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VDCI

AI for Sales Professionals

via VDCI

Overview

Practical AI training for sales professionals using Claude. Learn to research prospects, draft proposals, handle objections, and analyze your pipeline with AI, then build a complete Claude system for your sales role.

Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started with Claude AI

  • Explain how Claude works in plain language and identify the model tiers, plans, and interface
  • Understand the context window, how Claude processes information, and when to start new conversations
  • Practice your first Claude conversation using a sales-specific prompt
  • Identify what Claude does well, what it doesn’t, and when human judgment is essential

Module 2: Prompting Fundamentals

  • Apply the five-part prompt framework: context, task, format, constraints, and examples
  • Write effective prompts across five use cases: writing, summarization, analysis, research, and creative problem-solving
  • Recognize and fix common prompting mistakes that produce vague or unusable output
  • Practice prompting with sales scenarios: drafting a prospect follow-up email, summarizing an RFP, and writing a discovery call prep brief

Module 3: Working with Files & Documents

  • Upload and analyze images, PDFs, spreadsheets, and documents directly in Claude
  • Use Claude to extract, compare, and summarize information from uploaded files
  • Work with sales-specific file types: RFPs, proposals, pipeline exports, CRM screenshots, and competitive intelligence reports
  • Complete a hands-on file analysis exercise using provided sales sample documents

Module 4: Projects & Knowledge Bases

  • Explain how Projects use custom instructions and knowledge bases to organize ongoing work
  • Write effective Project instructions that encode your role, audience, format preferences, and rules
  • Upload reference documents and understand how RAG retrieves relevant content
  • Create a sales Project for a major deal pursuit using your company’s solution one-pager, a prospect brief, and a sample proposal

Module 5: Artifacts, Styles, Memory & Usage Management

  • Create reusable deliverables with Artifacts and edit them directly or through conversation
  • Build custom Styles that match your professional communication voice
  • Configure Memory to retain key context about you and your work across conversations
  • Apply usage management techniques to extend your plan value

Taught by

Reid Johnson and David Nguyen

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