Colleen’s Blog

You cannot grow your business with a particular client if you're relying on a singular point of information. Growth comes from not only the quality of contacts, but also your quantity of contacts in a particular organization.

Are you pushing the sale too hard with your prospects and clients? Look, we all know sales is about persistence. Sometimes though, sellers don't know when to slow down on that persistence and actually repel the client away.

Sure, you've probably read numerous articles online dedicated to helping you make more sales. You've probably seen just as many videos dedicated to being healthy. Rarely though, are the two concepts ever fused. Yet, paying attention to your health and well-being is one of the most important habits you can instil to maximize your results.

It's a common scenario, and it kills proposals.

A bad apple spoils the bunch? Not so fast. I often hear one of these familiar whines: "Colleen, it's different around here..." "Colleen, what you need to know about our market is..." "Colleen, it's unique here..."

Have you ever put together a sales strategy which you believed to be near flawless, only to see it fail in the long run? In my years of consulting, I have rarely (and I mean rarely!) come across a seriously flawed sales strategy. However, I have come across many (and I mean many!) sales strategies which ultimately fail. So, what’s the missing link? If most sales strategies are sound and concrete, why do so few of them make a lasting impact?