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5 Minutes to a Successful Sales Meeting | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-03-02 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-03-02

5 Minutes to a Successful Sales Meeting | Sales Strategies

Sadly, most sellers walk into sales meeting unprepared - and leave opportunities on the table as a result. Here's how to prep in 5 minutes!

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Getting Results from Poor Performers
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-27 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-27

Getting Results from Poor Performers

When you see a sales rep struggling month after month, and missing target after target, it's enough to make any sales leader uneasy.

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Put Your Value Statements to the Test | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-23 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-23

Put Your Value Statements to the Test | Sales Strategies

Too many sellers are armed with weak, generic value statements. Use this test to see if yours' are up to the task!

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Team Players are not Top Sellers
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-22 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-22

Team Players are not Top Sellers

I am sick of sales managers complaining about their top sellers not being team players.

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Sales Lessons from Week 1 of The Olympics
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-19 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-19

Sales Lessons from Week 1 of The Olympics

The winter Olympics are in full swing and I'll be the first to admit I'm a junkie! I just love competition featuring the best of the best worldwide. Of course, there are always lessons to be learned for us as sellers.

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Using a Buyers Map to Unstick Deals | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-16 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-16

Using a Buyers Map to Unstick Deals | Sales Strategies

Virtually all sellers encounter "stuck deals". Rather than let them age in the pipeline, use this technique to "unstick" them!

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Speed Up Sales by Slowing Them Down
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-13 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-13

Speed Up Sales by Slowing Them Down

You may have noticed this interesting trend...

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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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The True Test of a Seller's "Rolodex" | Sales Strategies
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The True Test of a Seller's "Rolodex" | Sales Strategies

When evaluating a potential hire, you need to look beyond the number of social connections.

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Are You Creating Sales Dysfunction?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-06 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-02-06

Are You Creating Sales Dysfunction?

Is your organization creating sales dysfunction without even knowing it?

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Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?
Observations from the ..., The Sales Leader Colleen Francis 2018-02-05 Observations from the ..., The Sales Leader Colleen Francis 2018-02-05

Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?

I've often said to B2B sales audiences "If they can't find you, they won't buy from you!"

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3 Warning Signs of Who NOT to Hire | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-02 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-02-02

3 Warning Signs of Who NOT to Hire | Sales Strategies

When interviewing, here are the three candidate behaviours that scream ""don't hire me!""

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The People Vector in Sales
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-01-27 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-01-27

The People Vector in Sales

We all know the marketplace has changed dramatically in the last five years. And—as with all change—there's resistance…

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They're Back! Live Events… | Sales Strategies
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They're Back! Live Events… | Sales Strategies

Live events are back in fashion! What is the best way to leverage events to fill your pipeline?

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92% of Executives are Immune to this Sales Tactic | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-19 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-19

92% of Executives are Immune to this Sales Tactic | Sales Strategies

I've been saying it for a while now and people still push back. Now the data is in!

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How to Get Better Referrals
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-01-18 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-01-18

How to Get Better Referrals

Don't go in blind and then give up when you get blindsided by unexpected results!

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Be a Stand-Out Seller: Method 3 - People
Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-01-13 Account Management, Negotiation and Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2018-01-13

Be a Stand-Out Seller: Method 3 - People

We have to recognize that the way we use our people as resources has to change to be consistent with the ways our buyers have changed…

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The Critical Mistake when Selling Your Value | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-12 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-12

The Critical Mistake when Selling Your Value | Sales Strategies

Everyone nods when we talk about selling value. But it takes work that many aren't willing to do.

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Conversations vs. Combat
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-01-08 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2018-01-08

Conversations vs. Combat

Far too often, salespeople will get into verbal hostilities with their potential buyers.

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3 Sure-Fire Steps for a Great Q1 | Sales Strategies
Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-05 Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2018-01-05

3 Sure-Fire Steps for a Great Q1 | Sales Strategies

The best way to ensure a great year is to start strong. Brought to you by Adobe Cloud, here are my three sure-fire tips for your best Q1!

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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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1-877-364-2438 (toll-free)
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