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Burn the Churn
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-11-12 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-11-12

Burn the Churn

Staying on top of your churn rate is vital to your success as a high-performance seller or as a leader of a team.

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What Loyal Customers Demand
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-08-14 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-08-14

What Loyal Customers Demand

Loyalty’s not extinct—it’s just got new rules. Forget hats, donuts, and shared rituals. Today, it’s all about the concrete value you offer. Are you delivering?

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The Secret to Breaking Out of a Sales Slump
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2022-07-26 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2022-07-26

The Secret to Breaking Out of a Sales Slump

Trying to motivate a member of your sales team to break out of a sales slump? No matter their skill level, ambition, and work ethic, even the best...

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Are You Solving the Wrong Sales Problem?
Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-28 Observations from the ..., Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-28

Are You Solving the Wrong Sales Problem?

Could you be solving the wrong sales problem? Is the culprit behind a lack of sales the real issue, or an easy "scapegoat" which is masking the real problem?

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6 Ways to Handle Price Increases Like a Sales Pro
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-17 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-17

6 Ways to Handle Price Increases Like a Sales Pro

Discover six ways to handle price increases like a sales pro! Price increases are a big part of life now, but most sellers can’t be like the local...

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Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-03 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-06-03

Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow

How do you retain more accounts as you grow? Collecting and analyzing sales data indiscriminately is like endlessly tossing buckets of coins into a...

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Win More Business With This Strategy | Sales Strategies
Account Management, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-04-01 Account Management, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-04-01

Win More Business With This Strategy | Sales Strategies

Getting time on your side is a powerful strategy that will help you win more business! What do I mean by “getting time on your side”?

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4 Prospecting Habits for Success
Prospecting Colleen Francis 2022-03-29 Prospecting Colleen Francis 2022-03-29

4 Prospecting Habits for Success

Let’s look a bit closer at those daily prospecting habits. There are four simple things you can do each day to refine those skills.

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Graduate From Trusted Advisor to Object of Interest | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-12-03 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-12-03

Graduate From Trusted Advisor to Object of Interest | Sales Strategies

Customers don't want trusted advisors. They don't want partners. Those presuppose that you're on the outside. What they're really looking for...

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What's Your Client Backup Plan?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-11-23 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-11-23

What's Your Client Backup Plan?

You cannot grow your business with a particular client if you're relying on a singular point of information.

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There is No Excuse For This...
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-05 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-05

There is No Excuse For This...

When it comes to objections, there is no reason you should be unprepared to handle them.

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NEVER Hire These Candidates
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-30 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-30

NEVER Hire These Candidates

Beginning another phase of recruiting or simply want to increase your hiring success?

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Get Clear on Your Prospecting
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-28 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-28

Get Clear on Your Prospecting

Are you clear on your prospecting?

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Make More Sales by...Being Healthy?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-23 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-23

Make More Sales by...Being Healthy?

Paying attention to your health and well-being is one of, if not the most important habit you can instill to maximize your results.

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Top Sellers Treat Prospects Like This...
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-07 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-07

Top Sellers Treat Prospects Like This...

How much attention are you paying to the way your sales team is engaging with their buyers?

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Loyalty Is Your Job, Not Theirs
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-09-03 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-09-03

Loyalty Is Your Job, Not Theirs

“Buyers have changed and loyalty’s dead now. Customers don’t care about the relationship anymore!” I’ve been hearing that whine a lot from sellers.

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Getting Your Sales Calls Returned
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-20 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-20

Getting Your Sales Calls Returned

Getting sales calls returned is almost always on a salesperson's mind.

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Where Are Your Pinch Points?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-03 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-03

Where Are Your Pinch Points?

A lack of speed kills sales.

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Why Sales Strategies Fail
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-07-29 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-07-29

Why Sales Strategies Fail

Have you ever put together a sales strategy which you believed to be near flawless, only to see it fail in the long run?

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Don't Be Afraid of Your Pricing
Negotiation and Closing, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-07-13 Negotiation and Closing, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-07-13

Don't Be Afraid of Your Pricing

Want to know the easiest way to lose control of the sales process?

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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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