This course teaches you how to build a strong online sales system that helps grow your business. You’ll learn how to create a simple website, design with canva, blogging automation with Chat GPT, attract traffic with both SEO & Paid advertising ,to sell more efficiently.
With online shopping growing fast, it’s important to know how to reach and convert customers digitally. This course is perfect for entrepreneurs, marketers, and anyone who wants to boost online sales.
By the end, you’ll be able to set up an automated sales engine that works around the clock, helping you save time and increase revenue.
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1. Understanding the Psychology of Marketing
✔ Why people buy: emotional vs. logical buying decisions
✔ The importance of trust, storytelling, and timing
✔ How to speak directly to what your customer wants
2. Packaging Your Product or Service to Sell
✔ How to define what you’re really selling
✔ Creating simple, easy-to-understand offers
✔ Pricing your service for value and clarity
✔ Offering service packages to suit different clients
3. How to Do Simple Market Research
✔ How to use Google, TikTok, and Facebook to study the market
✔ Finding out what people are searching for
✔ Learning from your competitors
✔ Using online surveys and feedback tools
4. Building a Simple Website That Sells
✔ Choosing a platform (e.g., WordPress)
✔ What to include on your landing page
✔ Writing your content in a way that builds trust
✔ Guiding visitors toward taking action (call, order, subscribe)
5. Designing With Canva – No Experience Needed
✔ Introduction to Canva and how to set up your account
✔ Creating social media posts, banners, and flyers
✔ Basics of branding: choosing your fonts, colors, and layout
✔ Tips to keep your visuals looking professional
6. Making Google Love You – Introduction to SEO
✔ What is SEO and how it helps people find you
✔ Using the right keywords in your website or blog
✔ Optimizing page titles, images, and links
✔ Free tools for keyword research and tracking
7. Blogging with AI to Get Traffic
✔ Why blogging helps build authority
✔ Using AI tools like ChatGPT to write faster
✔ How to choose topics that your audience is searching for
✔ Promoting blog content through social media and messaging apps
8. Advertising on Social Media (Without Wasting Money)
✔ Choosing the right platform (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
✔ Setting a small ad budget and running test campaigns
✔ Writing ad copy that gets attention
✔ Tracking your ad results and improving over time
9. How to Follow Up Without Being Pushy
✔ Building a follow-up system using WhatsApp, email or call
✔ What to say in follow-up messages
✔ Following up without sounding desperate
✔ Tools to automate follow-ups
10. Tracking Your Progress – What’s Working and What’s Not
✔ Simple tools like Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, and Canva reports
✔ Understanding basic numbers: traffic, leads, conversions
✔ Knowing when to change your message, pricing, or design
Bonus Module: Getting Your First 10 Clients
Total time to complete the course (e.g. 2.5 months)
✔ 2 months
c. Time Commitment per Week e.g. 6–8 hours/week
✔ 5–7 hours/week
d. Delivery Format: (please tick the checkboxes)
☐100% Online ☒Hybrid ☐In-person
e. What is the cost:
✔ Ksh 9,000
All Online
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
$3,699 or 2 monthly payments of $1,900
Courses are developed by Cornell faculty.
Gain today’s most in-demand skills to stand apart.
Learn on your schedule without stepping out of your job.
Participate in facilitated discussions and live sessions with industry peers.
Apply learnings and insights to your work to make an impact right away.
Enjoy meaningful feedback on assignments from expert facilitators.

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Module 1: Understanding the Psychology of Marketing
Module 2: How to Do Simple Market Research
Module 3: Packaging Your Product or Service to Sell
Module 4: Designing With Canva – No Experience Needed
Module 5: Building a Simple Website That Sells
Module 6: How to Attract Traffic to your Website
Module 7: How to Analyze & Improve your Online Sales Engine
Why people buy, trust, storytelling, and timing
Research using Google, Facebook, TikTok, surveys, and competition
Defining offers, pricing, and product packaging
Creating visuals, branding basics, and design tips
Platform choice, landing page content, and calls-to-action
Techniques to attract and convert qualified potential clients using Google SEO & Paid Facebook Ads
Measuring sales performance and continuous optimization for growth.
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Ksh 9000