Technology sales & business development

Learn how modern technology companies find customers, understand their needs, demonstrate solutions, manage sales opportunities and close business.

Learn how modern technology companies find customers, understand their needs, demonstrate solutions, manage sales opportunities and close business.

The program focuses on the skills and processes commonly used in customer-facing technology and SaaS sales environments.

Curriculum Highlights

01 — Prospecting & Lead Generation

Learn how modern sales teams identify and approach potential customers.

Students explore target customer profiles, prospect research, outreach strategies, email communication and methods for starting productive sales conversations.

02 — CRM & Pipeline Management

Learn how sales teams organize prospects, opportunities and customer interactions using CRM systems.

Students develop an understanding of sales stages, activity tracking, follow-up processes, pipeline management and maintaining accurate customer records.

03 — Discovery & Qualification

Learn how to uncover what a prospective customer actually needs.

Students practice asking effective questions, identifying business challenges, understanding priorities and determining whether a product or service is a suitable fit.

04 — Product Demonstrations & Solution Selling

Learn how to communicate the value of a technology product clearly.

Students explore product demonstrations, value propositions, customer use cases and techniques for connecting product capabilities to real business problems.

05 — Objection Handling & Negotiation

Develop confidence handling questions, concerns and resistance during the sales process.

Students practice responding to common objections, discussing pricing and value, navigating stakeholder concerns and approaching negotiations professionally.

06 — Closing & Account Development

Understand how opportunities progress from interest to decision.

Students learn closing fundamentals, next-step planning, follow-up strategies and how strong customer relationships may create opportunities for retention and future growth.

Career Pathways & Market Data

Skills developed in the Tech Sales program can be relevant to careers involving business development, technology sales, account management and technical sales.

Sales Engineer

$124,900

Technical & Scientific Sales Representative

$104,920

Wholesale & Manufacturing Sales Representative

$72,080

Advertising Sales Agent

$64,820

Sales Manager

$148,270

* Career and salary information is provided for informational purposes only. Wage figures represent national occupational medians and are not specific to Copper Canyon Institute graduates. Completing this program does not guarantee employment, eligibility for a specific role or any particular level of compensation. Actual requirements and earnings vary by employer, location, education, experience and performance.

Who This Program Is For

Build the skills to sell technology with confidence.

The Tech Sales program is designed for students interested in combining communication, business and technology.

It may be relevant for people interested in careers such as:

What You'll Learn

By the end of the program, students should have a practical understanding of how to:

Find potential customers

Research prospects, identify suitable customer profiles and approach new opportunities professionally.

Manage a sales pipeline

Use CRM concepts and structured follow-up processes to keep opportunities organized.

Conduct discovery conversations

Ask meaningful questions and understand a prospect's challenges, priorities and goals.

Present technology solutions

Explain products clearly and connect features to customer needs and business value.

Navigate objections

Respond constructively to concerns about pricing, timing, competition and product fit.

Negotiate and close

Understand next steps, purchasing decisions and fundamental closing techniques.

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Ready to build a career in tech sales?

Develop practical skills for prospecting, customer conversations, product demonstrations, pipeline management and closing through a focused 12-week Tech Sales program.

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