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Don't Close Sales!
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-09-01 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-09-01

Don't Close Sales!

Did you just do a double take? Stop trying to close sales...isn't that counter-productive to our sales success?

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Planning to Enter a New Territory: Understand the Ground
Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-29 Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-29

Planning to Enter a New Territory: Understand the Ground

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Pick Up the Phone and Speak to Your Team
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-28 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-28

Pick Up the Phone and Speak to Your Team

Your sales calls are important, but are you picking up the phone and speaking with your team as well?

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Growth Diagnostics on The Screen to Screen Selling Show
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-27 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-27

Growth Diagnostics on The Screen to Screen Selling Show

I was recently interviewed by Doug Devitre on his Screen to Screen Selling Show. We discussed a variety of "Nonstop Sales Boom" creating practices, and here were the key takeaways:

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Better Sleep Means a Better Sales Leader
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-25 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-25

Better Sleep Means a Better Sales Leader

Your health and wellness are important factors to consider if you want to increase your sales.

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Sales Tips: Hire Right and Fire Fast
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-21 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-21

Sales Tips: Hire Right and Fire Fast

Don't hang on to poor performers. You may think that a rep who is "just getting by" isn't hurting your business, but I beg to differ.

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Are You Selling Yourself Short?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-20 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-20

Are You Selling Yourself Short?

Here is what captures my attention and ensures the candidate makes it through to the next round.

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Are You Meant for Sales Success?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-18 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-18

Are You Meant for Sales Success?

Since I know you want to be triumphant with your sales, it’s imperative that you surround yourself with success.

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Planning to Enter a New Territory: Research Prospects to Align with Your Goals
Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-15 Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-15

Planning to Enter a New Territory: Research Prospects to Align with Your Goals

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Sales Tip: You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-14 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-14

Sales Tip: You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure

Sales team need objective data, they cannot perform and hit their goals consistently in isolation.

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Are You Making a Poor First Impression?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-13 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-13

Are You Making a Poor First Impression?

Could you be scaring off your prospects in minutes or even seconds?

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Morgan Freeman and Other Sales Surprises
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-12 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-12

Morgan Freeman and Other Sales Surprises

Here's what I've learned from clients and travel so far this summer

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Criticism...a Good Thing?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-11 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-11

Criticism...a Good Thing?

If you want to be successful in sales, you must learn to take criticism and use it to your advantage.

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Sales Tip: Change Starts with...Change
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-07 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-08-07

Sales Tip: Change Starts with...Change

You need diversity in your sales team. This is an important lesson if you want to keep up with changing markets and grow your sales.

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Are You Throwing Your Sales Away?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-06 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-08-06

Are You Throwing Your Sales Away?

According to a study conducted by our friends at InsideSales.com, an incredible 30% of leads are never followed up on by the sales team when passed on by the marketing department.

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Beware of Your Decision-Making Blind Spots
Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-01 Account Management, Goal Setting and Planning, Negotiation and Closing, Objection Handling, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2015-08-01

Beware of Your Decision-Making Blind Spots

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Sales Tip: The Magic Question for Creating Urgency
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-07-31 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-07-31

Sales Tip: The Magic Question for Creating Urgency

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Are You on The Wrong Side?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-07-30 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-07-30

Are You on The Wrong Side?

Can you never seem to move beyond information gathering when meeting with buyers?

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Write a Letter. Create More Sales.
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-07-28 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2015-07-28

Write a Letter. Create More Sales.

Do you ever wonder what happened to good old-fashioned handwritten letters?

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Sales Tip: The Right Way to Coach Top Performers
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-07-24 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2015-07-24

Sales Tip: The Right Way to Coach Top Performers

Nobody is immune to sales coaching...that includes your top performers! But, there's a proper procedure to ensure maximum efficiency and best results.

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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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