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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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2 Reasons Why Video Conferencing Is Here to Stay | Sales Strategies
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2 Reasons Why Video Conferencing Is Here to Stay | Sales Strategies

I encourage you to reduce your live weekly sales meetings and implement more weekly video meetings.

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Get Critical Mass Influence Working for You Now
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-23 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-23

Get Critical Mass Influence Working for You Now

More than ever, you need a proven approach to sustain your business now and position it for success in the economic recovery that’s coming.

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Anticipate the Unexpected: It’s Your Job!
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-16 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-16

Anticipate the Unexpected: It’s Your Job!

“We didn’t see it coming.” That’s what an exasperated client of mine said to me recently when they lost not one, but two big accounts due to unforeseen...

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Never Let Your Pipeline Run Dry
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-15 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-04-15

Never Let Your Pipeline Run Dry

These days, my clients are concerned about two significant barriers holding them back from hitting their sales targets. You’re likely facing these as well.

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Sell Like an Incumbent Even When You’re Not
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-16 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-16

Sell Like an Incumbent Even When You’re Not

Your ongoing success in sales hinges on your ability to continually convert new prospects into buyers. That’s why you must position yourself pre-emptively...

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The Critical Mistake Sales Managers Make | Sales Strategies
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The Critical Mistake Sales Managers Make | Sales Strategies

The most successful organizations I work with right now are nimble.

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How Managing Is Done Now
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-05 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-03-05

How Managing Is Done Now

Too many leaders today are still stuck in a “behind the desk” mindset. They fixate on managing data rather than on managing their relationships with people.

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Every Seller Has to Own the Story | Sales Strategies
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Every Seller Has to Own the Story | Sales Strategies

I want to highlight an important coaching technique that you should be practicing with every single one in your sales team: owning the story.

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Rethinking Your Personal Habits
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-22 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-22

Rethinking Your Personal Habits

Let’s talk about personal habits—especially those that were once familiar for you, and find how to leverage the right ones amid all the change you’ve had to...

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Sales Managers: Get Out from Behind Your Desk | Sales Strategies
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Sales Managers: Get Out from Behind Your Desk | Sales Strategies

As sales managers, you can’t solve your team and company’s problems if you're not talking to customers directly.

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Your Success Mindset in Uncertain Times
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-08 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-08

Your Success Mindset in Uncertain Times

In my work with top sellers globally, I see three defining characteristics of a transformative success mindset that are made for these times. 

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Know the Different Types of Customer Value | Sales Strategies
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Know the Different Types of Customer Value | Sales Strategies

Transition your product training into value training. This will help you close more business and change the conversation dynamic you are having with your...

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Beware of All That’s Familiar in Selling Now
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-12-18 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-12-18

Beware of All That’s Familiar in Selling Now

These three golden rules will break your habit of sticking with what’s familiar and safe and will open your team up to a more dynamic way of working together...

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Getting in Front of Prospects Today | Sales Strategies
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Getting in Front of Prospects Today | Sales Strategies

The biggest challenge sales leaders are reporting to me right now is how to get their salespeople in front of buyers.

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Get Ready Now for the Future of Sales
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-12-04 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-12-04

Get Ready Now for the Future of Sales

Recognize what’s changing in the marketplace and the vital role that your youngest sellers can play in helping you to steadily adapt.

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Tips for a Successful Sales Kickoff | Sales Strategies
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Tips for a Successful Sales Kickoff | Sales Strategies

I would like to share with you creative tips on how you can execute an effective sales kickoff in this virtual/hybrid environment.

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How to Set Sales Targets in Uncertain Times
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-11-20 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-11-20

How to Set Sales Targets in Uncertain Times

Salespeople, business leaders, and shareholders thrive on having reliable and realistic sales targets. Without them, you can’t possibly gauge performance.

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Customers Don't Want to Deal With You | Sales Strategies
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Customers Don't Want to Deal With You | Sales Strategies

Recently, Gartner shared intriguing research to a group of us sales experts. Their research, in particular, reveals that when it comes to highly complex...

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Putting a Stop to Delayed Deals Is Your Job
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-11-10 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2020-11-10

Putting a Stop to Delayed Deals Is Your Job

Here’s what you must do to ensure stuck deals don’t sink your career and your business.

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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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