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ChatGPT and Sales
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-04-20 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-04-20

ChatGPT and Sales

ChatGPT is one tool we should be adding to our sales toolkit. Why? It will make your sales more efficient and more effective.

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Competitive Differentiation: Selling Value and Negotiation
Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-04-14 Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-04-14

Competitive Differentiation: Selling Value and Negotiation

Selling value and strategic negotiation are critical when it comes to competitive differentiation and sales training. With inflation on the rise today...

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How to Stand Out from the Competition
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-02-09 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-02-09

How to Stand Out from the Competition

If you want to stand out from the competition, it's important to create an apples-to-oranges comparison. Here's what I mean (this will lead to more wins).

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How NOT to Ask Sales Questions
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-02-07 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-02-07

How NOT to Ask Sales Questions

You need to ask strategic sales questions in meetings. However, if not done correctly, you'll quickly be crossing that line between interrogation...

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The Wrong Way to Ask for Referrals
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-12 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-12

The Wrong Way to Ask for Referrals

Referrals are the best way to generate leads. However, most sellers ask for them in a terrible way that produces no results.

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How Not to Talk about the Competition
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-10 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-10

How Not to Talk about the Competition

Never talk about the competition. If someone asks why or how you're better, talk about it in terms of what your customers say about you.

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The Dreaded Price Objection
Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-05 Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-05

The Dreaded Price Objection

We all deal with the dreaded price objection at least once in our sales career. Here's a way I've found works very well to help diffuse that objection.

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The Fool-Proof Way to Get Referrals
Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-03 Prospecting, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2023-01-03

The Fool-Proof Way to Get Referrals

Sales leaders, what's the most effective and very best way to get referrals (it’s easier than you think)? Watch this video to find out!

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Selling Yourself Short?
Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-29 Negotiation and Closing, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-29

Selling Yourself Short?

It’s time to make all intangible value tangible. How do you achieve that? Ask yourself this simple question: Why do they care about that?

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Don't Leave Value on the Table
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-22 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-22

Don't Leave Value on the Table

If you want to differentiate your value and successfully sell in a chaotic market, you have to create an apples-to-oranges comparison.

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Show Up in Force to Win
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-08 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-12-08

Show Up in Force to Win

Team selling has numerous benefits. One of those benefits, in particular, will impress clients and help differentiate yourself from the competition.

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How to Stand Apart
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-24 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-24

How to Stand Apart

HOW you do something is just as important as WHAT you do. Here’s what I mean and why it’s crucial in this chaotic marketplace.

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Quiet Quitting in Sales? Not a Real Thing
Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-11-18 Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-11-18

Quiet Quitting in Sales? Not a Real Thing

Stop worrying about quiet quitting in sales. Focus on performance and on continually attracting and retaining top sellers. When you measure what matters, you...

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Change Your Forecast Now
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-17 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-17

Change Your Forecast Now

Sales leaders, how do you effectively forecast and successfully hit your targets in a chaotic market? Here’s my best advice.

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Stop Commoditizing Yourself
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-10 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-10

Stop Commoditizing Yourself

Stop commoditizing yourself. This is the biggest reason why you’re losing sales and new opportunities to the competition.

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It's Time to Deal with Labor Shortages
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-03 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-11-03

It's Time to Deal with Labor Shortages

I’m sick of businesses using staffing shortages as an excuse for poor performance. Sales teams are no exception, and here’s what they have to change.

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The Secret to Accurate Forecasting
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-25 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-25

The Secret to Accurate Forecasting

For sales leaders, forecasting at the beginning of every quarter is mandatory. There are three ways to effectively accomplish this.

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Stop Losing Where You Should be Winning
Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-10-21 Account Management, Sales Leadership Colleen Francis 2022-10-21

Stop Losing Where You Should be Winning

Losing customers is an age-old problem in sales. But in today’s marketplace—at a time when prices are climbing and supply chains are tight—this issue has...

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Your Single Point of Failure
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-14 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-14

Your Single Point of Failure

What’s the number one reason you lose existing customers? Watch this video to find out and discover the best thing you can do to improve customer retention.

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Ask Yourself: Who Cares?
Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-07 Sales Leadership, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-10-07

Ask Yourself: Who Cares?

Have you asked yourself: who cares? This is the most important question you can ask yourself if you want to differentiate yourself from the competition.

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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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