AIB - Relationship Selling to Small Business Customers  

AIB - RELATIONSHIP SELLING TO SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS

Course Description: 
Relationship Selling to Small Business Customers covers how to apply foundational sales skills when selling banking products to small business owners. Using your skills effectively will help the customer see that, in the long run, he or she will save money, increase revenues, and run a business more smoothly. You are making a commitment to your customer to find the best way to solve his or her problem.

Audience:  Bank personnel who are new to the small business market and who are responsible for selling bank products and services to small business customers.  It is suggested that participants take Fundamentals of Small Business Banking before enrolling in this course.

Learning Objectives:  After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify the six steps in the relationship selling process

  • Use rapport-building techniques to establish a professional relationship with the small business customer

  • Interview small business customers by using open-ended and closed-ended questions to identify needs

  • Identify where a customer is in the business life cycle and the business operating cycle

Prerequisites:  There are no prerequisites for this course, but it is suggested that participants take Fundamentals of Small Business Banking before enrolling in this course.

Course Credits:  AIB credits: .25;  ICB credits:  2.5

Delivery Methods:  This course is available in the following formats:

For further information, please call Elisa Legg at 212-297-1679 or elegg@nyba.com.

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