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4 Habits That Feel Productive and Close Nothing
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-09-07 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-09-07

4 Habits That Feel Productive and Close Nothing

In our Closing Room sessions I watch sellers confuse efficiency with effectiveness in the same four ways. Every one of them feels like progress, and not one of them moves a deal.

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Your Stakeholder Is Ghosting You…Now What?
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-08-17 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-08-17

Your Stakeholder Is Ghosting You…Now What?

Sellers keep telling me the same thing: we can't get in front of the stakeholder. Here's why calling almost anyone else in that building beats sending one more email.

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Doing Your Team Meetings Wrong?
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-05-27 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-05-27

Doing Your Team Meetings Wrong?

Meeting monthly for status updates? Why bother? Instead you need short, sweet weekly meetings. Here's what to cover...

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The Best Way to Sabotage Your Renewals
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-05-22 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-05-22

The Best Way to Sabotage Your Renewals

Treating your customers like an ATM, only showing up when you need cash, is a sure-fire way to lose their renewals. Let's break the cycle...

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It's Time to Prioritize the Sales Data
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-03-18 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2024-03-18

It's Time to Prioritize the Sales Data

Closing deals shouldn't be a guessing game—it's all about the data! See the numbers that top closers rely on numbers to seal the deal.

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Intangible Benefits Aren’t
Account Management Colleen Francis 2022-08-12 Account Management Colleen Francis 2022-08-12

Intangible Benefits Aren’t

Are you converting intangible benefits into tangible ROI? Your ability to master this skill determines whether you’ll consistently be successful...

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3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-26

3 Skills Development Activities You Must Embrace

You must build with the best...and grow with the rest. Here are three skills development activities you must embrace in your organization today.

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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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Why Team Selling Works | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-17 Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-17

Why Team Selling Works | Sales Strategies

Here's how team selling will help you get buyers in the room, build a critical mass of stakeholders, and close the business faster.

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Are You Still Selling Like It’s 1982?
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-10 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-10

Are You Still Selling Like It’s 1982?

Did you know closing ratios on deals that employ traditional selling methods (e.g., cold calls and direct mail) have not changed since the 1980s?

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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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Your Buyer Is Asking Themselves These 3 Questions | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-19 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-19

Your Buyer Is Asking Themselves These 3 Questions | Sales Strategies

I want to highlight three important questions that buyers are asking themselves right now. Knowing how to deal with these three questions will help you...

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Hunters vs. Farmers: Making It Work | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-10-08 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-10-08

Hunters vs. Farmers: Making It Work | Sales Strategies

Documentation, a strong CRM, and a standard operating procedure are indeed critical if you want to make this hunter and farmer structure work. 

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Don't Get Trapped by Your Ideal Client | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-09-24 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-09-24

Don't Get Trapped by Your Ideal Client | Sales Strategies

To ensure your success in future volatile markets, it’s important to create this ideal client spectrum and build a well-balanced portfolio and pipeline.

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Do Your Prospects Trust Themselves? | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-09-10 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-09-10

Do Your Prospects Trust Themselves? | Sales Strategies

Implement these three simple referral strategies and your buyers’ trust will increase and they will feel more confident in their abilities to make a decision.

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Don't Lead With Fear
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-17 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-08-17

Don't Lead With Fear

You've probably heard some of the buzz around leading with fear.

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You Must Own Your Profession
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-08-06 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-08-06

You Must Own Your Profession

Don’t let someone else’s routine serve as a flimsy replacement for the work you must do in defining your needs as a sales performer.

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Generalizing from a Negative can Sabotage Your Mindset | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-07-02 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-07-02

Generalizing from a Negative can Sabotage Your Mindset | Sales Strategies

Changing your mindset to really focus on specific positives will help ensure that you continue to win based on what you're good at.

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Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-28 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-05-28

They Want to Renegotiate…Now What? (Part 2 of 3)

It can feel like a big, scary problem when your customer starts demanding you renegotiate terms and prices on an existing agreement you have with them.

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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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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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