Madecraft

A Sales Expert's Guide to Overcoming Objections

Madecraft

A Sales Expert's Guide to Overcoming Objections

This course is part of Modern Sales Skills Specialization

Madecraft

Instructor: Madecraft

Access provided by Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Respond to any sales objection with empathy, structure, and confidence instead of defensiveness.

  • Apply proven techniques to identify decision makers, qualify buying intent, and close more sales.

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11 assignments¹

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September 2026

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There are 8 modules in this course

Your mindset shows up in your voice before you ever hear an objection. In this module, you'll reframe objections as normal customer questions and build the pricing confidence that keeps hesitation from creeping into your pitch.

What's included

3 videos1 assignment

You can't out-argue an objection you don't understand, and you can't defuse one you never saw coming. In this module, you'll track your own most common objections, respond to them with empathy instead of defensiveness, and lead with relationship-driven discovery so fewer objections come up in the first place.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

Prospects can feel it within seconds when a conversation is about you instead of them. In this module, you'll redirect conversations toward your prospect's story, adopt a mindset that removes the pressure to win every sale, and apply empathy the moment an objection lands so you protect the relationship either way.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

Somewhere in the back of your mind, you might believe your product, your industry, or your market is the exception where objections work differently. In this module, you'll recognize why objections show up everywhere sales happens, and you'll adapt your conversational style to match how each prospect naturally prefers to communicate.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Price, timing, need, and authority: almost every stall you'll ever hear boils down to one of these four. In this module, you'll recognize these four common objections, apply a price-perspective technique that reframes value before you ever name a number, and uncover what a prospect is really hesitating about before you let them go.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

By the time a prospect tells you "I don't need this" or "I'm not the one who decides," the moment to prevent that objection has usually already passed. In this module, you'll uncover unmet needs early through discovery, know exactly what to do when you're not talking to the decision maker, and gauge a prospect's real buying intent before you invest your full pitch.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

A string of no's can make you want to stop reaching out altogether, right when reaching out is the only thing that actually works. In this module, you'll track a controllable daily goal instead of measuring yourself by each yes or no, and you'll keep talking to the next person instead of letting a hard no become a reason to stop.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Every sales conversation you have from here forward comes down to one choice: push for the sale, or earn enough trust that the prospect chooses it themselves. In this module, you'll bring the course's techniques together and commit to an empathy-first approach that makes you a trusted advisor instead of just another vendor.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

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