Sales & Marketing Skills for the Entrepreneur

Course code OPTC 2310

Credit 2.5

Length 40.0 hours

Course outline View

During this course, students focus on sales and marketing concepts including gaining insight into patient behaviour, appealing to a target audience, developing promotional strategies, the art of selling to patient's needs, trust based selling, and building long term relationships to retain a loyal customer base.

Prerequisites

OPTC 1250.

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What you will learn

  • Marketing and promotional strategies
    Identifying target audiences
    Product knowledge and promotion
    Creating a selling environment
    Building rapport
    Building a sale dialogue
    Information gathering
    Making recommendations
    Addressing customer concerns
    Earning a commitment
    Building long-term patient relationships
    Customer retention

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.