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Don't be a Whiner
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-10-07 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-10-07

Don't be a Whiner

Feeling the cold shoulder from your boss? This video shows how to shift gears from whining to winning by presenting solutions instead of problems.

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3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26

3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace

You must build with the best...and grow with the rest. Here are three skills development activities you must embrace in your organization today.

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When Prices Go Up, Sellers Get Down to Business
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-07-09 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-07-09

When Prices Go Up, Sellers Get Down to Business

As the post-pandemic landscape continues to reveal itself in today’s marketplace, price increases are a defining characteristic…and a pain point for many of us.

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Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-06-11 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-06-11

They Want to Renegotiate…Now What? (Part 3 of 3)

Your mastery of this will put you in a stronger position to be creative, resourceful, and persuasive at the negotiating table.

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Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-28 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-28

They Want to Renegotiate…Now What? (Part 2 of 3)

It can feel like a big, scary problem when your customer starts demanding you renegotiate terms and prices on an existing agreement you have with them.

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Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-14 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-14

They Want to Renegotiate…Now What? (Part 1 of 3)

It occurs in just about every business and it’s happening a lot now: the dreaded call from a buyer who says they need to renegotiate the terms of an...

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Are Your Value Statements Stale? | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-03-26 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-03-26

Are Your Value Statements Stale? | Sales Strategies

Are you sharing the same messages today that you were sharing a year ago with your clients?

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Mastering Value-Based Selling: Personal vs. Operational
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-19 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-19

Mastering Value-Based Selling: Personal vs. Operational

All value-based selling—when done effectively—is about correctly defining the benefits of your product or service based on what matters to your customer.

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Value-Based Selling: Tangible vs. Intangible
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-05 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-05

Value-Based Selling: Tangible vs. Intangible

Value-based selling—when done skillfully—has multiple inputs. Each input redefines how you and your customer see the worth of a product or service.

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Your Sales Team: In Touch With Your Organization?
Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-15 Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-15

Your Sales Team: In Touch With Your Organization?

Is your sales team in touch with your organization?

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Using LinkedIn to Breakthrough and Win | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-06-26 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-06-26

Using LinkedIn to Breakthrough and Win | Sales Strategies

I want to share with you a real-life success story from one of my clients in the oil and gas industry. He started to embrace non-traditional...

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The Difference Between an Objection and a Heckle | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-06-12 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-06-12

The Difference Between an Objection and a Heckle | Sales Strategies

An objection comes after a substantive discussion. It's a legitimate question you have to answer. This objection may arise midway through the sales process...

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Selling During COVID-19: 3 New Rules for Sales Calls | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-04-24 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-04-24

Selling During COVID-19: 3 New Rules for Sales Calls | Sales Strategies

It's absolutely critical that you continue to make sales calls. You just need to reorient your messaging in a way that leads with empathy.

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3 Steps to Double-Digit Sales Growth | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-04-10 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-04-10

3 Steps to Double-Digit Sales Growth | Sales Strategies

A client once reported to me that the work we did with them last year is creating 35% more revenue to the company than it did in previous years.

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The Big Negotiation Mistake Most Sellers Make | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips, Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2020-04-03 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips, Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2020-04-03

The Big Negotiation Mistake Most Sellers Make | Sales Strategies

I’ve found sellers consistently make one mistake: they jump too quickly to lower their price even if they're getting something in return.

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The Simplest Yet Most Difficult Sales Skill | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-31 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-31

The Simplest Yet Most Difficult Sales Skill | Sales Strategies

Silence is one of the simplest things a seller can learn to do, but it is the most difficult for them to execute in the sales process effectively.

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The Critical Sales Call Step You're Probably Missing | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-17 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-17

The Critical Sales Call Step You're Probably Missing | Sales Strategies

Have you ever thought of debriefing your sales calls—the good, bad, or mediocre ones? It’s a great practice to get into.

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The #1 Strategy to Growing Current Accounts | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-10 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2020-01-10

The #1 Strategy to Growing Current Accounts | Sales Strategies

You can’t retain or grow existing customers if you don’t build out multiple contacts inside each account. The first step is to identify the next in command.

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A Simple but Brilliant Account Management Strategy | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-11-29 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-11-29

A Simple but Brilliant Account Management Strategy | Sales Strategies

I know this sounds simplistic, but it is amazing how many sellers don’t check and use these markers as the KPIs for the first few months of the customer.

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Why Top Performers Are Team Sellers | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Prospecting, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-10-18 Observations from the ..., Prospecting, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-10-18

Why Top Performers Are Team Sellers | Sales Strategies

Top performers trust other people in the organization to help them manage and sell to customers.

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Colleen Francis works your most important deals alongside the people who own them — accelerating what should close, expanding what has room to grow, cutting what isn't worth the cycles. Leadership gets a forecast it can trust. The team keeps the discipline for every deal after.

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1-877-364-2438 (toll-free)
colleenfrancis@engageselling.com

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