Sjællands Erhvervsakademi

Sales in practice, off & online (Roskilde – English)

2025/2026
Danish title
Sales in practice, off & online (Roskilde – English)
Study programme
Marketing Management
Level of education
Academy Profession
Semester location
3. Semester
Subjects duration
1 semester
ECTS
10
Programme element
Elective
Language of instruction
English
Start time of / lesson
Autumn
Location
Roskilde
Subject code
45009008
Subject responsible
Daniel Præstbro Nielsen
Helle Thomsen
  • Content and learning outcomes
    Sales is one of the most important disciplines in order for you to achieve success in your business. The salesperson must have the right skills and competences to create the right solutions for the customers – and by doing that create good relationships with the customers. This applies to Personal Selling, Social selling and Web.
    The purpose of this elective is to train you in optimizing the return on your sales efforts by providing you with the practical tools and sales techniques that will help you create success as a salesperson. Even if you don't want to use sales in a professional job, you often need to sell messages to others. This applies, for example, at exams, at job interviews or when you communicate with others on a daily basic.
    Make your own Website in WordPress (WP).
    Each student pays themselves approximately 200 DKK to gain a domain name and hosting.
  • Learning objectives
    Knowledge
    The student will have:
    • Knowledge of how to run a sales organization
    • Understanding about the changing role of Personal Selling
    • Knowledge about how to write on the internet (Guidelines on how to do that)
    • Knowledge about graphic Design Essentials (Design, Fonts, Composition)
    • Knowledge about SoMe: Social selling online (hands on, how to do it in practice)
    • Understanding of Websites: How to make your own Website in WP (hands on)
    Skills
    The student will be able to:
    • Assess and apply relevant theory about sales Management and different kinds of leadership
    • Assess and apply relevant theory about sales psychology, sales training, value proposition, sales pitch
    • Be challenged and trained in cross border selling
    • Apply relevant theory about SoMe: How to write Organic post online
    • Apply relevant theory about SoMe: How to make Paid ads online
    • Apply relevant theory about Website: How to make your own website in WP(WordPress)
    Competences
    The student will be able to:
    • Identify which kind of work a sales department do
    • Identify what is required of a key account salesperson
    • Prepare for before doing cross border sales
    • Create SoMe pages: Make your own FB, company site
    • Create SoMe posts and ads: Make your own organic post + paid ads online)
    • Create Websites: Make your own website and personal branding online.
  • Exam
    Sales in practice, off & online exam
    Requirement for access to the exam
    None
    Elective exam
    Yes
    Type of exam
    Oral examination
    There will be a number of smaller portfolio tasks (individual and group assignments) that are mandatory tocomplete and submit in order to be eligible for the exam. Submissions must be made in Wiseflow 10 days before the oral exam. Failure to meet the prerequisites means that the student cannot participate in the exam, and an exam attempt has been used.
    Preparatory time
    No preparation
    Duration
    30 minuts
    ECTS
    10
    An assignment will be handed out in connection with the exam
    No
    Individual exam or group exam
    Individual
    Exam languages
    English
    Aid
    All aids
    Grading scale
    7-point grading scale
    Type of evaluator
    Internal censure
    Assessment criteria
    The exam is internally assessed, and an individual grade is given according to the 7-point grading scale. The assessment is based on the learning objectives for the elective course.
    Temporal location
    3. Semester
    By the end of the elective course (expected December/early January).
    Opportunity to apply for special conditions
    Read more about special conditions on -> Moodle
    Re-examination and re-examination due to illness
    Same rules apply as for the ordinary examination
    The re-examination and exam due to illness correspond to the regular exam format.