in happier customers and more business.
Sales Conversion, Sales Volumes, Customer Satisfaction, Net Promoter Score, Call Quality and Employee Engagement – however you measure your success, are all positively impacted as your employees learn to be more efficient and effective when customers contact your business looking for solutions to their needs.
Delivered over a single 3-hour session, we’ll teach your employees a structured yet natural approach (no scripts!) that encourages them to be themselves and build rapport with customers, delivering an immediate improvement in confidence for your employees and sales results for your business!
Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training Course Fast Facts
Built Specifically for Online/Virtual Training!
This Inbound Phone Sales Essentials course has been expertly adapted for online delivery, using interactive and engaging development methods to maximise trainee engagement and learning outcomes.
With just one dynamic three-hour session, it’s easy to fit into rosters while delivering an immediate boost in employee confidence, engagement, and sales performance.
Prefer face-to-face training? For Melbourne and Victorian-based businesses, we can also deliver this course onsite for your employees (additional costs may apply) – see our private training options below.
Who is this course suitable for?
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training course is suitable for any employees who have discussions with customers over the phone and have an opportunity to sell, whether it’s a product or service, upsell, cross-sell, etc.
The skills we teach are applicable to all industries, products and services!
Typical roles include:
- Office/Administration staff who take orders over the phone or have the opportunity to sell products/services to customers.
- Warehouse employees who handle sales calls from customers.
- Call centre agents working in a sales or service role.
- Customer service staff.
- Telephone account managers.
We also have a range of other courses that may be suitable for sales employees, including:
- Inbound Sales Foundations (a six-hour version of this course delivered over 2 x 3-hour sessions providing time for additional insights and practice into sales skills that deliver results).
- Inbound Phone Sales PRO (the longer version of this course with nine hours of training delivered over 3 x 3-hour sessions to provide more in-depth training and time for additional role-playing and practice to embed the new skills)
- Retail and Hospitality Sales & Service Essentials (includes body language and phone skills if you have in-person/face-to-face customers as well as over the phone).
What your employees will learn:
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials training course is the perfect way to learn the essential phone sales call behaviours and consumer sales psychology required to deliver superior phone experiences and sales outcomes.
There’s plenty of role-playing and practice built in to ensure employees can put their new skills to work with the practice conducted in a safe, fun and welcoming online environment.
At the end of the course, trainees will be provided with a certificate of achievement and be empowered with skills that will stay with them for life!
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials course includes six modules, as outlined below.
1. Sales Psychology and Standards
A short exploration of what customers want and need to make confident buying decisions within a positive sales experience based on decades of research.
Includes an introduction to the five core competencies of the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association’s Contact Centre Quality Standards and how they enable more effective call handling and delivery of premium sales experiences.
2. How to Engage
Your employees will learn how to create a strong first impression and customer focus by showing strong ownership and intent and how to manage expectations to build trust as the foundation for open conversations around their needs.
3. How to Discover Needs
We’ll teach your employees (and practice!) the three critical discovery techniques (as used by the FBI) to more effectively converse, mirror and confirm customer needs and what they wish to achieve through your products and services.
4. How to Educate
Participants will learn how to proactively educate and inform customers about products and services & process information in a manner that makes it easy for them to make confident buying decisions in the moment.
5. How to Close
Employees will learn how to better control and transform the end of their calls to avoid those often awkward, clunky finishes through a simple method of strong final checks, expressions of gratitude and thanks in a warm farewell.
The three techniques for closing calls will be extensively practiced in rapid-fire simulations of the end of various call types in a range of contexts and situations to build greater confidence and expertise in call closing within the session.
6. Energy & Empathy
Most businesses put a lot of time and effort into teaching staff WHAT to say but few have the internal expertise to teach staff the best manner in HOW to say it.
In this fun and engaging module, we will help participants practice proven methods to enhance their vocal delivery with better tone, stronger voice projection and improved clarity.
All essential requirements to be effective in a phone-based sales role.
About Your Trainer
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials training course is facilitated by Simon Blair, one of Australia’s leading Customer Service and Sales trainers.
Simon is a father of 4 and lives in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. His twin girls keep him busy running around following their footy careers (one is an AFLW footballer with Collingwood) and he has a great love of music.
He does land the odd corporate or private gig around town as an acoustic guitarist and singer belting out rock and pop classics.
He has great adventures with his partner Ines, loves the North Melbourne Kangaroos footy team and every now and then escapes into other worlds when playing Dungeon & Dragons with his mates. He likes to call himself a ‘cool nerd’.
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Why Choose CX Skills?
At CX Skills, we focus on what we do best - delivering expert-led training in customer service, customer experience (CX), contact centres, workforce optimisation (WFM/WFO), and workplace wellness. Unlike generic training providers, our courses are developed and facilitated by industry professionals with real-world experience who know what it takes to succeed.
We’re the official training partner of the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA), and we’re a small business, proudly Australian-owned and operated.
Trusted by hundreds of businesses and backed by outstanding customer testimonials, CX Skills ensures your team receives training that is practical, engaging, and designed for real-world success.
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Choose the Training Option That Works Best For You!
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials training course is delivered virtually/online via Zoom.
We offer this course both publicly and privately with the differences outlined below:
🗓️ Public Courses – Convenient, Consistent, and Ready to Go!
Our Inbound Phone Sales Essentials training course is delivered live and online as a single, highly interactive 3-hour session, making it easy to fit into busy schedules while delivering an instant boost in sales performance!
• Fixed Dates & Times: Public course sessions typically run every couple of months, allowing you to plan ahead with ease.
• Consistent Content: Ideal as a default component in your induction program, ensuring every employee receives the same high-quality training.
• Learn & Connect: Your team will benefit from engaging with professionals from other industries, gaining new perspectives and shared insights.
👉 View available public course dates at the bottom of this page!
🔒 Private Course Delivery – Flexible, Tailored, and Business-Specific!
Need more control over the dates, times, and content? Our private course option offers complete flexibility, making it perfect for training larger groups or tailoring the experience to your specific business needs.
• Custom Content: We can incorporate role plays, simulations, and call examples based on your business, rather than using generic scenarios.
• Flexible Scheduling: Choose dates and times that suit your team, with the option for either online or onsite delivery (additional costs may apply depending on location).
• Great for Groups: For larger teams, enjoy exclusive volume pricing to maximise your training investment.
Pricing and Payment Options
The Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training course is $268 per employee ex GST for the entire three hours of high engagement facilitated learning (1 x 3-hour session).
Tickets can be purchased using a credit card or you can request an invoice on checkout (the invoice must be paid in full prior to the course commencing).
Available Discounts
- Save 15% when booking for three or more staff in the same transaction (note: the discount will be applied on the final checkout page, and no other discounts apply).
- ACXPA Members save 25% off all CX Skills courses (including this one), plus membership includes 15 self-paced training courses. Learn More >
- Want to train all your phone-based employees? We offer volume discounts for training large teams. Contact us for customised pricing and availability.
🎟️ Secure Your Spot in the Inbound Phone Sales Essentials Training!
Purchase tickets for your employee(s) for any of the available course dates listed below.
Simply select your preferred date below, then complete your booking instantly with a credit card or choose to request an invoice at checkout.
👉 Don’t miss out—secure your seats today and empower your team with premium sales skills!
New public course dates are published on a regular basis!
March 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials
Online via Zoom Price: $278.00 AUD ex GSTThe March 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials course helps employees build engagement with customers and increase sales opportunities (without the use of scripts!).
May 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials
Online via Zoom Price: $278.00 AUD ex GSTThe May 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials course helps employees build engagement with customers and increase sales opportunities (without the use of scripts!).
June 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials
Online via Zoom Price: $278.00 AUD ex GSTThe June 2025 Inbound Phone Sales Essentials course helps employees build engagement with customers and increase sales opportunities (without the use of scripts!).
This course is available for private bookings!
The course is also available to be delivered privately just for your employees, either onsite or online/virtually, with dates and times to suit you.
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