Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Marketing & Pr

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Sales Skills List in Marketing & Pr

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 47% of Sales job descriptions contained marketing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

marketing
47%
sales
32%
crm
25%
sales team
16%
communication skills
16%
marketing campaigns
13%
b2b sales
13%
digital marketing
13%
events
13%
management
13%
sponsorship sales
13%
social media
10%
seo
10%
content management
10%
ppc
10%
event planning
7%
media
7%
computer literate
7%
ecommerce
7%
live events
7%
product marketing
7%
solution selling
7%
exhibition
7%
creative
7%
cross channel marketing
4%
exceeding targets
4%
channel strategy
4%
marketing executive
4%
marketing manager
4%
sales strategy
4%
campaigns
4%
channel partners
4%
research
4%
indesign
4%
strategies
4%
photoshop
4%
pr
4%
sales administration
4%
media sales
4%
margin
4%
networking
4%
presentations
4%
blog writing
4%
data
4%
reporting
4%
sql
4%
strategy
4%
trends
4%
administrative support
4%
sales & marketing
4%
saas
4%
online marketing
4%
rois
4%
communications
4%
higher education
4%
marketing strategy
4%
amazon
4%
media planning
4%
media strategy
4%
aws
4%
email
4%
direct marketing
4%
marketing coordinator
4%
booking
4%
product management
4%
project management
4%
content development
4%
travel arrangements
4%
website
4%
analysis
4%
customer service
4%
key account management
4%
publishing
4%
analyst
4%
car
4%
diary management
4%
event management
4%
hospitality industry
4%
ms office
4%
venue management
4%
trade shows
4%
bid writing
4%
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