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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-25 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-25

Two More Vanity Metrics I Hate

Vanity metrics are everywhere—hours on the phone, miles driven, demo slide counts—but are they creating wins? (Hint: nope.)

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-18 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-18

Beware of This Vanity Metric

Is your team chasing arbitrary pipeline goals just because it “sounds good”? If your numbers aren’t backed by real sales math, you’re creating frustration and failure for your reps.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-11 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-11

Having Deeper Client Conversations

What’s the secret to standing out in a crowded market? It’s not your product. It’s showing your customers that you care about *their* goals and challenges beyond the sale.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-04 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-08-04

Player-Coaches Don't Work

When you turn your sales managers into player-coaches, two things happen: mediocre sales leadership and frustrated reps. Here's why...

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-28 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-28

How to Uncover the Hidden Value

You’re either a strategic partner or just another line item in your customer’s budget. Want to earn insider status? This video gives you the blueprint.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-21 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-21

3 Ways Out of a Sales Slump

When you hit a slump, it’s hard to stay positive. But here’s the truth: action beats hesitation every time.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-14 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-14

Ask Yourself: Who Cares?

You can’t force urgency. But someone in your prospect’s organization stands to gain—or lose—the most if your solution isn’t implemented.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-07 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-07-07

Why You Can't Let Go of a Lost Cause

Hanging on to dead deals in your pipeline? It’s costing you big time.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-30 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-30

When to Give Up on a Deal

You know that deal in your pipeline that’s been dragging on and on... It’s time to be honest: Is this prospect worth it?

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-23 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-23

Use Your Summertime Profitably

Stop using summer as an excuse and start using it as an advantage. When the sun’s out, the smart reps are laying the groundwork for their next big wins.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-17 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-17

My Top Tips - Asking for the Close

Let’s face it: Asking for the business can be terrifying for many sales reps. But here’s a game-changing approach: Start closing early...

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-10 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-10

My Top Tips - Getting Your Call Returned

Tired of your voicemails being ignored, then this video is for you. Learn a simple yet effective technique to dramatically boost the number of return calls from prospects.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-03 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-06-03

My Top Tips - Presenting Value

My three top tips of the last year... Tired of pitches falling flat? Stop selling the 'what' and start selling the 'why'. Watch this video to master turning product features into client wins.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-27 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-27

Don't be Afraid to Admit This

Ever feel the pressure to be the expert on everything? Here’s the truth: customers don’t buy from know-it-alls. They buy from people they trust.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-20 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-20

How to Reduce Your Customer Churn

Cross-selling isn’t just about boosting revenue—it’s the retention strategy you didn’t know you needed. Here's how to make it happen.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-13 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-13

You Need to Ask This

Growing your sales starts with asking for the sale. Sounds easy, right? Yet most sellers avoid the conversation altogether.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-06 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-05-06

It's Not Your CRM - It's You

Let’s stop pretending CRM data isn’t useful. Let's break down why bad data isn’t the real problem and talk about how to use your CRM for deliberate, profitable success.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-29 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-29

Do This Before Every Meeting

Pros don’t gamble, they strategize—and yet so many sales calls fail because there’s no real prep. Here's exactly how to prep.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-23 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-23

How to be Indispensable

Retention drives growth—it’s that simple. But here’s the catch: your customers won’t stick around unless they see the value you bring.

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Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-15 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-04-15

Sharing is Caring - Profitably!

Think back to your last sales kickoff. The speakers, the training—good stuff, right? But the game-changer? It’s the chatter among colleagues.

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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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