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Time-Based Branding: It Starts With What You Offer
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-23 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-23

Time-Based Branding: It Starts With What You Offer

You must make it as easy as possible for people to do more business with you: saving them time while reinforcing their confidence and trust in your brand.

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Stop Delaying Things!
Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-15 Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-10-15

Stop Delaying Things!

The shorter you can make this time period, the less likely you are to lose the sale.

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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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Reconsider Your Right Turns
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-09-07 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-09-07

Reconsider Your Right Turns

sales leaders have a tendency of relying on time-honored habits - at their peril…

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I Can't Fix YOU
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-08-24 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-08-24

I Can't Fix YOU

I’ve stopped more than one CEO in their tracks when they’ve said: I need you to fix a sales problem I have…

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Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Sales-Cycle Speed
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-07-13 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-07-13

Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Sales-Cycle Speed

These three must-do tactics will dramatically speed your sales cycles…

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Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Closing Ratio
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-29 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-29

Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Closing Ratio

When it comes to your win/loss rate, critical facts from the qualification stage will define your success…

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Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Deal Size
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-15 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-15

Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Deal Size

We've talked about ensuring you have the right number of opportunities - now let's make sure we are focussing the right deals…

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Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Opportunities
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-01 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-06-01

Putting Sales Velocity into Action: Opportunities

Measuring how fast your team is making sales and earning revenue starts with opportunities in your pipeline…

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Your Sales Velocity: Why It Matters
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-05-18 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-05-18

Your Sales Velocity: Why It Matters

Sales velocity is one of your most important measures of success…

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What to Do When Your Client Is Leaving
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-05-04 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-05-04

What to Do When Your Client Is Leaving

Anticipating loss is a vital part of your growth strategy. That's only half of it…

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Earth to Sellers: Get Real about Social Media
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-04-06 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-04-06

Earth to Sellers: Get Real about Social Media

No matter who you are in sales, you need to go where the customers are…

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The Sales Leadership "Right Stuff"
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-03-23 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-03-23

The Sales Leadership "Right Stuff"

To be a sales leader all-star, you have to master these skills…

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Selfishness Doesn’t Sell: Be Generous with Your Team
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-02-09 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-02-09

Selfishness Doesn’t Sell: Be Generous with Your Team

The way you treat your team has a direct impact on their results. Take this self-exam…

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The Return on Corporate Generosity
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-01-26 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2019-01-26

The Return on Corporate Generosity

Generosity isn't altruism: you're doing this because you help yourself by helping others…

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The Measures that Matter
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-29 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-29

The Measures that Matter

Don't be distracted by vanity metrics, these three performance measures are where you need to focus…

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Measure What Matters
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-15 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-15

Measure What Matters

We live in the age of unlimited data but measuring the wrong things will jeopardize your most important sales goals…

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Sellers Dilemma: It's Not What You Think
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-01 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-12-01

Sellers Dilemma: It's Not What You Think

Keep your head down and focus on the pipeline or keep your head up and spot new opportunities?

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Why Sales People Lie to their Clients
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-08-25 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-08-25

Why Sales People Lie to their Clients

While politicians today may be the single most untrusted profession, sales people are not far behind…

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In Praise of Micromanagers
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-08-11 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-08-11

In Praise of Micromanagers

Micromanaging isn't just good - in fact it is essential for sales success…

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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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