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3 Health Tests for Your Opportunity
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-24 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-24

3 Health Tests for Your Opportunity

How healthy is your pipeline—really? In this short video, I walk you through three simple tests to diagnose whether a deal is strong, stalled, or slipping away.

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The One Question for Every Opportunity
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-03 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-03

The One Question for Every Opportunity

If you want to rescue a stalled deal, ask this one question. It’s simple—but it can change the entire conversation. Find out what it is and why it works.

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Muscle-Up Your Prospecting
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-29 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-29

Muscle-Up Your Prospecting

You must treat prospecting like a muscle that you exercise and flex every day.

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4X Pipeline Is The New Normal
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-15 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-15

4X Pipeline Is The New Normal

The old “2–3X pipeline” rule is dead. In today’s market, 4X is the new normal. Here’s why your future success depends on it.

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Don't Wait to Do This!
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-12-09 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-12-09

Don't Wait to Do This!

Planning isn't just for New Year's resolutions—it's a year-round habit of top sales pros. Why thinking ahead can be your secret weapon for sales success.

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You Don’t Just "Build" a Sales Pipeline
Prospecting, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2024-04-23 Prospecting, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2024-04-23

You Don’t Just "Build" a Sales Pipeline

These continue to be uncertain times - you can't afford to rebuilt your pipeline every quarter. Here are six field-tested ways to maintain a perpetual flow of opportunities...

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2 Ways to Build Pipeline Right Now
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-22 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-22

2 Ways to Build Pipeline Right Now

We all know the importance of building a solid pipeline, and I have two incredible success stories to share with you. Take these lessons and apply them to your own business...

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2 Sales Pipeline Tips for Uncertain Times
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-03 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-04-03

2 Sales Pipeline Tips for Uncertain Times

How do you successfully sell in today's uncertain market Use these 2 strategies to de-risk your pipeline and give the prospect the confidence to close.

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Your Most Critical Sales Skill
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-01-22 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-01-22

Your Most Critical Sales Skill

If you make one change this year - do this. It is the single most important thing you can do to fill your pipeline and crush your targets!

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This Pipeline Metric Can Dramatically Impact Your Results | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-06-18 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-06-18

This Pipeline Metric Can Dramatically Impact Your Results | Sales Strategies

I want you to pay attention to this often misunderstood or missed pipeline metric. People don't pay attention to it very often.

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The Missing Step in Account Management
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-06-15 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-06-15

The Missing Step in Account Management

There's a step that's commonly missing in account management planning. Do you know what it is?

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Your Buyer is Out of Sync with Your Sales Process | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-06-04 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-06-04

Your Buyer is Out of Sync with Your Sales Process | Sales Strategies

Nothing causes you to lose a sale more than being out of sync with your buyer when it comes to your sales process. Thus, how do you prevent that?

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Building a Buyer-Focused Pipeline
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-04 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-04

Building a Buyer-Focused Pipeline

Today, your customer sees you—the seller—before you see them. That means we no longer live in a sell-to marketplace. It’s a buy-from world now.

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Building a Buyer-Verified Pipeline (Part 2 of 2)
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-02 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-02

Building a Buyer-Verified Pipeline (Part 2 of 2)

Your greatest sales success will come when you stop using seller-focused pipelines in your sales process.

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Building a Buyer-Verified Pipeline
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-19 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-19

Building a Buyer-Verified Pipeline

In earlier times—let’s call it 2018—it was common for sellers to be exclusively in control of their sales pipeline.

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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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Slow Markets Don't Have to Mean Slow Sales
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-12-10 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-12-10

Slow Markets Don't Have to Mean Slow Sales

When all signs are pointing to your market slowing down, it's important that you don't give in to a “slow down” mindset!

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Don't Enter The New Year Without Doing This
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-12-05 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2019-12-05

Don't Enter The New Year Without Doing This

You can't afford to enter the new year without doing this.

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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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The 3 Biggest Sales Engagement Myths
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-11-15 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-11-15

The 3 Biggest Sales Engagement Myths

Social media has dramatically changed how sellers interact with prospects and clients. However, this change has left many behind…

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

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