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Salesforce via Coursera Professional certificate

Salesforce Sales Development Representative

Overview

If you’ve always wanted a rewarding career, the tech sales industry may be the path for you. If you’re an ambitious problem-solver who likes to win, you’ll find tech sales not only fulfilling, but lucrative as well. As the tech industry continuously introduces innovative services and products, tech sales roles have become more crucial than ever. SDRs are in the front lines of the tech biz, connecting with customers and clients, and coming up with the smartest solutions for their problems. Sales Development Representatives aren’t just important to the business — they’re essential.

Tech sales will be a gratifying career if you’re looking to pivot career paths, or if you have previous experience in retail sales, but want to take that experience to a totally new level in tech. Do you enjoy engaging with customers? Do you need to be immersed in a value-driving, stimulating industry that’s constantly giving you new, exciting challenges? Would you like to thrive in a high-energy environment that’s collaborative and data-driven? Then it sounds like Tech Sales is for you.

Your next job could be at one of SV Academy’s 400+ high-growth employer partners. Top companies like Survey Monkey, InsideView, Vimeo, Handshake, Gainsight, or Palo Alto Networks, are hiring Sales Development Representatives in the U.S. for revenue-generating roles. No experience in tech or sales is required to pursue a new, awesome career in Tech Sales. This Professional Certificate is where you start.

Courses in this professional certificate 5

  1. Groundwork for Success in Sales Development
  2. Foundations for Interviewing with Confidence
  3. Conversational Selling Playbook for SDRs
  4. Boosting Productivity through the Tech Stack
  5. Practical Guide to Navigating Professional Relationships

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
  • A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
  • Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (5 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

  • Paid after a 7-day free trial (Coursera Plus or per course).
  • Some courses can be audited for free, but graded work and certificates need payment.

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This course is paid. Here is how to take it for free

  • Free trials: You can start a 7-day free trial for many individual courses, Specializations, or a Coursera Plus subscription to test full course features. Cancel before the seventh day if you do not want to be charged.
  • Financial aid: If you cannot afford the fee for a certificate, you can apply for financial aid through the link on the course home page by filling out an application about your background and goals.

Salesforce is in Tier 3: good universities, respected companies, nonprofits and well-known teachers of our institution ranking (78/100).

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