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Do Your Goals Meet this Test?
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-08 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-08

Do Your Goals Meet this Test?

We all have sales targets and goals. The question is, have you made them achievable? Take the test!

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Prospecting Like You Don’t Have a Marketing Department
Account Management, Prospecting Colleen Francis 2023-01-20 Account Management, Prospecting Colleen Francis 2023-01-20

Prospecting Like You Don’t Have a Marketing Department

When it comes to sales prospecting and sales networking, imagine there is no marketing department. In uncertain times, you must double down on...

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Change Your Forecast Now
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-17 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-17

Change Your Forecast Now

Sales leaders, how do you effectively forecast and successfully hit your targets in a chaotic market? Here’s my best advice.

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How to Be Different From Your Competition
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-16 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-09-16

How to Be Different From Your Competition

How can you stand out and be different from your competition? Sitting in on sales team meetings is one of my favourite things to do..

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The Right Outside and Inside Sales Team Structure | Sales Strategies
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-19 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-19

The Right Outside and Inside Sales Team Structure | Sales Strategies

What’s the right outside and inside sales team structure? I recently had a conversation with an exceptional sales leader I work with. We discussed the...

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The Importance of Time Off in Sales | Sales Strategies
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-05 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-08-05

The Importance of Time Off in Sales | Sales Strategies

Don’t underestimate the power and importance of time off in sales. I was on a call the other day with a client of mine who’s a great sales manager. He...

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Positivity in Sales: A Choice, Not a Feeling
Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-29 Goal Setting and Planning, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-07-29

Positivity in Sales: A Choice, Not a Feeling

Positivity in sales is a choice, not a feeling. It doesn’t require much effort to feel worried about the state of the world these days.

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4 Straightforward Sales Goals | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-01-07 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-01-07

4 Straightforward Sales Goals | Sales Strategies

There are four straightforward sales goals that I would like to share with you. They are simple, effective and will help you set the right targets and...

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Don't Forget Your Accomplishments!
Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2021-05-18 Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2021-05-18

Don't Forget Your Accomplishments!

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Goals Without a Plan Are Useless | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-05-07 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-05-07

Goals Without a Plan Are Useless | Sales Strategies

Create the pathway to your goal now. I promise you'll get closer to hitting your goals!

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3 Ways to Repel Your Clients
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-04 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-04

3 Ways to Repel Your Clients

As the pandemic continues, client retention is more important than ever before.

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When It's OK Not To Grow
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-06-09 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-06-09

When It's OK Not To Grow

Sometimes, it's OK for your business and sales not to grow. You read that right.

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Do Less, Achieve More
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-11-28 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-11-28

Do Less, Achieve More

Yes, it is possible to do less and achieve more.

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Are You Giving Up Too Soon? | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-11-01 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-11-01

Are You Giving Up Too Soon? | Sales Strategies

I want you to pay attention to persistence because far too many salespeople give up too early.

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Leverage Top Performers at Your Next Sales Meeting | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-10-11 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-10-11

Leverage Top Performers at Your Next Sales Meeting | Sales Strategies

Here’s an idea for all of you planning your sales kickoffs or big sales meetings with all of your team present.

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Managing Change is the Secret to Unlocking Value | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-09-13 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-09-13

Managing Change is the Secret to Unlocking Value | Sales Strategies

If you start thinking about selling as managing a change management process, it really helps you to speed up sales and set yourself apart from the competition.

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Over-Communicate Your Way to Increased Sales | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-09-06 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-09-06

Over-Communicate Your Way to Increased Sales | Sales Strategies

Over-communicating with a customer helps the customer feel like you're working on their behalf. When you under-communicate or don't say anything at all, the customer assumes you are not doing anything.

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Use Team Selling to Fend Off the Competition | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-08-30 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-08-30

Use Team Selling to Fend Off the Competition | Sales Strategies

When you accomplish this, you increase the likelihood of closing the sale.

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Proactively Managing Your Team's Talent | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-08-09 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-08-09

Proactively Managing Your Team's Talent | Sales Strategies

Far too many sales teams underperform because they have underperforming sales reps in the team. These sales reps need to be replaced.

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What If You Lost Your Biggest Customer? | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-07-26 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2019-07-26

What If You Lost Your Biggest Customer? | Sales Strategies

Customers make decisions that affect us all the time—decisions that we have no control off. However, that doesn't mean your sales have to be down.

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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.

613-730-7700
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colleenfrancis@engageselling.com

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