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Certificate in Advertising Sales

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Advertising Sales

About Advertising Sales
Advertising Sales is a specialized sales function that is responsible for selling advertising space for revenue generation. Advertising sales, similar to a sales process involves the following steps -

  • Shortlisting potential clients
  • Contacting potential clients
  • Making sales presentations
  • Maintaining client accounts


Advertising sales have seen tremendous growth with the rise of new age media of internet and internet advertising. Media companies including newspapers, radio, and television, also seek advertising sales professionals to augment their advertising revenues.

Why is Advertising Sales important?
Advertising sales is an essential part of sales of media organizations like magazines, television, and radio. Companies engaged in outdoor and indoor advertising companies also seek advertising sales professionals or representatives.

Advertising sales have gained prominence with the new age of social media marketing and internet advertising. Advertising sales professionals are in great demand for addressing and exploring this new market.

Who should take the Advertising Sales Exam?
The certificate in Advertising Sales helps advertising professionals engaged in selling advertising space across the industry is better skilled in sales.

The exam assesses and certifies your selling skills and application of sales techniques to persuade clients and increase sales for the organization.


Advertising Sales Certification Course Outline

1. Sales Basics
2. Sales Management
3. Advertising Management
4. Integrated Communication
5. Advertising Sales


Certificate in Advertising Sales FAQs

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.

No there is no negative marking

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.