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The Dreaded Sales Prevention Department
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-08 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-04-08

The Dreaded Sales Prevention Department

Getting rid of Sales Prevention Department habits must be done with methodical execution and focus. Conduct a regularly scheduled working group...

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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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Building Trust With Your Clients
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-09 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-09

Building Trust With Your Clients

This isn't rocket science. Yet, it's unfathomable to me the amount of times this simple advice is ignored by salespeople across the industry.

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Getting Pricing Wrong
Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-08-12 Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-08-12

Getting Pricing Wrong

Last year, at a CEO forum where I was speaking, I was asked if CEOs need to be involved in pricing. Here's what I said:

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Beware of Your Sales Blind Spots
Account Management, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-07-23 Account Management, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-07-23

Beware of Your Sales Blind Spots

No one an unobstructed 360-degree view of their client relationships. Nobody…

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Are You Prepared To Lose Your Biggest Customer?
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-06-22 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-06-22

Are You Prepared To Lose Your Biggest Customer?

It's no secret that losing clients is never a good feeling, but it's also not a big secret that some client losses are felt harder than others.

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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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Use Operational Value To Your Advantage
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-05-11 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-05-11

Use Operational Value To Your Advantage

The best sellers and organizations know how to effectively use operational value to their advantage.

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Don't Forget to Grow Your Accounts!
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-04-29 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-04-29

Don't Forget to Grow Your Accounts!

Amongst your sales efforts, don't forget to grow your accounts!

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The Most Dangerous Sales Number
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-03-02 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-03-02

The Most Dangerous Sales Number

There is a "dangerous" sales number that you need to know about.

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3 Ways to Repel Your Clients
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-04 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-04

3 Ways to Repel Your Clients

As the pandemic continues, client retention is more important than ever before.

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Client Gift Giving Ideas
Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-11-27 Account Management, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-11-27

Client Gift Giving Ideas

We're approaching that time of year.

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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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Why Workshops are Bad for Salespeople
Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-10 Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-10

Why Workshops are Bad for Salespeople

Workshops can be the worst—places for your salespeople to get the training they need. You heard that right…

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Having Too Many Choices Can Cost You Plenty
Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-06-02 Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-06-02

Having Too Many Choices Can Cost You Plenty

Offering too many choices at any stage in the customer lifecycle is a recipe for escalating costs and buyer frustration…

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Close 12 Times More Sales than Your Competition
Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-04-21 Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-04-21

Close 12 Times More Sales than Your Competition

Technology is not a solution but a means to a solution. Do it right and you′ll sell more. A lot more…

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4 Buyer Types – Ignore Them at Your Peril
Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-04-07 Account Management, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-04-07

4 Buyer Types – Ignore Them at Your Peril

Customer used to be a one-size-fits-all word in sales. Today we need to assess the mindset that today′s buyer brings to the sales process…

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Unsticking What's Stuck
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-03-24 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-03-24

Unsticking What's Stuck

Two of the toughest problems that salespeople struggle with are knowing when to recognize a deal is stuck, and understanding what needs to be done next…

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Engage Without Stalking
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-03-10 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-03-10

Engage Without Stalking

I regularly remind people that in sales, there is a fine line between persistence and stalking…

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Take Care of You, Take on the World
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-02-10 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-02-10

Take Care of You, Take on the World

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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.

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